Stone, Tile & Grout Care
Keep Your Floors Shining: Picking the Perfect Cleaner for Every Surface
If you love a clean floor as much as we do, you know that nothing compares to a floor so clean it sparkles. But what if that beautiful shine comes at the cost of damaged floors? Using the wrong cleaning product on your floor can strip away the finish, dull the surface and maybe even…
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Our Top 10 Must-Have Floor Cleaning Essentials Every Home Should Have
Clean and well-maintained floors are not just aesthetically pleasing. They also help make your home healthier and more comfortable. To keep your floors looking their best, you need the right tools, but with so many options available how do you know if it’s a must-have or just a gimmick? Whether you’re dealing with everyday spills,…
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Spring into Clean: Renew & Refresh Your Floors
Spring is in the air… The change of season is the perfect time to breathe new life into your home’s floors. April showers bring May flowers but they can also bring mud, dirt and allergens into your space so it’s important to have a floor care routine that can help you ensure that your floors…
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Elevating Your Space with Consistent Floor Care
Whether it’s elegant hardwood, durable tiles or cozy carpets, your flooring is the foundation of your space’s design and functionality. Flooring for any space – residential or commercial – is a substantial investment that adds value and character. Like any investment, you’ll want to take steps to protect it so you can enjoy it for…
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Winter Floor Care: Defeating Snow and Salt
For those of us that live in areas where snow is common during the winter months, keeping the snow (and salt) off our floors and out of our spaces can seem like a never-ending battle. Whether you’re a homeowner, a business owner or a custodian, the struggle to keep floors clean during the winter months…
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Are Your Floors Ready For The Holidays?
It’s hard to believe, but here we are just weeks away from Thanksgiving – the start to the holiday season. This time of year brings joy, laughter and the warmth of spending time with family and friends, along with delicious home cooked meals, fondly remembered stories of the past and family traditions. If your home…
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Fall Floor Care Tips: Keeping Your Home Leaf-Free and Clean
While the colorful leaves and cooler temps of fall have many of us craving pumpkin lattes and the comfort of cozy sweaters, fall also presents homeowners with a challenge – keeping their floors clean and free of leaves, dirt and debris. As the fallen leaves dance across our lawns and walkways, it can seem like…
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Natural Stone Sealer & Enhancing Stone Sealer
Natural stone surfaces, including marble and granite floors, need to be sealed to protect the surface from stains caused by spills or tracked in contaminants. Most sealers for stone tile are penetrating sealers that soak into the porous natural stone surface to protect it from staining. Freshly applied, still wet, sealant will always look glossy on…
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Winter Fun Outside Big Mess Inside
Winter snow is so much fun outside! It’s when it comes into your neat & clean home that it’s a big mess! Better get the mop ready…again! A bit of spray cleaner and a clean mop pad will remove melted snow and rock salt residue from most floors including finished hardwood, luxury vinyl plank or…
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Four Cleaning Tips for Keeping Your Bathroom Spotless
Four Cleaning Tips for Keeping Your Bathroom Spotless Refresh Grout — One of the simplest ways to refresh or recolor your dingy, tired grout is to use Grout-Aide Markers. The DIY grout recoloring kits from Grout-Aide include everything you need to transform stained grout from dirty to like-new, including the grout colorant and a brush…
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How to Choose Flooring Gloss Level
What Gloss Level Should I Use On My Floor? There are three main classifications of gloss when it comes to flooring, High-gloss, Semi-gloss and Matte. When selecting a gloss level for wood, laminate or vinyl flooring consider these factors… High-gloss provides a bright finish that reflects the most light which will highlight scuffs, scratches and other marks. Heavy…
Read MoreCleaning Stains on Natural Stone Tile
Natural Stone occasionally needs more than routine cleaning maintenance. The location of the stone surface- such as a shower, kitchen or high traffic area- and the type of surface- for example Travertine, Porcelain or Granite- are factors that contribute to the frequency with stone is likely to need extra attention to maintain it’s natural beauty. …
Read MoreStart to Think @ Spring Cleaning
Spring is around the corner which makes it time to think about SPRING CLEANING! Yes, I said it!… Spring cleaning. May not be your favorite part of spring yet it needs to be done and what a great feeling when it is! You know there will be no more slush or ice melter tracking inside because the…
Read MoreStone, Tile & Grout Care Q & A
We frequently get emails from customers with common and unique floorcare questions. We answer these questions directly to the customer who asks and we post many of them on Facebook and (more briefly) on Twitter. If you find the following stone, tile & grout care tips helpful, “Like Us” on Facebook or “Follow Us” on…
Read MoreFall for the Best Time to Get Back to Floorcare Basics
Autumn the perfect time to get back to floorcare routines that keep your floors looking GREAT. It may even be time for your floor to get an extra bit of TLC to really shine before the winter holidays set in. There are many types of floors that require different routines however they all have one thing in…
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