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…
Cleaning a Dull Slate Floor and applying a Color Enhancing Impregnator
We took a Dull and Drab Slate Floor and Gave it a Makeover!! We were asked to Clean and Enhance a Dull Slate Floor Cleaning Stone Floor with Intensive Cleaner We started by applying R155 Intensive Cleaner from HMK Stone Care Products. Mixing a solution of 1-Part R155 to 6-Parts warm water, we applied the solution…
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…
Love Your Granite Countertops ~ Valentines Day Special Discount
VALENTINE SPECIAL Pamper your favorite Granite, Marble, and all Natural Stone Surfaces with Professional Grade Cleaners and Sealers fromHMK Stone Care. Use DISCOUNT CODE: 17VALHMKat checkout for 15% off. ($17.00 minimum purchase)offer good through 2/14/2017 https://stonecareonline.com/
So Many Stone Sealers…Which One’s Are Good?
There are so many different manufacturers of Stone Sealers, and so many different opinions, so how do you make a choice? When I entered the dimensional stone trade in the late 1970’s, there was only one company that I was aware of, Moeller HMK from Germany. There may have been other companies out there, but…
Does Exterior Stone need to be Sealed?
This project is part of a $30 million project completed in 2002 in Western Montana. The architect specified HMK S39 Silane Impregnator, but the sealer was only used near each joint as a way to protect the stone from the urethane caulk joints, and any smearing or residue. No impregnator was applied to the face…
Sealing Stone over Previous Sealers – Yes You Can
We often get questions something like this: “I need to re-seal my granite countertops, but I don’t know what sealer (if any) my installer used. Can you help?” The short answer is usually YES, with the following caveat; make sure the stone does not have a topical sealer first (and read below for another qualifier).…
Understanding HMK’s new Product Numbering System
HMK Stone Care from Germany was the first Worldwide company to develop a complete system of Stone Care products. Since the 1970’s, Moeller HMK-StoneCare has developed Professional Grade products that are designed to work together as a complete Stone Care System. The first objective is to Clean – Stains, Coatings, Dirt, Buildup The second objective…
Amazing Stain Protection using HMK S34 Impregnating Stone Sealer
How well does HMK S34 Really work? We started with one of the most porous natural stones commonly used for floors and countertops – Travertine. As you may know, Travertine is a calcium based stone that is formed in the presence of hot springs. This creates the distinctive pores that most often are filled with…