DIY Grout Cleaning Tips
Here are some DIY solutions that work well to clean your dirty and discolored grout.
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Lifeless Travertine?
If the sight of your travertine floors or shower walls is giving you the blues, professional restoration services can brighten your day. Travertine can be clean...
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Countertop Rx
Have your countertops lost their luster? Here are the three most common reasons your countertops may have lost their shine — and what can be done to bring them ...
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Home Improvement Tips That Don’t Break the Bank
Home improvement. Sounds expensive, doesn’t it? Well, home improvement doesn’t have to be. Here are some tips and resources to help you get started.
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Holiday Tips for Natural Stone Care
Are you entertaining guests? Follow these tips and your marble, granite, and other natural stone will be thankful.
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So You’ve Got a Stain… or Do You?
Before you invest your valuable time and energy in a DIY attempt to remove discoloration from natural stone, here's some basic information help you determine wh...
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Beautiful Terrazzo
The great thing about terrazzo is even if it’s been buried under carpet or other flooring for years, or looks yellowed and ugly due to buildup and aging of topi...
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Stone Restoration Can Save You Money… But It Can’t be Cheap
One of the most costly decisions you can make is choosing a contractor based on price only. A contractor who has not had the proper training or who has little o...
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How to Get a Poultice to Stick to a Wall
A Stone Advisory Magazine reader asks, “How can I get it to stick to the wall?” We can almost see the cartoonish frustration of one attempting to make liquid de...
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Grout Color Sealing
One fastidious customer shares her motivation for getting her grout cleaned then color sealed, and how it was 'life changing' and reputation salvaging for her.
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Hollow tiles or cracking tiles and grout? Read this before ripp...
When you walk across your tile and grout floor, does it sound more like cheap laminate? Or when you drop a spoon, does it sound like it’s landing on an empty co...
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Why Use a pH Neutral Cleaner for Granite Countertops
Perhaps you have been told that your granite countertops can be cleaned with glass cleaner or a solution of dish soap and water. According to Maurizio Bertoli, ...
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What You Need to Know About Caring for Soapstone
Do you have or are you considering soapstone for your countertops? Here are some tips for caring for soapstone and keeping it beautiful.
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Sealers…. are they always necessary?
The following article was written by Maurizio Bertoli, considered by many to be the ‘godfather’ of stone restoration. He passed away in 2008 but hi...
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Color Sealing your grout… is it all it’s cracked up to be?
Grout color sealing is all the rage, and for good reason. Mostly. Learn what you need to know about this service and how it can be the service you are the next...
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