Are Essential Oils good for Natural Stone Cleaning?
Recently we came across a blog post by the leading Essential Oil distributor, Doterra®. This post (see LINK) offers several great points about cleaning natural stone including not using abrasive cleaners, and also NOT using acids like vinegar and citrus acids. Our concern is the recommendation of adding 15-drops of doTERRA OnGuard®, along with 1/2…
Why Soap is better than Alcohol – Coronavirus
Referencing an article by Palli Thordarson Why does soap work so well on the new coronavirus and, indeed, most viruses? Because it is a self-assembled nanoparticle. We are changing our recommendation for Daily Cleaning of Granite & Marble Countertops For the past 30 or more years (before we started StoneCareOnline in 1999), we always recommended…
Do I need a Stone Cleaner?
Do I buy a Commercial Stone Cleaner or “Make your Own” solution from the Internet… Here’s the pitch from cleanmyspace.com If you know much about natural stone, you likely understand that most stone countertops are porous, and should be sealed to prevent staining. Another common issue is that Oils are NOT a stones best friend.…
Do You Have Stains on Your Natural Stone – We Have Solutions!
See our Stain Removal Chart below HMK Stone Care has Solutions to all stains on Natural and Cast Stone… StoneCareOnline offers a comprehensive solution to many of the most common stains on Granite, Marble, Limestone, Slate, Travertine, and other Stone Surfaces Do you have Rust Stains on your Granite? How about Rust Spots on your…
Complete Stone Care Info
Clean, Protect, Maintain Natural Stone surfaces Here we offer a comprehensive video that explains the three elements of “Stone Care”. We talk about Cleaning – which involves Deep Cleaning, Construction Cleanup and Stain Removal. The bulk of the following video provides a comparison of how many projects are sealed Incorrectly by merely wiping on the…
Only P324 Stone Soap for Estate featuring Apple Store Floor Tile
Pietra Serena Sandstone – Apple Stores We recently shipped out a large order of our flagship product, the HMK P324 Stone Soap to a Tadao Ando designed estate featuring 43,000 square feet of Pietra Serena Sandstone. Pietra Serena Sandstone is the stone famously selected by Steve Jobs at 10-times the cost of concrete that the…
How do you Care for Marble?
How do you Care for Marble? Just A little Soap & Water…. Soap and Water is not your friend when it comes to cleaning Marble Surfaces You may have seen this dandy floating around the internet, suggesting that “Just a little Soap and Water” is all you need to clean your precious Marble countertops….but this is…
What is Better…Granite or Quartz Countertops?
The Great Debate – Natural Stone or Quartz? Natural Stone including this beautiful Honey Onyx are very hard to mimic with Quartz or Porcelain surfaces, and yet many are afraid to use Natural Stone because of the myth that, “It’s Hard to Take Care Of”…. Lets examine this further (see Four Reasons to Chose Natural…
Which is Better…Granite or Quartz Countertops?
I came across an interesting article comparing Quartz and Granite Countertops that I thought I would share. See LINK Whether you chose Quartz or Granite, you still need to clean them regularly to keep the polish sparkling. We suggest using our HMK P 324 Stone Soap Concentrate. This professional grade daily maintenance cleaner will not…
We have All Natural Antimicrobial Cleaning Towels
New to our Cleaning Tools products…All Natural Antimicrobial Cleaning Cloths About Fresche®-Tex: Coconut Oil Based, Non-Toxic – The Fresche®-Tex active is derived from natural coconut oil. Applied to our microfiber towels, it is safe for people, pets, plants and the planet. Unlike other antimicrobial treatments, it contains no heavy metals, poison, toxic chemicals, carcinogens or endocrine disruptive…
Are Essential Oils good for Natural Stone Cleaning?
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