That is a beautiful piece of stone!

I don't think you want to use anything harsh on natural stone. It's polished right? Things will come off very easily. I don't like to use chemicals on food prep areas. I like the Ecover Glass and Surface cleaner. I had black polished granite in a former home and it was the only thing I could find that didn't leave a visible residue.

I'm also all about the disinfectant. Prior to getting our stone counter, I was a purist: bleach & water since it kills everything (& I did not care if it messed up the 30 year old butcher-block formica anyway). With stone, this is a BIG NO NO! Frequent wipes with regular mild soap & water, then dry wipe. I do whatever I can to keep the top dry. I have also heard using alcohol is good because it evaporates quickly, but I have not had the guts to try it on our stone. I would never use soft scrub on our stone.

Hi momqs,

Gorgeous slab! I just love White Pearl (or whatever its called!). There are a couple of people on GW with the same counter.

I have a similar white/gray quartzite call quartzite bianca or luce di luna. I've pasted an earlier thread where I tell someone about the sealer we used. I expect we will re-seal every year or two, I'm not sure yet (we've only been using it for about six months now).

I used nothing but mild soap and water to clean the counters on a daily basis. No problems.

Here is a link that might be useful: product we used on our quartzite

Thanks so much for the suggestions. We have formica now, so I'm used to just scrubbing away.

sochi I adore your Luce di Luna and have read so many of your threads. I'm so glad to hear you haven't had any staining - thanks for the link to the other thread about the sealers.