cleaning honed marble floors

Hello and thank you for your time and intrest. We have grey and white honed finish marble floors throughout our home and I have been trying to research the best way to clean them. Nevertheless, all I have been able to come up with is basically soap and water. I am concerned that I am not disinfecting the floors and our grout is getting dark and darker by the day. I had one spot that I used Clorox clean up and the grout just shined! Can I use a clorox water solution? What are your thoughts on Hoover wet vacs? Once again thank you for your time and wisdom! Margaret

 

Dear Margaret:

 

“ I am concerned that I am not disinfecting the floors ”

 

Disinfecting the floor??... Why, is this floor in a Hospital or something??

 

“ our grout is getting dark and darker by the day. ”

 

Well, it's getting dirty…

Once or twice a year – depending on traffic conditions – you should clean your floor with a little floor scrubber that you can find at any appliance store (Sears, for instance) with a solution of hot water and a heavy-duty alkaline cleaner rated “for natural stone”, like MB-2. (I'm not comfortable at recommending bleach. It may affect the stone.) For routine cleaning instead, a good quality floor detergent (not a soap) rated “for natural stone” like MB-1 will take care of it.

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