Tips for the maintenance of natural stone tiles
Post Date: 06 Aug 2009 Viewed: 732
Natural stone is a popular tiling material for designing your indoors and outdoors. This tiling material is manufactured inside the earth crust which renders extraordinary colors and texture to the stone. Many people design their floors and walls with this material in order to grant a royal feel to their surroundings.
Hence, you need to spare ample time towards the maintenance of the tiles in order to avoid any scratches or stains on the natural stone. Thus, the given below guidelines will help in proper maintenance of your natural tiles.
# A majority of dirt and pebbles enter inside the house from the shoes of people entering into the house. Hence, you should keep a walk-off mattress near every entrance gates. The mattress will collect the excess dirt in its hairs and avoid entrance of any abrasive material inside your rooms. You should also make sure that you clean the mattress in order to remove excess dirt.
# The sand and grit can cause severe damage to the natural stone, hence you should mop the floor with a damp cloth or a broom. This repeated cleansing session will add on to the life of your floorings or walls.
# You should cover the legs of your furniture with a scratch guard, so that they don't produce any scratches while shifting the furniture from one part of the room to the other.
# You should never use acids like vinegar, lime juice etc to clean the stains from the stone, since these cleaners can completely ruin the look of your floor tiles.
# The tile is also used for moisture laden surfaces, hence you should make a point to remove the liquid particles that gets contaminated on the stone and grout surface.
# Every stone has a certain level of porosity, hence you should collect valuable information about the tiling material and the chemicals used to remove the stains and scratches. Therefore, you should avoid chemicals that can damage the shine and texture of your natural stone tiles.
Hence, you should maintain the beauty of this extraordinary stone by conducting frequent cleaning and maintenance sessions.