Every woman loves to have a kitchen with attractive tiles, worktops, beautiful sink and attractive cupboards. Many are using attractive quartz worktops in their kitchen, as it requires little maintenance and are available in attractive colors and patterns. Further to this, quartz it is highly durable and stain resistant. It definitely improves value of your home.
Most of the new homes are built with spacious rooms, kitchen with modern apparatus, cupboards and quartz countertops that require less maintenance. Quartz worktops are long durable and can be fitted easily in your kitchen.
White quartz worktops are the preferred option over the Marble worktops, which depending on its type are expensive, for your kitchen. Quartz is scratch resistant. However, you need to follow certain precautions to prevent scratches on quartz worktops.
- It withstands most of the liquids but soaks tea, hair dye and other chemicals that aren’t used on any kitchen if you allow it for more time. To avoid stains caused by the tea, you should clean the surface immediately with a soft sponge or cloth.
- You should not place the hot vessels on white quartz worktops to prevent scratches. Instead, you can place hot vessels over a trivet or hot pad to safeguard quartz worktops from discoloration, thermal shock or damage.
- It doesn’t require sealing because quartz worktops can retain smooth surface without the need for any polishing. But marble worktops require sealing every year. For preparing foods, you can place a wooden cutting board on the quartz countertop.
- You can use a mild detergent and soft rag for cleaning of the quartz countertops. You should choose non abrasive and no bleach abrasive.
- Make use of surface or glass cleaner along with a non abrasive sponge to remove heavy or dried stains. You can apply surface cleaner over the countertops and leave it for ten minutes. The stains can be removed safely with the help of a non-scratching sponge.
- You can make use of a plastic knife (not steel knife) to remove grease, gum or paints from the quartz countertops. You can apply degreasing cleaner to remove grease from the surface. Oil based cleaners can be used to remove permanent markers or inks from the countertops. You should not use sharp knives on the countertops to prevent scratches though quartz is scratch resistant. It is always advised to use wooden cutting boards on the countertops.
- It is suggested not to use alkaline or acidic cleaners like bleach, turpentine, nail polish remover or oven cleaner for cleaning the quartz surfaces. In the event of an unintentional spill, you can clean the surface immediately using mild detergent.
Items required for cleaning quartz worktops are water, non abrasive sponge, soft cloth, mild detergent, plastic putty knife, oil based cleaner, degreasing cleaner and Trivet. You can select the right item for cleaning and maintaining your quartz countertops to keep it shiny and scratch free.
You can buy high quality items for cleaning the quartz countertops either from online stores or at the local store. Though quartz worktops are highly durable you should not hit with anything on the quartz to prevent breakage.
Quartz worktops look beautiful and contemporary. Taking care of it by following the above steps will make sure that they keep looking like that for years to come.
