Dolce Vita Quartzite Care Program

When you install a quartzite surface, what do you recommend to the consumer as a care and maintenance program? For example, if you finished up a job installing a Dolce Vita quartzite surface and the customer asked how to care for it, what would you recommend? When it comes to recommending a care and maintenance routine for Dolce Vita, or any other quartzite countertop surface for that matter, we have a recommendation. We will examine it in this article. For a discussion of why sealing quartzite can be challenging checkout out article entitled: Meeting the Challenge of Sealing Quartzite. Now, on to the topic at hand.

Dolce Vita Quartzite Wet Cutting

Natural quartzite slabs are cut in many cases using wet saws to make the cuts in the material. Like other quartzite surfaces, Dolce Vita gets cut using saws and other tools in a wet environment. However, keeping liquids out of the pores of natural stone is beneficial and even when the slab is being cut, it makes sense to reduce the amount of water that the stone absorbs.

Dolce Vita Quartzite Care & Maintenance

In the course of everyday life, there are times when common spills and dirt come into contact with any countertop surface, including Dolce Vita quartzite. And even though sealing stone does not make it stain-proof, it does boost the resistance of the material against staining. Using an effective sealer on a Dolce Vita countertop will make it water and oil repellant. This allows the owner time to clean up any substances that could stain the quartzite. That is why using a quartzite stone sealer is a good idea; especially for materials such as Dolce Vita that are porous and can get "thirsty" easily. Not only During fabrication, but even afterward it makes sense to use a sealer on a Dolce Vita quartzite surface.

Recommending Dolce Vita Quartzite Sealer

A question that is sometimes found to be on the minds of professionals and consumers alike is, "Is sealing Dolce Vita quartzite required?" The answer to that question would depend on how much importance the one asking the question puts on getting the very best results. Why? Because not every single quartzite slab that is made into a countertop will be sealed either correctly or often enough. By the same token though, those countertops will not have the highest level of stain resistance either.

The NSI is a trade association representing every aspect of the natural stone industry. Its current membership at the time of this writing exceeds 2,000 members in over 50 countries. It serves as the authoritative source for safety and technical standards and information regarding the use of natural stone. What does it say regarding sealers?

The NSI offers training on sealers and application thereof, which implies the importance of using sealer to improve stone's resistance to water and oil based liquids. Additionally, we recommend that a care and maintenance routine be used by consumers after installation. Doing so gives the owner of the stone the best performance opportunity.

In conclusion, there a number of reasons to be mindful of practicing a regular care and maintenance routine on a Dolce Vita quartzite surface as a homeowner and those same reasons are why fabricators use effective products for sealing Dolce Vita as well as other quartzites. Be sure your routine includes treating quartzite with an effective sealer and the results will show it.