Use and Care Manual

Product Knowledge Guide
The Importance of Stone Care
To keep natural stone looking brilliant, it’s best to use prod-
ucts that are specifically formulated to prevent deteriora-
tion and enhance the beauty of natural-stone surfaces.
Although incredibly durable, natural stone requires proper
care to maintain its inherent beauty and to avoid costly
repair and replacement. A penetrating sealer is typically
used to protect against stains by blocking pores and small
fissures in the stone, keeping liquid on the surface where
it can be easily removed. Most everyday, ordinary house-
hold cleaners, however, contain ammonia or other harm-
ful chemicals that break down the protective seal, making
the stone more susceptible to staining and reducing its
luster and durability. Common toiletries like perfume and
toothpaste also contain ingredients that damage stone or
degrade the protective seal.
Granite Gold Inc.
9170 Chesapeake Drive
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San Diego, CA 92123
Phone [phone]
www.GraniteGold.com
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Tips from the Stone Care Professionals
• Never use ordinary, everyday household cleaners on
natural-stone surfaces. They damage natural stone and
can lead to costly repair or replacement.
• It is essential to frequently seal your stone to maintain
maximum surface protection.
• Use and keep door mats clean to minimize the dirt and
micro particles from wearing into your stone floors.
• Be sure your vacuum attachment does not scratch stone
floors. Avoid dragging objects across stone floors. Weekly
damp mopping keeps the floor free of abrasive particles.
• Daily or as-needed cleaning of your counter tops will
reduce dirt, oil penetration and water spotting.
• Using a squeegee on shower walls helps prevent water
spotting and soap build up.
• Using polish on counter tops and shower walls will
enhance color and sheen and provide added protection
to help prevent etching, water spotting and soap scum
build-up.
About Us
Granite Gold is the brainchild of
cousins Lenny Sciarrino and
Lenny Pellegrino, whose
grandfather moved to the
United States in the 1950s, bring-
ing with him an Italian heritage
synonymous with expertise in the stone
industry that he passed on to generations. Pellegrino took
that early upbringing to build what is today a pre-eminent
Southern Californian stone restoration and maintenance
company, Pellegrino Stone Care, and Sciarrino took his rear-
ing to run the operations of his family business, European
Wholesale Countertops, known domestically and interna-
tionally as an authority in stone fabrication and installation.
Pellegrino spent years developing a solution–testing and
retesting a variety of formulas to come up with a product
that would work on the numerous types of natural-stone
surfaces. With the first Granite Gold stone-care products in
hand in 2003, Pellegrino partnered with his cousin to build
Granite Gold Inc. and market Granite Gold brand stone-
care products. The two started by providing the product to
their own customers, and then grew to local retailers and
Internet sales. Word of mouth caught on, coupled with the
rising nationwide popularity of granite and other natural-
stone surfaces in new and remodeled homes, and soon the
Granite Gold cleaning and maintenance system was gradu-
ally making its way to store shelves across the country.