An interest in marble look porcelain tile increases the
value of your home. The porcelain tile cleaning tips beneath will keep up your
speculation and include long stretches of magnificence with negligible
exertion. Porcelain tile comes in three kinds: incomplete, cleaned and
finished. Each compose has distinctive prescribed cleaning tips for you.
Porcelain tiles are very hard-wearing, insensitive and
easy-care, but this high-quality ceramic requires the correct cleaning and
treatment. Due to the high mechanical resistance and the resistance to acids
and alkalis (except hydrofluoric acid and its fluoride compounds) porcelain
tiles can be used almost everywhere.
Most Effective Cleaning Tips
The surfaces are unglazed and dull or by factory grinding
and polishing semi-matt or polished, with or without structure.
Protection and impregnation of porcelain stoneware tiles:
Can, but does not have to ...
- A protective impregnation makes polished porcelain stoneware tiles even more water-repellent and easy-care. The color and surface of the tile remains untouched. A protective impregnation is particularly suitable for monochrome porcelain stoneware and in dirt-prone areas.
- Textured and matt surfaces require impregnation only in exceptional cases. It is therefore important to observe the information provided by the manufacturer of the tiles in porcelain stoneware.
Everyday or maintenance cleaning: no soaps, no waxy
cleaners!
Superficial dirt on porcelain stoneware is best used with a
damp microfibre cloth / microfibre mop or similar. Slightly soluble road dirt
only needs clean, warm water. For moderately soluble contaminations, 10-60 ml
of a soap-free detergent will help to make 8 liters of water. A wipe is not
necessary with porcelain stoneware. These cleaning methods will help you to
maintain a marble look of your porcelain tile for a long time.
Porcelain stoneware, cleaning, care
On fatting or waxy cleaners e.g. detergent should be omitted
in porcelain tiles, because they build up layers that not only negatively
affect the appearance, but form deposits that are removed only by an intensive
basic cleaning. Likewise, detergents that are not tailored to the specific
requirements of porcelain stoneware can impair the safety of sliding and attack
the joints.
