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Featured in The Washington Post: How to remove stains from marble shower tile

Featured in The Washington Post: How to remove stains from marble shower tile

Don’t miss the recent Washington Post article we were featured in: “How to remove stains from marble shower tile”.   

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Featured in Redfin - Remodeling a Kitchen: Increase Home Value and Help Sell Your Home for More

Featured in Redfin - Remodeling a Kitchen: Increase Home Value and Help Sell Your Home for More

Don’t miss the recent Redfin article we were featured in: “Remodeling a Kitchen: Increase Home Value and Help Sell Your Home for More”   The kitchen is the heart of the home, a place for entertaining, making memories, and cooking meals
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The Homeowner’s Guide to Sealing Limestone Tiles

The Homeowner’s Guide to Sealing Limestone Tiles

Limestone is unique among other types of rock for their biological origins. Each slab forms over millions of years from the skeletons and shells of countless oceanic organisms. Water pressure crushes and compacts the calcium carbonate from these
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The Layperson’s Guide on How to Clean Pavers

The Layperson’s Guide on How to Clean Pavers

When people dream of building a new walkway, driveway, patio, or pool deck for their home, they often picture them being made from paving stones. These installations, also known as pavers, are popular for both their beauty and their hardiness. The
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What You Should Know About Cleaning Your Outdoor Countertops

What You Should Know About Cleaning Your Outdoor Countertops

Outdoor countertops can make for a wonderful addition to any backyard. Many homeowners have enjoyed the comforts of a backyard kitchen area. Here, countertops can serve as food preparation stations flanked around a roaring barbeque. Guests can
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Why Should I Reseal Granite Countertops?

Why Should I Reseal Granite Countertops?

Stone surfaces, including countertops made from granite, are more vulnerable than you may believe. Crumbs and drops from spilled food and drinks can make their way inside through tiny fissures, damaging the stone from the inside. Moisture and dust
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The DIY Guide on How to Fix Your Countertop

The DIY Guide on How to Fix Your Countertop

Stone countertops are hardy by nature. Whether they are made of granite, travertine, limestone, marble, or another similar material, you can count on them to last a long time. You will certainly want them to endure, given the significant cost of
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The Best Ways to Maintain a Cleaner Concrete Driveway

The Best Ways to Maintain a Cleaner Concrete Driveway

When you want to pave a new driveway, you could hardly make a better choice for a material than concrete. It is extremely hardy, making it more than capable of withstanding the weight of vehicles and the pounding of the elements. As a result of its
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Cleaning Glass Top Stove and Countertops

Cleaning Glass Top Stove and Countertops

These days, everybody wishes to have a spacious and stylish-looking kitchen. And why not? It is that one area where you spend a lot of time cooking delicious meals for your family.  If you ever think of getting a contemporary-looking
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Microfiber cleaning your countertops

Microfiber cleaning your countertops

A clean house is something we all desire. But sadly, not everyone likes cleaning. It can get so tiring sometimes to clean your home with the little energy left in your body after spending a hectic day at work. However, cleaning can get quite easier
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The Do's and Don't of Granite Countertop Care

The Do's and Don't of Granite Countertop Care

Every modern homemaker has a thing for granite countertops in different parts of the house. Whether it is your kitchen area, living room corner or room decor, granite countertops are indeed a favourite must-have for stylish homes. The durability,
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Cleaning and Matching Grout on your Tile Restoration Project

Cleaning and Matching Grout on your Tile Restoration Project

From keeping tiles in their place to protecting the flooring from leakage, grout is extensively used by house renovators and homeowners.  Many people replace the cracked or damaged tile with a new one as the color of grout is a matter of
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Polishing stone surfaces - What to know?

Polishing stone surfaces - What to know?

Why polish your stone? If you are a proud owner of precious stones in any form, you surely know the importance of polished stones. The sharp and crisp appearance of a polished stone appeals to our visual senses. It conveys the ideas of
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What is the Difference Between Penetrating Sealer and Topical Stone Sealers?

What is the Difference Between Penetrating Sealer and Topical Stone Sealers?

Natural stone tiles have become exceedingly popular in homes across the country. They provide a wonderful aesthetic to kitchens and are relatively easy to take care of. But, in order to keep your stone protected and looking great for years to come,
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Thinking of repairing Travertine tiles?  Here’s what you need to Know

Thinking of repairing Travertine tiles? Here’s what you need to Know

Tiles are inseparable in the world of construction and interior designing. They protect surfaces and give them a completely new look. Overall, they have given the desired ambiance to live in. Tiles can be of different types; however, Travertine
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Man Made vs Natural Stone Countertops: A Head to Head Comparison

Man Made vs Natural Stone Countertops: A Head to Head Comparison

Did you know that 75% of US homeowners who intended to remodel their kitchens said that they wanted granite or other natural stone countertops? With so much choice when it comes to kitchen countertops, it's difficult to choose the right ones
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How To Get Rid Of Countertop Rust Stains

How To Get Rid Of Countertop Rust Stains

Your home is a significant investment, and you want to keep it looking beautiful. One room in your home you should pay special attention to is your kitchen. It gets the most foot traffic and is a place you likely spend a lot of time cooking and
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How to Care for Limestone Flooring

How to Care for Limestone Flooring

Limestone is a remarkable kind of rock, built from the remains of microscopic organisms. Tiny algae, corals, and shells absorb calcium carbonate from ocean water. When they perish, this material emerges from the detritus and bonds with other
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How to Clean Quartz Countertops: Advice for Beginners

How to Clean Quartz Countertops: Advice for Beginners

The quartz countertop is almost a cliche at this point, a staple of homes belonging to upwardly-mobile young folks and well-off families. It is not hard to understand the appeal. To begin with, the quartz material looks stately, ornate, and just
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How to Care for Travertine Floors in 5 minutes

How to Care for Travertine Floors in 5 minutes

So, you have chosen the perfect tiles for your home. You know there is nothing better than a natural limestone made of calcium just like your teeth. But what’s that? Has it become a pain to take care of your travertine tile now that it’s been a few years?

Taking care of your travertine floors might seem daunting at first but it is probably one of the easiest jobs in the world. If that wasn’t the case, the Romans wouldn’t have used it for as long as they did. All you need to know is the right way of maintaining your tiles to increase their durability.

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How to clean and care for marble countertops

How to clean and care for marble countertops

As impeccable as a natural stone table top looks in your chic, modeled kitchen, its upkeep can be quite tricky. Marble tables, especially with its rich gradients and color patterns can get damaged pretty quickly if you are careless about cleaning it; they are also an investment which can last you years, so, of course, you need to learn the proper way to care for it. 

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The Ultimate Guide to Cleaning Granite Countertops

The Ultimate Guide to Cleaning Granite Countertops

There's a reason granite is popular countertop material. It's beautiful, strong, and gives your kitchen a much-needed update. However, it takes a little work to keep them beautiful.

The trouble is there's so much bad advice out there which can leave granite dull and damaged. So how do you clean and maintain granite without damaging it? The first step is a great sealer aka granite impregnator.

Luckily, we have the advice and recommended supplies to keep your countertops looking great. Read on to learn how to clean, sanitize, and protect your granite countertops.

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What Are Some Popular Stone Types for Construction?

What Are Some Popular Stone Types for Construction?

A house is meant to last for decades and if constructed with the right kind of stones and construction material, it last for several hundreds of years. Having a stone wall in your home or any other property can also be a gorgeous addition that adds to the landscape. While it is true that the construction materials available today are many, the picturesque charm and the advantages of using stones for buildings, walls, and other exterior and interior construction holds true even today.
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Dull Spots and Rings On Marble - Everything You Need To Know About Marble Etches and Watermarks

Have you ever wondered about those dull spots and rings on your marble countertops? More marble is damaged by acidic chemical exposure than any other single source. 
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The Truth About "Lifetime" Sealers

Bigfoot, Elvis, and a Lifetime Sealer walked into a bar… Not to be cliche, but this old joke frame provides the perfect springboard for discussing a topic that continues to pop up in the stone care industry - “lifetime sealers”.

It seems that every year-or-so another company comes out with a “lifetime guarantee” program to entice you into buying their product. The latest debutante to the party targets quartz (man-made agglomerate) counter tops. Interestingly enough, a sizeable percentage of quartz countertops don't require sealing, at least early on into their lifespan. Even more interesting is the fact they’ve priced this product literally three times higher than their competitors in the market space. Why, you ask? Because of the “lifetime” guarantee, and the fact that a certain demographic will consistently buy into it. Does this guarantee (and others like it) have a catch? Funny you should ask…

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