Five mistakes to avoid when cleaning natural stone
Vinegar, bleach and the wrong mop can ruin natural stone in a single clean. Avoid these common mistakes and keep stone floors beautiful for decades.
Natural stone is durable, but it reacts badly to many household products. These are the mistakes we see most often:
- Using vinegar or lemon-based cleaners — acids etch marble and limestone.
- Too much product — residues build up into a sticky, dirt-attracting film.
- Never sealing — unsealed stone absorbs oil and wine stains.
- Bleach on grout — it discolours joints and attacks the stone around them.
- Abrasive pads — they leave dull scratches on polished surfaces.
Stick to a pH-neutral cleaner such as TileClean Pro and renew the impregnation every few years.
