Hi, I'm at work and don't have a lot of time to search the forums. We are finally finishing up a LONG renovation of our entire home including two bathrooms. We have a cleaning service coming tomorrow to do a post construction clean-up and we have to supply the materials. One bathroom has polished crema marfil on the floor and a mix of polished and honed crema marfil in the shower. The other has honed carrera on the floor. Any suggestions for the best "everyday" cleaner for the floors and shower? Everything is sealed, all the grout haze is cleaned up, etc. I need to run out at lunch to get the materials, so suggestions as to something I can get at Lowe'e, HD, Target, etc. would be most appreciated! Thanks!

Thanks Bill - The link did not work, but I founds something from Miracle sealants - http://store.miraclesealants.com/product_p/miracln.htm Rookie & gam51 - I will check out those two as well. So what did those use before there were all these specialized cleaners? Is there any "homespun" natural choice? I feel like I have a cleaning wardrobe (something different for every surface and wall) these days and long for some simple cleaner to do everything (or most everything.) Is it bad news to use typical all purpose cleaners (sprays like fantastic) and than wipe with water, or use liquid dish soap, or is there some eco stuff that is good? thanks

francoise, I skip the dish soap. When we our counters were first installed, I mixed a few drops with water for cleaning (at the rec of our fabricator), but I didn't love it on our black granite. Left it a bit streaky/smeary. I wonder if the addition of alcohol counteracts that? I had checked with a marble guy (marble institute type place?) re: the safety of alcohol-water on marble, and he assured me it was fine, wouldn't harm it. FWIW, all of our stone is sealed (with solvent-based, penetrating sealers). Our granite and marble are still as shiny as they've always been. HTH!

Thanks all for quick responses! Sounds like the low-tech approach is the best. I was curious though about some of these products that claim to in some way seal the surface with each use. For example, here's the product description for Mira Soap from Miracle: "Mira Soap is a specially formulated no rinse stone soap designed for easy ongoing maintenance of honed, tumbled, textured limestone, marble, travertine, terrazzo and other stone containing calcium. Mira Soap produces a protective film that protects the surface of the stone. Mira Soap only reacts with the calcium in the stone so there is no risk of buildup like a traditional floor coating. Non-textured surfaces can be buffed with a floor machine and white nylon pad for added patina or shine." Now obviously this is targeted at floor tiles, but is there any role for this on a marble countertop? rmkitchen: am looking forward to posting, once we get past the increasingly long series of structural problems we are finding as we demo further (inadequate main beam design, holes drilled in another beam for electrical wire passage making it unsound, water damage behind windows--looking at at least $4-5K of "fixes" before we can start to move on. Typical). Wish us luck.