Is this okay to use on a stone benchtop?
A message straight from the Cleanery team!
Cleanery formulations are designed to be gentle on all common hard surfaces, such as acrylics in bathrooms and melamine in the kitchen, and being dye and pigment-free also helps to protect surfaces from staining.
We have spoken with our head scientist specifically about the kitchen spray on stone and marble benches, and he says it will be fine, but if you want to be cautious, he recommends spraying the product onto a cloth and then wiping rather than spraying it on to the bench and letting it sit before wiping.
In the bathroom, use with caution on marble surfaces and very worn old enamel baths – when diluted, our products should be safe to use on these surfaces, but we would advise doing a small spot test first to be safe.
He also said the following about granite, which I’m copying as I thought it was interesting and would apply to most cleaners and not just ours, and explains why you need to be cautious with cleaners on stone.
“Granite is a strange one, in most cases these days suppliers treat the stone with a type of silicone sealant that forms a covalent bond with the granite. The problem is that any tiny pores or imperfections in this protective layer allow water carrying dissolved materials into the granite below this protective layer. Once there, the water can evaporate, but the dissolved materials that are not volatile cannot evaporate and remain trapped. The trapped materials, surfactants, alkaline builders, etc. often discolour the granite and usually look like oily stains.”
With all our products, we always recommend testing on an inconspicuous area and proceeding with common sense based on your best judgement of the surface (e.g. if it is old or damaged).
