Items Tagged with 'stone maintenance'

Quartz and quartzite. The names are close enough that the terms get used interchangeably across showrooms, spec sheets, and design consultations. It's an understandable confusion, but it creates real problems, because these two materials behave nothing alike. Understanding what separates them at the structural level helps everyone in the chain, from specifier to fabricator to end user, make better decisions and avoid preventable failures.

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) recently completed a meticulous restoration of the marble foyer floor at Rienzi, its house museum for European decorative arts. 

A panel discussion during a recent Stone Industry Education event in Houston, TX, discussed practicalities of maintenance and restoration of natural stone surfaces. 

Kip Tindell joins the Covel Technologies team as a new regional sales manager in the South-Central region of the U.S.  

Good-bye Stain, manufactured by Akemi, is a slightly alkaline cleaning agent based on active chlorine compounds.

Hospitality at its core is about creating a welcoming space. When entryways, kitchens and bathrooms have stained stone, tile and grout, they are far from welcoming. Be sure to protect all your jobs with a quick application of a penetrating sealer, because as the saying goes, an ounce of prevention beats a pound of cure.

Natural stone is one of the oldest, and certainly the most time-tested, of building materials known to man. Its beauty, durability, long life cycle and low-maintenance qualities make it the choice of many architects for commercial and institutional applications.

HMK® S748 Color Enhancing Sealer is a ready-to-use, solvent-based impregnator with color enhancing properties for use on natural stones, artificial stones and terrazzo surfaces that reduces the penetration of water, dirt, oil and grease.