How To Clean Marble Coffee Table: Maintenance And Stain Removal

Marble surfaces look gorgeous and are quite easy to clean. Moreover, marble is completely resistant to moisture and does not get scratched easily, which explains an enormous popularity of marble countertop in the kitchens and in the bathrooms. Plus, more and more room collections are featuring stone range furniture , coffee tables especially. On the whole, how to clean a marble coffee table is not at all different from cleaning any other marble surface (or base). The following maintenance and cleaning tips should be enough to help you keep all of your marble furniture units tidy and nice:

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Regular maintenance

How To Clean Marble Coffee Table: Maintenance And Stain Removal
Careful maintenance is one of the primary things that will help you avoid stains and save plenty of effort while cleaning. If a coffee table  has a marble top, make sure that you leave no sitting water (or any other liquids) on the surface. Despite its impressive durability, marble is still a porous material and sitting liquids can leave permanent marks. In other words, be careful — this is always a nice start.

During your regular cleaning, you should first wipe the marble with dry and then with the damp cloth (you should always use the softest one you can find while cleaning furniture). To get rid of the ‘leftover’ water marks, you can use another dry cloth after the moist cleaning.

Stain removal

Despite plenty of misconceptions on the subject, marble coffee table (or any other marble or granite surface in that matter) can be cleaned with abrasive soaps and even acids. Those are generally some of the most effective ways to remove tough stains on marble. And, of course, you are free to use almost any kitchen, grease removal liquids — plenty of ready made solutions are available in household stores, saving your time and effort. Given marble durability, you can also leave them on the surface for more than just a couple of minutes. Yet, seeing how difficult it is to stain marble, the approach is hardly ever necessary.

Making your own cleaning liquids

A mixture of water and vinegar is one of the universal homemade house cleaning liquids, suitable for a variety of surfaces. The proportions may vary depending on the stain. On the whole, you can mix them either in equal proportions or make the amount of vinegar lesser — this way, the mixture will not have distinct vinegar smell. Moreover, there are other ways to make your homemade cleaner smell nicer. For example, you can use freshly squeezed lemon juice instead of vinegar — it has the same acidic qualities and a much nicer smell. Several drops of scented oil into the water and vinegar mix will also give the mixture a nicer smell.

Another way to get rid of tough stains with the help of your own, homemade cleaner is to mix about three table spoons of soft detergent with a cup of baking flour. The substance should have a cream-like consistency and should be applied on the surface and left be for about 10-15 minutes. Then, you can rinse it with clear or soapy water.