Stone Cleaning in Los Angeles: What to Do, What to Avoid, and Who to Call

Stone cleaning in Los Angeles is based on knowing what to do, knowing what to avoid, and most importantly of all, who to call to get it done.

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First off, unless you are 100% sure of what you're doing, never try to clean stone tile yourself.  Some stone is fairly durable, however, other stone is surprisingly easy to damage.  Most stones that are calcium based fit into this second category.  Calcium based stones are limestone, marble, and travertine.  If you spill anything acidic on these stones, you can start to crumble the stone.  And we're not just talking about actual acid.  Things that you find normally around the house are dangers to your stone.  Coffee, wine, vinegar, bleach, and orange juice are just some of the many things that damage calcium-based stone.

Simple, go out and buy a household cleaner to clean your stone, right?   Oops. It has a trace amount of bleach as part of the ingredients.  Or on the flip side, it contains no bleach,  and it offers to polish your marble to the shine of a mirror.  How it does it is that it is made of wax and oil.  For a while, you'll get the polish that it claims on the label, but as the wax and oil accumulate, it will also accumulate dirt and grime.  Your polish will fade, and you'll be left with a dull floor.

Hiring a Stone Cleaning Service Makes Sense Economically

You have to look at your money as an investment.  How you invest your money determines the success or failure of any project.  Hiring a stone cleaning service in Los Angeles makes sense economically.
For one thing, you get more for your money.

In addition to safe and effective stone cleaning, they can also help with stone restoration.  They can give you tips to help keep up the shine on your stone between visits.  And of equal importance, they can apply impregnating stone sealer to help protect your floor. Even though it appears solid, stone is actually quite porous.  It's a good idea to apply something to it that will stop it from eroding or crumbling.  Why does this matter?  Well, depending on your floor, replacing your stone can be anywhere from several hundred to several thousand dollars.  Wouldn't you rather take care of your stone floor so that it can last for years or even decades?

The right service can help.   The best service to get is one that does commercial stone restoration in Los Angeles.

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Commercial Stone Restoration: What You Should Know Part 1

Is there a need for commercial stone restoration? Of course there is.  Part one of our series focuses on the need in a high traffic area such as a hotel lobby.

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Who Can Benefit from Commercial Stone Restoration in L.A.?

The greater Los Angeles is home to a lot of high-priced real estate.  Multi-million dollar homes are one thing, however, there are a lot of high-end salons, restaurants, and hotels that all have stone.  Look at a hotel lobby for example.  That's where commercial stone restoration comes into play.

Some hotels see literally millions of guests come and go through their doors every years.  Every single one of them leaves behind some amount of damage even on something as hard as a stone floor.  A guy dragging his roller suitcase behind him, a woman with high heels walking by, and the floor gets a mark each time.  Someone spilling their orange juice from the grab and go breakfast bar.  All of these damages individually are nothing.  However, when you add them all up, that's when it is a good idea to get a hold of a commercial stone restoration service in Los Angeles.  But which one should  your business choose?

Finding an Expert in Stone Care

First off, look at stone care services.  Make sure that they have some experience with the type of stone that you have.  Something calcium based such as marble, limestone, or travertine will need much different care than a composite such as terrazzo or granite.  Read up on the company in question, call them and ask them a bunch of questions, and check out their online reviews.  As to why you should go for professional commercial stone restoration, online reviews are definitely a driving factor, but not for the stone service, for your business.

Using the hotel we mentioned above, you probably know that if you own or manage a hotel, hotels in the L.A. are very competitive.  If your guests go back home and leave a few bad reviews it can literally cost your business millions in lost revenue and hiring a professional marketing firm to do damage control.  So one reason is economics. Commercial stone care is far cheaper than having to deal with the impact of negative press and PR, as well as the tarnished image your hotel will now have.

If you have a commercial business, why would you even consider trying to do it yourself?  You want to hire someone who is an expert not just in stone, but in commercial stone restoration in Los Angeles.

This concludes part two of our series.  Be sure to read part one as well part three for more information on commercial stone restoring services, or read another of our articles here.

Morris Cleaning & Restoration
1007 N.Sepulveda Blvd. #1204
Manhattan Beach, CA 90267
(310) 545-8750
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