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Top 10 Care and Maintenance Tips for Stone Floors and Tiles »

With the holiday season out of the way I though it would be a good time to post my top 10 tips on keeping a floor looking good. So, here it is, nice and simple, most of the tips are equally relevant to ceramics floors also. (Oh, and all the best for 2009 from Tile [...]

How To Deal With Streaks on Limestone »

Question – “Hi, I am a cleaning contractor and have a customer who has a limestone floor in a reception of a hotel which has been maintained by some one else. It is only 6 months old and has gone streaky. I have dealt with marble and other stone before but not limestone. What would [...]

How To Seal Terracotta – Step By Step »

Back in the 1980′s there was a bit of a craze for using terracotta. It was everywhere, in magazines, on TV, and it was soon being used extensively in homes and also in commercial properties like pubs and wine bars. After a few years it seemed to disappear almost as fast. This is due in [...]

How To Remove Grout Haze From A Limestone Floor? »

Visitor’s Question: “I have a problem with a newly laid Limestone floor. The tiler left it with a very thick haze of grout on it.I have tried a Fila Residue Remover cleaner, and another Grime remover (which seemed to work only a little better). I have used non-scratch pads and an emulsifier pad – on [...]