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Countertops is referred to a “parallel worksurface” in kitchens i.e. food preparation areas, and workroom.  “Countertops” are often mounted above and maintained by “cabinets”. In British English, the word counterpart is known as “worktop”, and it is also termed as counter top, benchtop, and countertopping.  Countertops are mounted in the kitchen about 27 inches from front to back and are intended to some extent -overhang standard kitchen base cabinet. Countertops are usually made of some sort of “integrated backsplash”, it protect spilled liquids from falling behind the cabinets.  They can be cut away to lodge the installation of cookers (stoves), sinks, cooktops, cutting boards, and ranges.

Cleaning dirt or stains from the granite countertops can be both puzzling or challenging. In order to get rid of stains or dirt, make sure that it is certainly a stain not any damage to the granite surface. After that, check what caused the stain on the surface, so that you can use right material to get rid of it. Here is strategy for determining difficulties and necessary instruction to resolve it.

Instruction

Step one: damage or stain?

Have a look on following given guideline to check whether the spots on your granite surface are stains or that areas is damaged. If you not sure about the spot, then you can consult to the expert before proceeding.

Stains:

• Discoloring of the stone.  Gripping a staining agent such as tea, oil, coffee, etc.

• If you remove the staining agent, the stain will disappear.

Damage:

• Change is a natural phenomenon of the stones.

• Decay, rusting is caused by acids, leaving “water spots” or “ring”, which can not be removed.

• That stains can’t removed, as it is actually damage that requires mending, or eliminating the damaged area.
• Make sure that the damage is to stone or the protective coating or sealant.

Cleaning the granite countertops:

Cleaning stains from granite countertops requires the use of a “poultice”. Poultice contains two materials: the first is a permeable substance such as “viva paper towels”, bounty, talcum powder, and “diatomaceous”. And second is a chemical which removes stains.

The categories of stain:

• Organic stains, such as soda, gravy, oil, mustard, coffee, tea, etc.

Chemicals: hydrogen peroxide.

• Inorganic stains: dye, ink, dust, etc.

Chemical required: rubbing alcohol for ink, hydrogen peroxide.

• Oil stains: any kind of cooking oil, mineral oil, butter, margarine, and etc.

Chemical required: pure Acetone i.e. nail polish remover.

• Biological stain: mold, mildew, etc.

Chemical required bleach or MB-9

• Metal stains: rust, copper, etc.

Chemical required: iron- out white powder.

Procedure:

• Mix the poultice i.e. talc powder and hydrogen peroxide together and make a thick paste. It should have the constancy of “putty”.

• Spread the paste on entire stained area. The coating of the paste should be approximately one fourth of an inch thick and partly cover the stain about a one an inch.

• Cover up the coated area with plastic wrap and tape the edges down. Leave it for one day to get dry.

• Remove the plastic wrap and tape from the stained surface and leave the poultice in place.

• Let the poultice be on the stain till it dries completely. It will take two hours to two weeks to dry.

• When the paste is dry completely, scrape it away with a plastic scraper.

• Wipe out the remaining paste with a clean cloth

• Wash the granite countertops as normal and dry with another clean mop

• Repeat the process three to eight times to remove the stains properly, especially for oily stains.

Removing Water stains:

Water stains are a “short-term” problem. The granite turns “darken” or “lighten” in color when stone absorb water. Nonetheless, once the water disperses, the color of the stone gets back to normal. To protect stone from absorbing water in the first place, it is essential to close the granite surface with “high quality sealer”. This can be accomplished on your own or by an expert.  If “hard water” stains happen, they can be cleaned by spreading vinegar to the affected area using the same technique as mentioned above.