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Engineered Stone

Everyday Cleaning

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 Your Stone Benchtop requires little maintenance to retains its beauty. 

 

  • To clean your stone benchtops, you can use a soft cloth or rag with warm soapy water and mild household detergent followed by wiping it with a dry clean soft cloth. Avoid letting water air dry on the counter.​

  • If using a stone safe multi-purpose cleaning product such as Ajax Stone Safe Spray & Wipe or any market bought stone safe products, make sure you do a final wipe with clean water after applying those, as some multi-purpose products can leave a residue that will slowly build up over time, discoloring your top. We also recommend the use of a quality stone cleaning products, please ask us if you require one.

  • Dish soap: Mild dish soap is effective for cleaning stone surfaces without damaging them. 

  • Avoid abrasives: Don't use metal scouring pads or scrubbers, or abrasive cleaning products. These can scratch the stone. 

  • Blot spills: Blot up spills immediately to avoid spreading them. 

  • Rinse and dry: After blotting, rinse with warm water and dry with a clean, dry cloth. 

  • Use of methylated spirits: Methylated spirits can help remove soap residue without leaving streaks. 

  • Seal textured finished stones as it is slightly porous, so you can seal it to help prevent stains. 

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Please Note:
  More regular cleaning will be required for the Concrete, Honed and Leathered finishes than the polished finish (Honed is a non-reflective surface which is silky to touch, and Leathered is a textured matt surface). Those finishes may show fingerprints, metal marks and other signs of regular use. Concrete, Honed and Leathered finishes do require sealing by the fabricator and will be required to be resealed throughout the life of the benchtop. It is also important to understand that materials with dark colors are more likely to show smearing and marks more readily than light colors. Please contact us for advice.

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Additional Cleaning Notes
  For more stubborn marks – use a Stone Safe crème cleanser that has been diluted with water (one part cleanser / three   parts water) or source a specialist cleaner from your benchtop fabricator or kitchen manufacturer. Use the cleanser with a   scotch Brite All Purpose cleaning pad or similar.

 
  Do not rub excessively in one area as this may change the appearance of the benchtop. Rub in a wide, circular motion. Buff dry with a smooth clean cloth to avoid leaving a streaky appearance.


Food, chewing gum, or paint stuck to the surface, it can be scraped off with a sharp blade. Any residual metal marks can be easily removed by following the regular cleaning procedure.


The use of a non pH neutral chemicals is prohibited. Do not use or spill bleach, caustic soda, Draino,
oven cleaners, paint strippers or petroleum-based products on your Engineered Stone benchtop.

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Other Important Notes:

How durable is my Engineered Stone top?

Tough? Yes. Indestructible? No.


Engineered Stone is highly stain and impact-resistant, however not stain and impact-proof! Like all surface materials, Engineered Stone should be treated with care. Excessive force, high point loads, pressure or heat may cause damage to the surface.
If damage occurs contact your kitchen manufacturer or benchtop fabricator for advice. The surface may be repaired depending on the severity.

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​Heat Resistance

Engineered Stone is designed and manufactured to withstand moderate heat, but is not heat proof. Like many stone products, it will tolerate brief exposures to moderately high temperatures, however, prolonged direct contact with or radiated heat directly from hot pots can cause thermal shock and/or discoloration to your stone top. Anything of high temperature directly from the hotplate or out of the oven onto the surface of the benchtop will likely cause damage to the surface. We do not recommend you do this. To prevent these issues, the use of an insulating pad (timber bread board, hot pad, trivet, etc.), whenever placing hot pots/pans, electric frying pans, oven trays, slow cookers, or roaster ovens on your top. If you can’t hold it in your bare hand, don’t sit it directly on your stone top. The effects of sitting hot objects on your stone top will not be covered by any product warranty

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​Things to avoid

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  • Exposure to high impact, especially on the edges

  • Exposure to excessive heat

  • Exposure to paint strippers, bleach and nail polish remover

  • Prolonged exposure to acidic liquids such as lemon juice etc.

  • Excessive weight being placed on the benchtop, such as tradespeople standing on the benchtop when carrying out other work in your home like Painting, electrical, etc.

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