Following are some helpful guides for you to download for free.
Maintenance Guidelines for Residential Stone Installations
The Do's and Don'ts of Stone Care (Abridged Version)
This is the summarized version of our benchmark piece of educational literature, Maintenance Guidelines for Residential Stone Installations that is available in pay-per-download format in the Literature section. This short version will not give you all the information that you may need, but it is still a great reference and will give you a sample of what is covered in the comprehensive version.
Marble Cleaning: Are you sure?...
Most marble owners have a huge misconception when it comes to “marble cleaning.” We would venture that well over the 90 percent of the time most customers don’t really want their marble “cleaned” at all! They actually want the original factory finish back, and this takes a whole lot more (and hugely different) work than just “cleaning!”
Disinfectant Cleaners
“Let’s kill them all, them little critters!”
Are we really doing ourselves a favor by disinfecting our surroundings? Besides, are we really disinfecting our surroundings from all those bacteria and germs? Does life really need “Lysol™”?! This free article is meant to be serious food for thought.
Stone Sealers: the “Miracle in a bottle!” “All stones are porous and need to be sealed, or else!”
“Or else” what??...
For starters, is it true that all stones are porous? What is a stone sealer anyway? What kind of image does the word “sealer” bring to your mind? Well, whatever it is, that image is probably wrong! This article puts this vital issue in the right perspective by throwing the myth out and spelling the truth loud and clear.
A Good Sealing Job
“Our installer applied a sealer to our countertop, but if I leave some water sitting on it, the stone will become darker … Does that mean that our granite is not sealed?…”
Not all commercial granites are the same. Some don’t need to be sealed, others will moderately, and there are other ones that will need it real badly! Did your installer use the right impregnator for your stone? And if so, did they apply it enough times to complete the sealing job? Read this important information.
Sealing Everything in Sight
“Our fabricator said that they seal every granite. They said that with great pride, too!… Are they right?”
“Our fabricator said that if we won’t let them seal our granite countertop we will have to sign a waiver that will void all their warranties!… Is this a normal practice?”
Glass-Cleaners and Dish-Soap
"Everything will be solved by the “miracle-in-a-bottle” that you have to apply every few years. Daily cleaning?… Just use some glass-cleaner or some dish soap. There’s no room for plebeian cleaning products in the “new religion”
Hmmmm.... Maybe, just maybe, true knowledge is better that some idiotic and improbable blanket statements like the one above.
RADON from Granite?
Mercantile granite is beautiful and people love it. Since its price is in line with certain man-made materials like solid surfaces (plastic) and engineered stone, the “salesmen” of those materials can’t fight a fair fight! Their only hope is to fight dirty by spreading vicious lies. Read all about what sour losers have to come up with to stand a chance to sell their stuff.
Does Granite Harbor Bacteria?
Is mercantile granite really a good choice for a kitchen countertop? Confused by rumors about the possibility that mercantile granite could harbor dangerous bacteria? How did those rumors come about to begin with?
