As some of you know, I have been associated with the Aqua Mix brand of stone care products in the UK for the last 10 years. Sadly, all good things must come to an end it seems, and as of December 31st. 2010, Aqua Mix are no longer present in the market. It is a [...]

Ok, so I thought a sponge was a sponge, but of course I should have known better. For some years now we in the tiling world have had hydrophilic sponges – sponges designed to be highly absorbent for maximum clean-up performance when grouting. They are a little more dense than a standard sponge, such as [...]

There is a new name in the UK stone market – www.allforstone.co.uk – a new online store for all things stone. All for Stone has been established by stone industry professionals to serve both the trade and retail customer. One of the things that sets them apart is that fact that the folks behind it [...]

Hi All, here’s to a happy and prosperous 2011 for us all. This time last year I made myself a promise that I would try to post more often in 2010 – I think I did do that, just. Certainly during the year the blog received more and more traffic and with this came two [...]