Protecting Stone
Best 3 Tips For Floor Maintenance
The best quality stone can provide the toughest, most resilient indoor and outdoor floor surfaces known to man. The natural stone used on the floors of some of the world’s oldest and most loved buildings is proof – some are hundreds of years old.
Irrespective of material used, a floor that is cleaned, mopped or vacuumed regularly will look new for years and years. That’s called maintenance – something that any floor surface needs. It is not peculiar to stone.
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Top 4 Tips For Protecting Stone in the Home – Its Simple!
A home with natural stone flooring is very special. More homes would incorporate natural stone but there is a perception of high maintenance. Often the concerns are about stains but they needn’t be. Stains can be prevented by doing two things:
- Cleaning spillages up quickly so the fluid doesn’t have time to penetrate the stone matrix
- Sealing the stone to prevent moisture penetration
Saltwater Pools & Stone – A Love Affair that Can Go Crusty!
Wars and broken romances have one thing in common – collateral damage! The love affair between saltwater pool owners and natural stone may suffer the same fate if a bit of common sense isn’t applied.
Salt can do nasty stuff to stone! The gnarled and heavily etched rock surfaces on the headlands of any Sydney surfing beach is testament to the power of salt, wind and wave action. Look very closely and you will discover an unassailable truth – some sandstone is amazingly resilient to nature’s wildest forces while other types succumb horribly.
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