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Maintenance doesn’t have to mean high maintenance, especially when it comes to keeping quartz, granite, and marble countertops clean. Even though these materials look gorgeous and refined—and ...
That said, quartz countertops need to be regularly cleaned to maintain their appearance (and, you know, for sanitary reasons), and if you take the wrong approach, irreversible damage is a possible ...
With regular sealing and usual maintenance like cleaning up after cooking, granite will remain durable and maintain a natural resistance to bacteria. On the other hand, quartz doesn't need sealing ...
Penetrating sealers often require the use of special cleaners which both clean and top up the repellent ingredient left on the stone surface. These sealers are often breathable to a certain degree, but do not penetrate deeply enough (generally less than 1mm) to be effective against salt attack, such as efflorescence and spalling.
Dimension stone requires some specialized methods for cleaning and maintenance. Abrasive cleaners should not be used on a polished stone finish because it will wear the polish off. Acidic cleaners can not be used on marble or limestone because it will remove (i.e. dissolve) the finish. Textured finishes (thermal, bush-hammered) can be treated ...
The private Spanish company Cosentino brand Silestone and the public Israeli company Caesarstone are the most recognizable brands for quartz, as well as Totem Quartz, an Iranian company which has a huge market in the middle east and Central Asia. Gulfstone, an Oman-based company, is the only producer of engineered quartz stone in the GCC.
How To: Laminate, quartz, and granite countertops can be cleaned with a mixture of liquid laundry detergent and hot water, and you can bring a bit of bleach into the rotation to disinfect or lift ...
Once manufactured the tops need only to be cut to length, mitered, fitted for assembly, and end capped (only if it is a visible finished end). A very specific machine for cutting the postform countertop is manufactured by only a few companies, it is commonly called a Cutting Station, Top Saw, or simply Miter Saw. This machine accurately cuts ...