How To Properly Clean Your Kitchen Countertop

There are a variety of kitchen countertops to choose from in the market, no matter you choose which one, if it is not cleaned and maintained properly, it may greatly reduce its life. We need to know exactly how to properly clean your kitchen countertop and that will ensure your countertop stays in the best condition for as long as possible.

The spilled oil, the carelessly spilled soup, and the bumping in the process of handling the ingredients, accumulate over time, are easy to produce traces on the surface of the countertop, and are also easy to breed many invisible bacteria.

Bumps in daily life are inevitable. Besides, in rainy season and seaside cities, it is easy to face the problem of mildew. Therefore, the cleaning of kitchen countertops is as important as tableware.

The materials of kitchen countertops are generally natural stone, quartz stone, stainless steel, fireproof board, etc. The commonly used materials are mostly natural stone and artificial stone.

The artificial stone is a kind of solid dense material without pores, and it is a synthetic material with strong anti-fouling, and most stains in life will not affect it.

1. General Scrubbing

Minor stains: For example, soup and water usually wipe them with a clean wet towel.

Moderate stains: These stains are mainly all kinds of oil stains. Oil fume adhesion will produce a film. We can scrub it with a neutral detergent by drawing a circle, then clean it with a wet towel, and finally dry it with a dry towel.

Heavy stains: This kind of dirt that is particularly difficult to remove, such as hard grease, you can generally polish it carefully with sandpaper. Once it leaks out of the countertop, stop it immediately, and clean it with a wet towel and neutral detergent.

2. Special Stains

How to deal with the special stains such as coffee, black tea, milk, etc. inadvertently spilled?

Acidic liquid

Common acidic liquids such as lemon juice and vinegar in the kitchen have certain corrosive effects on the countertops. If they are not cleaned in time, they will easily penetrate into the gaps of the countertops, causing irreversible damage. At this time, you can first use kitchen paper to absorb the liquid to avoid spreading, and then wipe it with a wet rag.

Foods containing animal fat, such as milk and butter, if stay on the stone for a long time, which will cause the stone to turn yellow and even rot and stink. If the stone has been yellowed, it is recommended to use neutral detergent to clean the stone surface first, and then use color remover.

Kitchen countertops are just like our skin. Only by proper "maintenance" can they be durable and beautiful.

Even man-made quartzite has the characteristics of expanding with heat and contracting with cold. When the plate can't bear the internal force caused by cold and heat, it may even be in danger of bursting. Follow the following four rules

Do not let sharp objects directly impact the surface;

Do not put oversized or overweight utensils on the table for a long time;

Do not place hot items such as baking trays that have just been taken out of the oven;

Don't rinse it with cold water and scald it with boiling water immediately.