Articles — Kitchen Help

By: Kevin Fritz

Ceramics have been around for centuries, but that doesn’t mean your ceramic tile or sinks need to look like it. With regular maintenance using products specifically designed to clean ceramics and its close cousin, porcelain, your walls, floors and sinks will look as dazzling as day one.

Black Thunder Granite Vanity Top with a Ceramic Sink

To keep that ‘looks like new’ appearance and prevent damage to your ceramics, DuPont StoneTech at Mr.Stone carries a full line of cleansers offering homeowners peace of mind. And since...

Stainless steel will last an incredibly long time. In fact, I have a stainless steel sink in my farmhouse in Vermont, and it may well be 50 years old. However, with everyday wear and tear, a stainless steel sink will not look as brilliant as when you first install it without proper maintenance and care. Stainless steel will scratch with constant use, and, unfortunately, the better quality and shinier a sink may be, may adversely affect the way in which the scratches...

The process is finally over. After months of planning, deliberating, and installing, you’ve successfully remodeled your kitchen and it’s looking awesome. The cabinets are the perfect shade of brown, the hardwood floors are polished and pristine, and those divine countertops are really pulling the room together. While you stand there admiring the amazing work that you’ve done, your clumsy brother-in-law stomps in from grilling outside and hurls the cast iron griddle towards the undermount sink. Of course, he misses. Just like that – your beloved new granite countertops are chipped. You’re at a loss for words. What do you do...

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