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How to Protect Mable Tiles?

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It’s also best to use a wide tip nozzle that will keep the water spread out over an expanded surface. As you are cleaning, keep the nozzle as far away from the stone as you can. Otherwise, you’ll increase the likelihood of damage.

Keep your stone away from any acidic products. Lannon stone responds very poorly to acidic cleaners, like vinegar or lemon juice, and will actually start to fall apart. It’s also important to avoid placing acidic liquids, such as orange juice, onto the stone.

As a general rule, anything that you use on the stone should have a neutral pH (close to a pH of 7) and ideally be made for use on natural stone. Keep heat away from the stone. 

Lannon fireplaces have a protective inner shell to protect the stone, but countertops are usually more vulnerable. Make sure to place a mat, towel, or trivet under any hot drinks or dishes before setting them on your lannon stone.

If you notice that your lannon stone appears especially powdery, that is a sign of heat damage. Many staircases have twists, turns, and extensions that require multiple landings.

How Doing a Routine Cleaning?

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Sweep away and dirt or debris. Any loose dirt, debris, or dust should be swept from cement floors or walls before you begin cleaning. Use a broom to sweep the cement as clean as you can before applying a cleaner. When sweeping down a cement wall, lay down a tarp to catch loose dirt, debris, and dust.


Put on protective gear if necessary. When using chemical cleaners, such as degreasers, gloves and goggles are generally necessary. You should also wear older clothing, regardless of what kind of cleaner you’re using, as cleaning cement may get messy. Prepare a cleaning solution. Mildly dirty cement can be cleaned with mild laundry detergent diluted with warm water.


In a bucket, mix a third cup of your detergent with a gallon of water. When using degreaser, consult the label to figure out the proper degreaser to water ratio. Pour the solution on the concrete. It’s best to work in sections, especially when cleaning a large amount of cement. Pour enough of your cleaner over the cement you’re working on to get it thoroughly wet.


For very dirty concrete, allow the cleaner to sit for a few minutes before proceeding to clean it. Scrub the concrete. Use a deck brush to scrub your cleaner into the cement. Work the cleaner in until you’ve removed any troublesome layers of dirt and dust, and any obvious stains or set in dirt.


For very dirty floors, let the cleaner sit for five to ten minutes after scrubbing it once. Then, repeat the process. Rinse with a hose or pressure washer. A pressure washer is the best means to remove a cleaner from cement. These can be rented at most hardware stores. If you do not have a pressure washer, a high pressure hose can be used to rinse the cement.

How Using Baking Soda and Vinegar to Grout Between Floor Tiles?

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Make a paste of baking soda and water. Mix 3 parts of baking soda to 1 part water to make a thick paste. This versatile cleaner will work with all colors of grout, but vinegar can be harmful to some natural stones tile such as marble tile or limestone.

Apply the paste to the grout lines with your finger. Although the baking soda isn’t harmful, wearing rubber gloves can help prevent scratches or irritated skin from the abrasive grout and baking soda.

Make a 1:1 solution of white vinegar and water in a spray bottle. Spray the baking soda paste you applied with the vinegar solution. You should immediately see bubbling which lets you know the natural cleaning process has begun. Do not use vinegar if your spots tile is made of natural stone.

Wait for the solution to stop bubbling. The bubbling action is a chemical reaction between the baking soda and vinegar. The reaction generally lasts a few minutes. After the bubbling has stopped the chemical cleaning action is done. Scrub the grout lines with a brush. Use a nylon bristled scrub brush, or a toothbrush, to scrub along each grout line. Pay close attention to corners and edges to make these areas clean as well.

Mop the Tundla Tiles floor with plain water. Use a mop and plain water to remove the baking soda and vinegar residues. Rinse your mop and change the water often during the cleaning process so you do not continue to spread the residue around the common marble floor.