Can You Use Lime Away On Granite

Is it safe to use clr or lime away.

Can you use lime away on granite.

I ve never seen the cloudy film you describe. Cleaning products with acidic citrus or vinegar bases such as simple green or limescale eroding cleaners like scrubbing bubbles and lime away will severely damage your stone. The cloudy spot that you describe is etching and is due to corrosion caused by the highly acidic lime away product. I use gel gloss on the faux marble once in a blue moon as a protectant and it does a good job after you rub off the cloudy film it causes.

I think they have a warning on the bottle about this. Often people make the mistake of applying clr on granite and permanently etching the stone or creating dark marks that can never be removed. Luckily you can clean lime deposits off of granite in with little effort using common household items. Avoid using vinegar to remove scale on limestone or marble stone tiles.

However continuous exposure to hard water can result in build up leaving unattractive lime deposits. I use lime away and clr all the time on the hard water stains on my faux marble sinks and my porcelain sinks and they shine like new. The active ingredient within the formulation dissolves minerals. Hi can you recommend a good product to remove mineral deposits from our granite countertop.

Lime away is very hard on stainless steel. It s not immediately clear from the information on the bottle whether this would damage the stone. Marble is reactive with acids and will etch upon contact. It s like a chemical burn that has destroyed the surface layer exposing more raw and lighter colored marble underneath.

Many of which are within surfaces such as marble and granite. Lime a way is not recommended for use on stone. Vinyl or any other form of plastic can be easily damaged by the ingredient within the formulation. There are specific granite stain remover products for people who are experiencing excessive calcium or lime buildup on their granite countertops.

In fact the most effective concentration for killing bacteria is 60 to 90. Calcium based sedimentary stones onyx marble limestone and travertine are sensitive to acid and harsh chemicals so you need to use non acidic cleaners. So 70 isopropyl alcohol is the best disinfectant for granite countertops. You can get rid of the lime stains with a citric cleaner safely but once you have the black surface from the limeaway it is very hard to fix.