How to Care for & Maintain Baraboo

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 Baraboo 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 Baraboo, 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.

Baraboo Quartzite Wet Cutting

Cutting natural quartzite, including Baraboo is many times done using a wet environment. Using a wet saw to make cuts in a Baraboo quartzite slab is beneficial for cutting, but it defeats the purpose of keeping liquid out of the pores of the stone. Therefore, employing a method for keeping water out of the pores of the stone makes sense.

Maintenance & Care Routine for Baraboo Quartzite

Whether the stone is in the shop or installed in a home, Baraboo quartzite surfaces benefit from being treated with a quality stone sealer. These products won't make the stone stain-proof by any means, but they do provide a valuable task. Dirt and spills that are common not only in households, but also in work areas are repelled when an effective sealer is used to treat a Baraboo slab. This means that applying a natural quartzite sealer to the stone will boost its resistance to stains that can be delivered into the pores via moisture and oil.

Quartzite Care & Maintenance Recommended for Baraboo

You might be wondering if it is even necessary to seal a Baraboo countertop and that is a fair question. Whether or not sealing a Baraboo quartzite counter is needed would depend on whether you are interested in performance. After all, not all slabs perform the same. And the reality is that applying the proper sealer correctly ensures that the stone reaches its full potential.

A good place to get reliable information about this is the NSI. This source 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 and it is an authoritative source for safety and technical standards and information regarding the use of natural stone.

The NSI says in this document that "sealing makes the stone more stain resistant", which indicates how important using sealer is regarding a stone's resistance to water and oil based liquids. Because of this, many professionals recommend that a care and maintenance routine be used after installation. Implementing a maintenance routine gives the owner of the stone the best performance opportunity.

So in closing, there are a number of reasons for fabricators and homeowners alike to use a stone sealing and care program to maintain a Baraboo quartzite countertop, or other surface. First, it keeps potential stain-causing liquids out of the pores and it ensures the slab will look its best longer. Whether you are working on a Baraboo quartzite or if your client has one and want to know how to treat it, following the recommended care an maintenance program wil yield great results.