Than to clean a marble?
Before you start cleaning this material, it is worthwhile to determine the most suitable means for the care of marble. For everyday cleaning, a soft cloth and warm water are good. If there are small contaminants, you can eliminate them with the help of light detergents( without the acids - citric and acetic) .
Because even a certain amount of acid can destroy the structure of the stone. It will be difficult to restore it after this. Also, do not use any powders, creams and pastes that contain abrasive substances, since they lead to the formation of various scratches.
For everyday care, you can use a special tool for cleaning marble( sold in construction stores).You should know that an overabundance of the composition can lead to divorce and the appearance of strips, so it is worth using it in small portions. After cleaning, it is worth polishing with a protective wax coating.
Features of polishing marble coating
As already mentioned, after cleaning, it is often necessary to do polishing, especially when the marble turns yellow with time. And then the inherent shine is lost, the surface becomes dull. To avoid this, you must first clean, then polish the base with wax, and then give it the proper shine with the help of turpentine. So, let's describe the order of works in more detail.
How to care for marble and how to clean it has already been said. Next, for polishing a woolen cloth is taken, on which a certain amount of wax is applied. It is carefully rubbed into the surface. It helps to prevent scratches and mechanical damage on the marble. After that, it is treated with turpentine. If light shine is required, then a few drops of the composition are sufficient. When more gloss is required, prolonged exposure to the solution is necessary.
How to clean marble from fat, tobacco, beverages and other serious contaminants?
Avoid marbling the following substances: wine, coca-cola, sand, juice, fat, tobacco and other harmful compounds. The spots can strongly stick into the surface, and the sand can scratch it considerably.
But if nevertheless it happened, the marble cleaning is done in a slightly different way. To remove greasy spots of from vegetable or butter, the surface of the table or window sill is quickly wiped with a cloth slightly moistened with alcohol solution. If this does not help, then take the usual paper, which also needs to get wet in alcohol and put it on the spot where the stain was formed. From above it is covered with polyethylene, which is glued with tape. Leave all this until the fat is completely absorbed into the paper.
Cleaning of marble from all kinds of drinks( juice, colas, coffee) is carried out with the help of bleach. A solution of several drops of liquid ammonia and 20% of the composition of hydrogen peroxide is suitable. It is necessary to soak the stain with this compound and leave it for 24 hours. The field of how the surface is finally impregnated, it is abundantly wiped with warm water. To remove rust , which appears on white marble in the form of brown traces, use a special industrial marble cleaner. It is sold in many stores. The way it is used is written on the package.
Most of all, exposed floor marble tiles, as sand and dirt falling into the room from the street, significantly damage the coating leaving a lot of scratches. Especially "wear out" the surface near the entrance, in the corridor. That's why many experts recommend to lay rugs inside and outside the room. This will help protect the floor covering from premature wear.