Cleaning & Maintenance Tips for Natural Stones

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Cleaning Maintenance Tips for Natural Stones
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Introduction

• Natural stones are bringing natural beauty to
  your places. Natural stone always is dazzling
  your eyes with lustrous appearance unless
  time-worn effects are diminishing all. Some areas
  are affecting rapidly due to ongoing wear tear
  or weathering while some less, thanks to proper
  cleaning and maintenance practices. So, today I
  am going to describe ten (10) best cleaning
  maintenance tips for natural paving stones in
  2019.

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Know Your Stones

• Siliceous Stones Some stones contain Silica,
  which is the main component of sands, so those
  are referring as Siliceous Stones.
• Calcareous Stone Some stones have Calcites or
  Calcium Carbonate as chief mineral, so known as
  Calcareous Stones.
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Tip 1 Know Siliceous Stones
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Granite Granite has tough and durable surfaces. It is less porous, so it is stain and waterproof/resistant. Granite is weak heat conductor so it can withstand against normal wears and tears taking place in decks of swimming pools on countertops designed in patios. Granite also is an excellent choice for exterior locations. Its maintenance is easy.
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Slate Slate is a sturdy natural stone with substantial heat and water-resistant properties. So, it proves an ideal option for roofing material. It is equally applicable for exterior paving with proper treatment. When it is broken, it turns into thin sheets. It requires simple cleaning and maintenance treatments.
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Sandstone Sandstone has a range of colors and natural patterns those make it beautiful. Thus, it is the best choice for patios and terrace applications in outer places. Due to these all, it has a lot of demands in the market. Being a siliceous stone type, it demands substantially low care.  
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Quartzite Quartzite has the best of both worlds, the durability of granite and beauty of marble. It is hard and resistance to stains. Thus, you can pay less attention to the maintenance program.
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Tip 2 Know Calcareous Stones
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Limestone Limestone contains calcites, so it is porous and prone to get stains easily. It has look-n-feel of marbles, so it gives a cheaper option to marble. Due to soft and non-slip nature, it is ideal for paving applications under the roof of your exterior as well. Thanks to its delicacy, it requires more attention in maintenance and cleaning practices.  
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Marble Marble is a kind of Limestone, but have tons of options for color, styles, and patterns occur in nature. So, it has stunning beauty and tempts us to lay as floors and cladding on walls. It is highly sensitive material to stains, spills, humidity, and scratching.
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Travertine Travertine is durable and thermally resistant material for exterior applications. It is luxurious material with all beauty attributes of marble, but sturdier than marbles. Finishing treatments determine its maintenance cares. So, polished travertine, thanks to its properties, is easy to care and maintain.  
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Onyx Onyx is softer than granite. It has bands of different silicon oxide minerals, which are adding beauty to it. Being calcites, it is porous and absorbs stains easily. Therefore, onyx requires more care than other natural stones. It believes that it has healing properties, so the use of Onyx is high in affluent homes religious places.
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Tip 3 General Cleaning Maintenance Tips
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Tip 4 Area/space Specific Cleaning Maintenance
Tips
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• For Exterior Floor Surfaces
• Apply cleaning practices described in general
  cleaning section regularly.
• For Exterior Countertop Surfaces
• Barbeque and exterior tables/desks countertops
  are the most used areas where chances are high
  for staining, spilling, heat damaging, and
  scratching due to complicated activities of food
  preparations.
• For Other Surfaces
• Exterior walls, open stairsteps, window sills,
  and myriads of other large to small surfaces laid
  or cladded with natural stones are demanding
  regular attention of cleaners. Dry dust removal
  and wet/water washing are useful to avoid rapid
  wear and tear.

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Tip 5 Identifying Stains
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• There are varying types of staining takes place
  on stone surfaces due to different causes. Lets
  identify causes of stains first so we can take
  precautionary steps in advance.
• Organic Stains
• Inorganic Stains
• Oil-based Stains
• Biological Flora-based Stains
• Ink Stains

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Tip 6 General Stain Removal Techniques
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Tip 7 By Type Stain Removal Techniques
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• Washing detergents and mineral spirits or acetone
  are best solutions to remove oil-based stains.
• On siliceous stones, you can apply diluted
  hydrogen peroxide solutions directly on the
  organic stains.
• For calcareous stones, you have to apply only a
  mild detergent/soap solution or warm water to
  remove the stone, not any acid-based mixture at
  all.

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Tip 8 Stain Removal Poultice Technique
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• Often general stain removal techniques and
  solutions prove inadequate on tough stains. A
  poultice is a technique to pull and suck the
  stain molecules from inner mass or beneath the
  surfaces of stones.

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Tip 9 Sealing Natural Stones
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Conclusion

• Now, you have nearly complete guide for 2019 to
  clean and maintain natural stones in your
  exterior spaces to keep the natural beauty intact
  for longer. High-quality natural stones for
  external applications from reliable suppliers
  like World of Stones is an excellent and
  cost-effective option. World of Stones provides
  only quality stone products, which last for
  longer and need a fewer maintenance expenditure.
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