How to: Cleaning different Countertops

Cleaning Countertops

Here are the best ways for cleaning different types of countertops. Materials aren’t created equal and neither are cleaning solutions. These are easy ways to clean countertops.

Granite

There are many ways to clean Granite, but many of them leave a film on your countertops. The best ways to clean them is with a washcloth and a small amount of dish soap but if too much is used, it could leave a streck. The second option is, add a small amount of alcohol to water. You can also use Pine-Sol Diluted in water or Granite Polishing Powder as well.

Why not other cleaners? Windex is not recommend because of the way it dulls the shine. Vinegar, lemon or anything acidic with eat away at its surface.

Quartz

Quartz can be cleaned by mixing water with soap or vinegar. Windex does just fine as well. Making a solution of rubbing alcohol and dish detergent will get a deeper clean if needed.

Stick to mild cleaners rather than bleach or other harsh materials.

Quartzite

Water mixed with dish soap or dish detergent will clean a Quartzite surface great, you can pretty much treat it like a granite countertop when it comes to cleaning. You can also use windex or any mild surface cleaners.

Should not use citrus cleaners or juice, like Granite it can eat away at the surface.

Marble

To clean a Marble countertop, you can buy various marble cleaners or use a wet rag with a little non-abrasive dish soap. Make sure to wipe of the soap once you are finished.

Do not use bleach, hydrogen peroxide, Lysol and other cleaners including windex, anything acidic such as lemon or vinegar and abrasive formulas.

And then there are some more “out there” ways such as this flour, water, soap trick that also work great.

Limestone

Limestone Cleaners, are of course great just as soapy water or a solution with detergent.

Keep your countertops away from acids such as vinegar and lemon, it is very easily damaged by it.

Honed Countertops

For any honed materials, take extra caution. Abrasive and harsh scrubs or cleaners are not recommended when cleaning these types of countertops.

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