Blue Monarch
Supportive Member
If this were man made stuff, I'd nuke it with cobb's acid. How do you guys handle this with natural stone?
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Natural Stone Shower - Hard Water Deposits
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Mikey P
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I'd start with Stone Pro Stone Scrub and a black or green pad, if those walls are as flat as they look, start with a razor(looks like Porcelain to me)
Those surfaces are both so "honed/flat that acid would most likely not change the look.
You wont get all of it but if you seal it with a good enhancer you'll fool them for a few showers worth.
Those surfaces are both so "honed/flat that acid would most likely not change the look.
You wont get all of it but if you seal it with a good enhancer you'll fool them for a few showers worth.
Blue Monarch
Supportive Member
Hmm, maybe it isn't stone. I just took her word for it. Snapped a pic and carried on.
Great customer. 3-4 times a year cleaning up after her pets.
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Ron Lippold
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Once clean use a color enhancing sealer. It will make the grout lines pop.
Larry Cobb
Member
Dirk;
I would wet it evenly . . .
and then use the Grout Cleaner by hand on the areas that require it.
As Mikey said, the flat finish will not change.
Enhancer to finish the job.
http://www.cobbcarpet.com/zen/index...ription=1&keyword="grout+cleaner"+or+enhancer
Larry
I would wet it evenly . . .
and then use the Grout Cleaner by hand on the areas that require it.
As Mikey said, the flat finish will not change.
Enhancer to finish the job.
http://www.cobbcarpet.com/zen/index...ription=1&keyword="grout+cleaner"+or+enhancer
Larry
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John Olson
Member
We have a new line we have been testing that has blown us away and our tester whom is in Aspen working in 10-100m homes. In the line they have two amazing products we are going to start marketing heavy. Cal-Clean and. Cal-Block for natural stone. The first is a non acidic calcium remover and the second is a sealant that goes on after sealing to block calcium from forming. The results are amazing. My buddy has gone through 4 cases of each now in both hotels in aspen with marble and travertine bathrooms to a 100 m home with travertine out door walk ways and marble showers. Those products along with their stone enhancer sealer has been nothing short of amazing. I'll have them listed in the deal section and they will be on our new website when it goes live at the end of the week.
Cameron DeMille
Member
The floor is definitely stone (travertine). The walls are either travertine or porcelain, but most likely travertine. Also, are you sure that's water deposits and not soap scum? It's hard to tell from the pictures.
When it's this bad, I use acid to make the cleaning faster, then re-hone wherever it's affected. The honing adds more time, but with the time you save by using acid, it's pretty much a wash. Just don't use straight muriatic or anything. You can get it off in layers. Let the acid fiz, scrub, re-apply, fiz, scrub etc.
If it's soap scum (waxy feel, as apposed to rough feel) MB-3 soap scum remover is the way to go. It won't affect the stone.
When it's this bad, I use acid to make the cleaning faster, then re-hone wherever it's affected. The honing adds more time, but with the time you save by using acid, it's pretty much a wash. Just don't use straight muriatic or anything. You can get it off in layers. Let the acid fiz, scrub, re-apply, fiz, scrub etc.
If it's soap scum (waxy feel, as apposed to rough feel) MB-3 soap scum remover is the way to go. It won't affect the stone.
