Mar 25, 2017 | Tips & Articles
Question: I have a water ring where a plant was sitting on my hearthstone, which I believe is limestone. Is there any way to remove it? I appreciate your help. Great question. Simply put, the water ring you see is either a stain or an etch… or a combination...
Jan 25, 2017 | Tips & Articles
If you’ve done any homework at all on how to properly care for your natural stone, one of the first things you probably learned was that certain types of stone (marble, limestone, onyx, among others) are susceptible to damage from acidic substances. The culprits...
Dec 25, 2016 | Tips & Articles
Flaking (also called spalling) in natural stone is generally an indicator of sub-florescence, a condition in which mineral salts are carried into the stone by moisture and accumulate beneath the stone’s surface, creating stress within the pores of the stone. This...
Nov 25, 2016 | Tips & Articles
Ever walk into a home or property and smell a faint but offensive odor and can’t quite figure out where it’s coming from? If you have odors that you can’t quite identify the source, it just might be coming from your grout lines. Think about it....
Oct 25, 2016 | Tips & Articles
Working with natural stone for many years, we’ve become intimately familiar with it –how to care for it, protect it, and resolve problems when they occur. We are always available to answer questions when our customers ask. One of the most common questions we get is,...
Sep 25, 2016 | Tips & Articles
For thousands of years, soapstone has been recognized as a practical and versatile stone with uses ranging from spearheads to kitchen counters and sinks. It is, of course, the latter with which we’re concerned here. If you have soapstone in your business or home, you...
