Granite is an Igneous Rock and makes for a great counter top Stone as it's a very good quality product, hard to mark, impervious to almost all chemicals and almost always comes with a highly polished finish, the exception being Flamed Granite which is a lot rougher.

Granite Stone Maintenance

Granite/Marble Worktops
	To maintain Lustre and Patina on glossy Granite or Marble worktops use the Stone Patina Spray. Recommended for use on all polished stone counter-tops, tabletops, and non-traffic surfaces.
Flamed Granite Tiles (Rough)
	Mainly used on an Outdoor area, as it very tough and hard wearing and can be used in commercial as well as domestic installations.
	Tile Doctor Pro-Clean can be used to clean these tiles assisted with a Powerwasher for external areas or a Buffing machine and a poly-brush for internal; a wet Vacuum is recommended to extract the soiled and loose dirt when working internally
	Seal Flamed Granite with a single coat of Tile Doctor Colour Grow (internal or external).

Polished Granite

If you have the use of a 150 RPM (or slightly higher) buffing machine restore the honed finish with a set of burnishing pads starting with a coarse 400-grit burishing pad to remove old sealers and ground in dirt. Add water to the area for lubrication and run the pad over each tile 3 or 4 times before rinsing the floor and extracting the soiling with a wet vacuum.

• Repeat this process with the 800-Grit, then 1500-grit burnishing pads using water for lubrication and rinsing and extracting the soiling with a wet vacuum after each pad.

• Next scrub the grout joints with Tile Doctor Pro-Clean diluted with 5 parts water rinsing and extracting afterwards.

• Leave to dry fully and then complete the burnishing with the application of a 3500-grit burnishing pad and polish with a squirt of water.
  When fully polished protect the floor by applying a sealer as per instructions below.

Sealing Polished Granite

Seal the Granite (internal or external) with single coat of Tile Doctor X-Tra Seal. X-Tra Seal works especially well on dark stone where an oil-based sealer can really make the colours pop. Polish in well and off the stone with White Cotton Sealing cloths, after 5 minutes of it being applied.
NB: We always recommend trying the sealer on a spare tile first to ensure you are happy with the finish before applying to the whole floor.

• Leave the sealer to dry overnight and then apply 20-30 grams of Stone Gel per square meter to the Granite, and work the gel into the stone using a White Buffing Pad until it dries off. If the machine is sensitive and struggles with the Gel you may need to add 100 to 200ml of water to improve lubrication.
• After a while you will need to replace the White pad (which is now encrusted in Stone Gel and no longer any use) with a new White pad and spray the Stone with a small amount of water and polish, polish and Polish until the Stone Gel haze has been turned to a loose dust. Then use a wet vacuum to remove the dust.
• Change the White pad again and with your nice clean White pad cover the final polish dry (no water), this will result in a nice polished finish. Remove any dust with a vacuum.

Black Granite Floor Tiles Polished with Stone Gel

Recommended Products for Granite Tile Maintenance

When using our products please take time to familiarise yourself with the directions on the back of the bottle first.