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Caring for Natural Stone: A Simple Guide
Sealed, wiped, and respected, stone lasts generations. Here's the routine.
The marble in ancient palaces and mosques has survived centuries. Yours will easily outlive you — if you treat it kindly. The routine is simple.
Daily
Wipe with a soft cloth and warm water. For more, use a pH-neutral stone cleaner. Avoid vinegar, lemon, bleach, and glass cleaners — all are acidic and will dull marble.
Wipe spills at once
Oil, wine, coffee, and citrus are the main threats. On sealed stone you have time; on unsealed stone you do not. Either way, prompt is best.
Sealing
We seal every surface on installation. Reseal kitchen counters every 6–12 months, vanities and walls every 12–18, floors every 18–24. A simple test: drop water on the stone — if it beads, the seal holds; if it darkens in, reseal.
Dealing with marks
Oil stains lift with a baking-soda poultice; organic stains with a hydrogen-peroxide poultice on light stone. Light etching can be buffed with marble polishing powder; deeper etching we re-polish as part of our aftercare.
The long view
Every few years, a professional clean and reseal restores the surface. Every decade or two, floors can be ground and refinished to new. Stone we installed twenty years ago, we still maintain today — ask us.