Marble Countertops Selection & Maintenance

Lifestyle is the initial thing for choose a marble countertops to your home. Matching marble countertops to color system is the primary nature for all, but you are considering your lifestyle to this time means it is the best one.

The maintenance of all marble countertops is not an easy one, some of the marble countertops are porous (porous means chip and stain easily). Unless you are clean your marble countertops continuously or regularly remain your kids for banging things on marble countertops.

You are considering very seriously before select your marble countertops for how you are interested to maintain your marble countertops. The final thing, you are spending more amount of money to your marble countertops means within less number of weeks or days it ends up staining.
Maintenance:

• The first thing to maintain your marble countertops, ask your dealer for instructions and tips. He is having the details of how to sealing, polishing and how to clean the marble countertops.

• You are going to clean your marble countertops means use only warm and mild soapy water. You are use the cruel cleaning liquids means the soft minerals and surface will damage. Also, clean your marble countertops with vinegar and lemon juice.

• Do not drag any weighted things to the marble countertops surface, because countertop surface will crack or scratch. In addition, keep mind never cut anything to the surface directly, it also scratch your marble countertops.

Marble Countertops Calculations (Weight & Thickness):

Weight :

The weight is calculated based on the size and thickness of the marble countertops. Large size marble countertops are having more weight compared with small size marble countertops. The advantage of small size marble countertops is installing easy compared with large size marble countertops.

Thickness :

The marble countertops thickness based on the size of every marble countertops piece. Normally big size marble countertops are thicker than small size marble countertops. Big size marble countertops having more strength and integrity.

How weight and thickness are determined :

Formative the size of marble countertops is an accurate science. The marble countertops is make light and thin means it is easily break up in less number of days compared to large and thick marble countertops and large one is more durable. However, the large and thick marble countertops are too expensive for average people compared to small marble countertops.

Many manufacturers and fabricators of marble countertops have skill and techniques of their stuff. Some formulas are used by these people for determine the dimensions of a piece for how strong it is and reasonable price. The weight and thickness differ from manufacturers, but the common rule of thumb is that every 32 square inches of countertops surface area, the extra inches of marble countertops thickness added to keep the structural balance.

How to Clean Stains from Granite Countertops?

You get a stain for your granite countertops means need a fast action. In this situation, you will use the commercial cleaner otherwise, you will try any of the following solutions:

* Your granite countertops have a stain of grease means use water and liquid dish soup to mix a paste and apply this paste to your granite countertops next scrape the grease stain areas, if needed repeat the same.

* You are having stubborn stain for your granite countertops means simply mix the flour and two tablespoon of liquid dish soap, after that apply this paste to stain. Cover your granite countertops with plastic wrap and allow full night.

* The stains of organic (like coffee or fruit juice) in your granite countertops means use the simple way, mix a paste of 12% hydrogen peroxide and some drops of ammonia and apply it the granite countertops and blot dry.

* Granite countertops having the stains of wine, ink or a marker stain means the granite is dark use acetone or lacquer thinner, The granite is light means use hydrogen peroxide. After 30 minutes, clean the granite countertops.

* The granite countertops having organic stains means also use bleach and model plaster mix. Apply this mix after 30 minutes clean the granite countertops.

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