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Friday, January 30, 2015

Why Hire A Tile Cleaning Service? (Contd.)

In our series on professional tile cleaning, we cover some more points to be aware of.

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Professional Tile Cleaning: It's the Grout Too

Damaging your grout can actually be worse than damaging just your tile. This is due to the fact that damaging the grout can compromise its sealing which would allow moisture to penetrate into other areas in, between, and even beneath the tiles. This can ultimately lead to the damaging of the structural integrity of other tiles, and no one wants that to happen to their flooring. A professional tile cleaning service has the proper cleaning products and instruments needed to thoroughly clean your tile and grout without scratching and/or damaging your tile floors in any way. This reason alone can be a good enough reason to decide to hire a professional tile cleaning service instead of attempting a thorough tile and grout cleaning on your own.
Even if you have had tile flooring for a very long time and consider yourself very experienced tile floor cleaner, a professional tile cleaning service has relevant training and knowledge that the average consumer does not. It’s actually very probable that if you have been cleaning your tile and grout floors yourself, and have never had them professionally cleaned, you most likely have scratched and/or damaged your tile and your grout. This can lead to the premature ruining of your tile flooring. You may even end up needing to repair and/or replace some or all of your tile flooring sooner than you should have to. On the other hand, if you always use a professional tile cleaning service to thoroughly and properly clean your tile and grout flooring instead, your tile flooring can actually end up lasting much longer than they would had you chose to clean them yourself.

Call a Tile Cleaning Service Instead

Hiring a professional tile cleaning service is also the wisest and best choice for the cleaning and care of your tile and grout flooring because the end result of any and every professional tile cleaning results in a complete, proper and thorough cleaning of the tile and the grout respectively, and an evenly shining flooring surface. When hiring any tile cleaning service everything is done up to professional specifications.
In conclusion, if you truly want your tile and grout flooring to last the longest amount of time possible, and to look as amazing as possible at all times, you should definitely hire a professional tile cleaning service.

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Friday, January 23, 2015

Why Hire A Tile Cleaning Service?

Why should you hire a tile cleaning service? Well, there are a lot of reasons.

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The Reasons to Hire a Professional Tile Cleaning Service

Anyone who has ever lived in a home with tile flooring is probably all too familiar with the fact that cleaning those tile floors can be a huge pain in the neck. If you have a large amount of tile flooring in your home, or more than one room with tile flooring, that huge pain in the neck can become an even bigger headache. The fact of the matter is, even though some consumers feel that tile flooring is easier to clean than carpeted flooring, cleaning tile floors is usually a task that is better left to a professional tile cleaning service.

Your floor is most often the largest surface in your home and keeping those floors clean can turn into a real night mare, especially if your floors are tile flooring. Tile flooring can be difficult to clean because not only do the tiles themselves collect dust and dirt, but the grout between the tiles also collects lots of grit and grime. The grout, which is the material between the tiles that essentially them in place, can make the cleaning of tiles a very challenging task for the average consumer.

Sometimes the excess dirt, grit and grime that accumulates on the tiles and grout can become excessive and cannot be properly removed by conventional methods of the average person. In this case, using a professional tile cleaning service would be the best and wisest decision.

Common Mistakes Average Consumers Make When Cleaning Tile Floors

There are a few drawbacks to attempting to clean your tile flooring on your own. The average person who attempts to clean tile and grout themselves often end up cleaning unevenly. Some areas of the floor will be noticeably cleaner in certain spots than in others. This can ultimately lead to uneven discoloration of your tile flooring, especially if a professional tile cleaner is never brought in to do the job properly. Another one of the drawbacks of self-cleaning your tile and grout flooring is scratches. The average consumer often severely scratch and damage their tiles in an effort to get them completely clean. In the case of ceramic, it can strip the glaze off the tiles completely.

So remember, if you don't know what you're doing, don't take a risk. Call in a professional tile cleaning service in San Antonio.

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San Antonio TX 78217
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Friday, January 16, 2015

Tile Cleaning in San Antonio, TX: The Professional Difference (Contd.)

01/16/2015

Tile cleaning can be hard or easy. One of the easiest ways to do it is to call a tile service in.

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More Benefits of Hiring a Professional Tile Cleaning Service

A professional tile cleaning service can make a lot of difference in your tile. For example, if mold or mildew penetrates your tiles and spreads through the floor, you probably won't know the best way to clean it. They are able to eradicate the unhealthy contaminants, especially in the kitchen and the bathroom. Here are some additional benefits of cleaning tile:

Professional advice. Cleaners are able to make suggestions for you on the methods and what to use to clean your floor daily. This will help you keep up the sparkling floor once they are gone. You do not want to call them daily or weekly, do you? It could be very expensive. This is why you will need their guidance, on some of the minor issues or precautions you should take, to prevent damaging the floor often.
They're quicker than you are. Usually, even if it is a one man service, they can clean your tile quickly and be in and out in sometimes less than an hour.

Factors to Consider Before Hiring a Tile Cleaning Service

A good tile cleaning company can do more than just cleaning. Some of them can change your grout color, and even apply sealants that prevent future stains.
Consider the guidance below to hire the best service.
1. Find out how long they have been in business. Ask about their experience with similar jobs. This is because the more experienced they are, the better the service they can give.
2. How long it will take them to finish the job. You do not want a cleaning service provider who will not finish the job according to your schedule or time frame. It may create some inconveniences especially in an office.
3. What guarantees will they offer you? It's important to know if the cleaning contractor will return, if you are not happy with the service provided.
4. Ask about the equipment, techniques and chemicals they will use for the job, and how effective it will be.
5. Comparing prices is also an important factor. This doesn't mean that you are to choose the cheapest or the most expensive contractor. In most cases prices show the kind of services they will offer.
6. Their employee's qualification and integrity is a cause you will need to consider because they will be in your home or office. You need assurance that you can trust them with your belongings.

Draft a contract that will include every detail; the scope of work and pricing. Any guarantees or discounts that are agreed upon during the discussions be clearly indicated in the contract. This helps to avoid any misunderstandings later. It is always easier and cheaper to hire a tile cleaning service provider in the long run.

Friday, January 9, 2015

Tile Cleaning in San Antonio, TX: The Professional Difference

Tile cleaning is one of those things that is best done by a professional. Why? It can be harder than you think...

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Professional Tile Cleaning

Is it difficult to clean your tile yourself? It can be. Have you ever tried cleaning your tiles all by yourself and realized how hectic it is by the time you are through, that is if you even make it? Keeping your house/ office clean is a priority because this is where you spend a lot of time each day. Living or working in a messy space may affect you as a person. It can cause your mood to change or become depressed.
To some, hiring a tile cleaning service might be viewed as expensive and unnecessary, but its benefits are amazing and fulfilling. Tiles accumulate dirt as time goes by and if it is a bad case, they even lose their original color and beauty. Professional cleaners will look after your tiles well; they have the experience required to give the best service. In fact professional tile services offer a great many benefits.

Benefits of Hiring a Tile Cleaning Service

You do not do all the work. As much cleaning all by yourself is cheap, you will realize your cleaning is not effective and efficient as that of a professional. A lot of time is normally wasted, not to mention how tiresome the cleaning is.

Brand new look. Tiles may have those stains that are very difficult to remove. A cleaner is able make the floor spotlessly clean, and give your home or office a brand new look. You should make sure you hire the best cleaner to get the best services available.
Prolonged life of the tiles. A good cleaning company understands how to properly clean and keep up your tiles. If there is some grout sealing required, they will be in a better place to do it for you. They use cleaning solutions which do not destroy the tiles, and still remove the toughest stains. Their cleaning solutions are not harmful to humans or pets.
Better results. Cleaning companies have the right equipment, know how and experience. They will give you the result you desiret after they complete their work.

So remember, if you have tile floor, make sure you call someone who can help you to not only clean it, but keep it clean as well: a professional tile cleaning service.

Friday, January 2, 2015

Finding the Best Marble Care (Contd.)

Marble care is about following marble cleaning tips.

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Marble Cleaning: Keeping the Qualities of Marble

For marble to keep its qualities, you just have to pay attention to these simple marble cleaning tips:

Dust your furniture and marble floors frequently. Dusting helps to keep grit from damaging your stone. Always clean surfaces with a sponge soaked in water with detergent. Don't ever wet mop marble. Rinse well and dry. Avoid frequent use of lemon and vinegar. Both of these compounds can damage your stone. On that note, don't use abrasive cleaners either. Harsh chemicals such as bleach or ammonia should be avoided as well. In addition to damaging your floor, if you mix bleach and ammonia together it is a toxic mix as well as potentially explosive.

If you have spilled wine, orange juice, coffee, or anything acidic or citrus based, clean up the stain immediately, and wipe it down with soap and water, and then finally, blot it dry. As we covered previously, marble is vulnerable to anything acidic. To help keep grit from damaging your marble, put mats or floor rugs at the entrance of each room that has marble in it. These floor coverings can trap sand, dirt and other forms of grit out. Make sure you sweep your marble with a soft cotton dust mop every now and then and sweep the dirt out of the home.

If the marble has been burned by a cigarette or other form of heat, the stain will not come out. The only solution is to polish the surface until the mark disappears completely. You want to get a professional marble cleaning service for this however, because they're the only ones with the know-how to properly do marble polishing.

The best tool for cleaning marble is a brush. A sponge is only useful in the case of surface stains. If the sponge and brush have failed to completely remove the stain

Marble Maintenance

If your kitchen marble has lost its luster, its appearance can be improved by pouring a handful of salt and then rubbed with a damp cloth. Finally, rinse with water and dry with a cloth. If you want a great looking floor, however, your best bet is to call a marble cleaning service. Not only will they clean your marble, they'll seal it too, which will help to keep up it's appearance between visits.

So remember. Marble cleaning isn't that hard. Know what to do. If you don't, call in a marble cleaning service.

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Friday, December 26, 2014

Finding the Best Marble Care

Marble care is all about knowing what to do with this remarkable stone.

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Why Get Professional Marble Care?

Why get professional marble care? Well, marble, like travertine, can be damaged if you don't know what you're doing.

Marble is a favorite stone for construction and decoration. It is a noble material that gives a distinguished touch to your environments and lasts for several generations. But for that, you must keep it clean with techniques to keep for years. As a porous material, marble easily absorbs stains. The good news is that these stains can be removed successfully if you act fast. The longer, more liquid is absorbed and the harder it is to remove from the stone.

How to clean marble is very simple; simply pass a sponge or cloth soaked in a mixture of soap and water. Of course, if the spots are deeper, you will have to apply other techniques. If there is a mark of rust or rust on the floor from the action of some furniture, we recommend using water and lemon (juice). You can also add a little salt. When vinegar or lemon is used to remove a stain, keep in mind that are corrosive to the stone, so it should be used with care. Otherwise, you can ruin the marble permanently. To prevent this from happening, apply the mixture to the stain, rub gently for a few minutes and immediately it with water and soap. If the stain persists, clean it again, taking care not to let it set more than a few minutes on the stone. It's a good idea to clean your marble in sections, so that only a small portion of floor is vulnerable at a time.

Marble Cleaning and Sealing

One thing that a lot of people do wrong with marble cleaning is to apply wax to it to make it shine. While wax can give your floor a temporary shine, wax has a tendency to build up to the point that it can attract dirt and make your floor look dingy and worn out. What's surprising about marble is that you can actually hone it with the right sort of abrasive pads and powder to get that shine. The shine level of your marble depends on the finish you're looking for. Full gloss, for example, is where marble literally looks like a mirror, and you can even see your face in the floor.

Ultimately, regardless of how you do it, you want to take care of your marble. One of the best ways is to call a marble cleaning service.

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Friday, December 19, 2014

Professional Travertine Cleaning in San Antonio, TX: What You Should Know (Contd.)

Travertine cleaning is more than just the tile, it's the grout that lies between them and under them.

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Travertine Care and Your Grout

Travertine is a stone that is in the calcium carbonate family of stones that include travertine, marble, and limestone. Each of these stones despite looking very different than each other require remarkably similar care. For example, part of a proper travertine care regimen includes avoiding exposure to anything acidic or any harsh chemicals. Another thing that you have to be aware of, is you want to make sure that the grout that is between your tiles is in good condition as well as the grout that is underneath the tiles as well.

We know what you're thinking. Without a high powered ultrasound machine or X Ray device, how can you know if the grout that is underneath your tile is good? Well, the grout that is between the tiles is a key indicator. If it is good, it's likely that the grout under the tiles is good too. And you want to make sure that when you're thinking of travertine care that your grout is good too because grout helps to strengthen as well as protect the stone. Each and every day, you have the weight of an adult or two, plus maybe some kids as well. If there is sufficient grout under the tile this isn't a problem. However, if the grout's damaged, then sooner or later you're going to hear a sound that you don't want to hear, namely, the sound of a travertine tile cracking. A cracked tile can sometimes be repaired, but most of the time, you end up having to replace it. That's why you want grout cleaning and care done on your travertine. A service that does both stone and grout is the best one to pick as that way everything is done all in one visit.

Travertine Cleaning: Call a Pro

A travertine cleaning professional knows the difference between slate, marble, travertine, limestone, granite, or whatever other type of stone you have in your home and/or office, and more importantly knows what can and can't be done to each of the stones in question. Travertine is a fairly hard stone, but it is surprisingly vulnerable to anything acidic.

So remember, it is easier to clean something than replace it. With that in mind, make sure you get a stone cleaning service in to clean and protect your travertine.