Masi 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 Masi 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 Masi, 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.

Wet Cutting Masi Quartzite

Natural quartzite slabs are cut in many cases using wet saws to make the cuts in the material. Like other quartzite surfaces, Masi 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.

Masi Quartzite Care & Maintenance

Whether the stone is in the shop or installed in a home, Masi 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 Masi slab. This means that applying a quartzite stone sealer to the stone will boost its resistance to stains that can be delivered into the pores via moisture and oil.

Maintaining and Caring for Masi is Recommended

You might be wondering if it is even necessary to seal a Masi countertop and that is a fair question. Whether or not sealing a Masi 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 offers training on sealers and application thereof, 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.

As we have discussed, Masi quartzite, as well as other quartzite benefits from having a regular routine that includes sealer application. Keeping water out if the pores of any natural stone improves the appearance of that particular stone. In fact the lighter the material, or the darker the material, the easier a discoloration from water could happen. For this reason and others, it is good to practice the techniques we have discussed in this article when working with or on Masi quartzite.