I have dark blue-green granite countertops sand they are a PITA to keep looking nice. First I clean them with dish soap on a Dobie pad, wipe off with a microfiber cloth, then spray with Granite Gold and shine with paper towels or another microfiber cloth. Sounds like a bigger process than it is. The Granite Gold is terrific and leaves no haze.

Thanks so much dedtired! I will give that a go.

Edit to add: I looked up Granite Gold... funny thing I used to always use it. I guess my problem is the pre-clean.

Quartz and granite are two different things. I have quartz and I honestly can't remember what was suggested to clean them with! I use Mrs. Myers cleaner - I love the fragrance and it does a good job. Sometimes water with vinegar and as dedtired mentioned, a microfiber cloth.

Here is a pic of my stone. Maybe you can tell. They called it granite, but I do see pieces of what looks like quartz and there are small fracture like lines in it if that makes any sense.

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I’m not an expert but that appears to be an awesome slab of granite, I wish it had been one of the choices when I selected the granite for the townhouse we’re closing on in two weeks.

My granite has a honed finish so I don't have to worry about shine - I just use dish detergent and water, rinse with water. That said, I use the same on my stainless steel stove and refrigerator and they both come out shiny and not streaked.

Thanks for the tips!

Thanks Eileenc. Enjoy your new townhouse. That is exciting!

I use Mrs. Meyers countertop spray and a paper towel. Love the basil scent! It does a great job of cleaning any spots and leaves no streaks. I also have Method Daily Granite Cleaner, but I find that one can be a little streaky.

409 Stone and Steel cleaner.

Countertop Magic, I order it on Amazon. Spray it on, wipe it off. Easy peasy.

I have 2 spray bottles that handle 90% of the cleaning in my house - a vinegar/water mix and Mrs Meyers Lemon Verbena all purpose cleaner/water mix. I use one or the other on my counters with a microfiber cloth after I have first wiped off the obvious splatters and crumbs with a wet cloth - hot water wrung out. I have quartz counters, man made - yours appear to be granite. Your island is backlit by the large windows in your family room area IIRC - backlighting always makes streaks show more. I have counter level windows in my kitchen and although I love the light it does make everything show.

Mine are solid surface. I'll wipe them them down to remove any crumbs and what not with dish water. (I use our dishwasher but I'm always still washing knives a few plastic items, and usually a pot and/or pan.) I'll then spray the counters and table with vinegar. Sometimes I'll use alcohol instead. Once it's clean I'll occasionally use Hope's Perfect Countertop (purple bottle). I'll wipe it and buff off. The bottle says it's a cleaner and polish in one. Can be used for different types of countertops. It makes mine shine.

I have arctic cream white granite. I love it. All I use to wipe it down with is a soapy dish cloth and then I wipe it dry. I've never done anything special to it and it looks as good as the day it was installed.

I have quartz and granite. Use a soapy dish cloth for daily cleaning. When I feel like it I wipe them down with Caldrea's ginger pomelo or Thymes frasier fir cleaners.

Haven’t read the responses, but I remember when you’re GORGEOUS granite was going in, it’s so darn pretty! I clean ours with a clean wet rag and disinfect them with water and alcohol. However to shine them, I use Pledge furniture polish. After I spray and wipe it on the counter, I wipe it off with a clean towel and there’s no residue. In fact after I use it on the granite, it has so much depth to it and looks just like it did when it was first installed. Sooooo pretty! I also use it on all of our stainless steel appliances and silgranit sink with beautiful results.

I use the lysol antibacterial wipes on my quartz counter and it leaves it clean with a shiny glow. I wipe it with a damp paper towel after and then dry it off with a dry towel. Looks great.

Weiman granite cleaner. I like it better than granite gold, less streaky.

I use Method granite spray. Works well, no smears and smells nice (in my opinion).

A mixture of rubbing alcohol and water in a spray bottle. Use a micro fiber cloth to wipe.

My kitchen granite resembles burnt toast, I just use windex.and wipe with paper towel. Two of the bathrooms have black granite and are cleaned with windex.

I use 409 Stone & Steel cleaner on the master counter. It's a marble/Quartz.

I also use Method, and it leaves no streaks for me, but soap and water do. Before that I used Windex, but now I only use that to kill ants.

Aktillery your countertop is just beautiful!

Always nice to see your lovely kitchen, ATK.

I have marble, cherry , and pewter countertops. They all get wiped down with a sponge and Lemon Verbena Method (very little). They are never really dirty though, since we use cutting boards so much.

When I want my quartzite counters to look terrific not just clean, I do what my cleaning ladies do. They wipe the counters with a cloth wet with Dawn clear dish soap and water, dry, then spray and wipe off blue windex. To clean I use a wet cloth then dry. Aktillery, I love when you post pictures of your kitchen.

Dish soap, or Windex. Wipe dry with microfiber. Sometimes bleach...my counters are pretty invulnerable.

Seems like most people have to do a lot to their counters --- why?

Maybe it's because they use them a lot. Mine get a tremendous amount of use, and I really don't have that much counter space.

I clean mine first with a bench scraper, to get the large stuff, and then I just use Method cleaner. I use mine for rolling out pie dough and for kneading bread dough. I prefer not to use boards for that because they move around. I only use board for chopping.

I have a big window in front of my sink and much of the countertops, because of the light, show every smudge and I like them pristine. But I don't do much unless raw meat gets on them.

I have granite with a lot of movement like yours. If I have had anything like a package of chicken on the counter I use Lysol or Clorox wipes first. Then I use Granite Gold with a paper towel to clean. I’ve used it for a long time with good success. BB&B sells it in a large container so you can refill your spray bottle.

On occasion I use green alcohol. It has a spearmint scent.

Only use spray bottle of alcohol and water, I add some green alcohol to the mix for the scent. It's all you need for any kind of stone. It's perfect. No reason to spend money on lots of products.

I have honed marble in kitchen, polished marble in master, and various granites in children’s baths, powder room and laundry. I used to use Weinman’s stone cleaner...but after removing a stain on my marble from lily pollen with bleach (with absolutely no ill effects) I now just use the Mr Clean multi-purpose cleaner (Gain scent.) I don’t baby my counters

The Method Daily Granite Cleaner. So easy and has a pleasant smell.

Alcohol, water, with a little essential lavender oil in a spray bottle. I use it on SS, too. Spray, wipe dry with a microfiber cloth.

Seems like vinegar and water is a popular cleaner. I can see how alcohol would really get them clean.

I am going to think it over and try a couple of your suggestions.

Thanks for the tips, suggestions and sweet comments on my kitchen!!!!

Try 1 part hydrogen peroxide, 1 part vinegar and 1 part water. I use this to clean my granite ct and marble and it is streak free every time.

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I’ve always heard that as well Bumble.

Raven, do you know if your alcohol and water and green alcohol mix will work for Caesarstone, too?

I used a 10 - 20% rubbing alcohol to 80 - 90% water in a spray bottle. I believe soap is difficult to rinse off. At times I added a few drops of oil. Lavender or citrus.

I use dawn to scrub off messes and try to rinse it, then clean stone (I think it is called?) from Home Depot. I also use Meyers in scent du jour with a paper towel and it doesn't leave a haze. I have really dark chocolate granite with a bunch of shiny chunks. When they are perfect they reflect my face in them.

I finally found a convenient way to keep my counters clean. In the picture below, look at the white bucket on the left. Ignore everything else because the picture was taken a few months ago.

Recently I signed up for Grove and received the freebie bucket along with other cleaners. Mrs. Meyer's all purpose cleaner is in the spray bottle. There's another bottle in the cabinet for refills. The lavender scent fills the whole room.

The bucket is nice enough to keep on the counter and it has the cleaner, hand soap, lotion, Mrs. Myer's dish soap, and I'll always keep Dawn.

After clearing crumbs I spray MM on the counter & wiping it with a damp Handiwipe (the only thing I'll ever use), and dry the granite with a dishtowel or papertowels.

No streaking or anything. Having everything within reach sure makes it easy.

Hmm, I was reading above and thought ... oh yes, rolling dough, that is when it gets dirty. Then i remembered, I am the queen of parchment now. Hmm, I do cook but really don't think my counters get very dirty.

Well it definitely works on my solid surface in the new house. So I would think so.