Oh, that's so pretty. I use a cloth rinsed in only hot water on my unsealed Carrara, even after I've been rolling out dough.

MtnRd, who posts mostly on the Home Dec forum, has the wavy Dolomya, IIRC--you might give her a shout out.

I use a damp microfiber cloth on my sealed, honed Carrara.

Beautiful! I use a sponge and water on my sealed super white counters. After two years, I've yet to experience any staining or etching. Enjoy!

I'd be crying with happiness too! That is a beautiful slab!

Your marble is beautiful! I use Method - Granite and Marble Cleaner and Polish on my marble.

Just chiming in to say that is a beautiful slab of marble!

Beautiful! I use 50/50 rubbing alcohol/water to spray my carrara marble.

I use alcohol-water-lavender oil spray on our granite, and have used it on the White Thassos marble in our bathrooms (shower/tub surround niches). Neutral and marble friendly.

That is the prettiest I've seen.

I use a cleaner made by the company that makes my sealant - HMK. Miracle might make a cleaner. Once you are sealed, do some testing on a sealed remnant with dish detergents. Seventh Generation Free (something like that - out of town) doesn't etch my marble.

edit: your stone is gorgeous. I can see why you almost cried.

I'm curious...none of you sanitize your counters every time after cutting raw meat?? I use a cutting board of course but I'm sure raw juices drip, splatter, etc on the counter so with my laminate counters I've always wiped the counters with a Clorox wipe after I'm done handling raw meat. I'll have granite in our new house and warm soapy water doesn't sanitize a surface. I think it's safe to use Cloroz Anywhere spray but I've read mixed things about the wipes on granite.

Hi Lisa, For my marble countertops, I use the Method for daily cleaning. I prep my raw meats and most meals on my wood island and I always clean with bleach afterwards. But, I have also wiped down my marble with bleach when needed. I believe that alcohol that several people said they use would work as well since it's also a disinfectant.

Marble is lovely and so is the rest. Must be hard to tear yourself away from it - I'd probably be pulling up a sleeping bag and spending every minute in there.

water and microfibre cloth

Lisa - my thoughts are that anything in the clorox is more likely to kill me than any germs left behind after hot water and a microfibre cloth wipe down, but that is just MHO.