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Cleaning Hard Water Stains On Marble and Granite

by Ravi
(Chennai, India)

QUESTION:

Please advise tips to remove hard water stains on marble and granite as I am facing a severe problem. I am unable to use any chemicals and acids in the market as they may spoil the stone. Please advise with some home tips to use so that the hard water stains can be removed without damaging the marble and granite. Thanks.

ANSWER:

Ravi, PRISTINE Soap Film/Hard Water Remover
is your best bet... it's formulated for use on marble and natural stone (only available in the US) But very often you can remove hard water build-up by simply buffing the area with a super fine grade 0000 steel wool pad.

In a pinch, you could also try a mild ammonia and water solution (1/2 cup ammonia to a gallon of water or 120ml to 4 liters) and soft scrub brush.

If used too much though, ammonia will dull the marble and is not recommended as a regular cleaner

Hope that helps!

Good Luck,
Ryan

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by: bmw

I saw Ryan's comment about the steel wool and tried it for removing hard water build up from our shiny black tile and the honed seagrass limestone in the shower. The finest wool I have is 00, not the 0000 he recommended, but it worked great. It took the build up right off with very little elbow grease.

When the pad started getting gunked up, I just shook it out and it was good as new. This is after I just spent the last hour trying to scrub the stains off with a baking soda and water paste that only sorta worked and was a huge mess to clean up.

I'll be steel-wooling it from now on.
Thanks RYAN!

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