Wonderfully Easy to Look After

Caring for a Silestone worktop is refreshingly simple, which is one of the great pleasures of owning one. Because the surface is non porous and never needs sealing, the everyday routine comes down to a quick wipe with warm soapy water or a mild everyday cleaner. That really is most of what the surface asks of you. There is no special product to buy, no yearly sealing to remember and no delicate handling required. For a busy kitchen, this low maintenance nature is a genuine everyday benefit that you feel every time you clean up.

The aim of this guide is to help you keep your worktop looking as good as the day it was fitted, which with Silestone is easy to achieve. A handful of sensible habits protect both the surface and its finish and none of them are onerous. Most are simply good kitchen sense, from using a chopping board to reaching for a trivet under hot pans. Follow them and your Silestone will reward you with many years of flawless, low effort service in the heart of your home.

Your Everyday Care Routine

The daily routine could not be simpler. For general cleaning, warm water with a little washing up liquid and a soft cloth is all you need. Wipe up spills when you notice them and dry the surface with a soft cloth if you want to keep it gleaming. For the occasional stubborn mark, a mild non abrasive cream or a stone safe cleaner does the job without any risk to the finish. The table below sets out the simple dos and do nots that keep your worktop in perfect condition.

As the table shows, good care is mostly about what to avoid rather than any effort you need to add. The two golden rules are to keep harsh, abrasive or strong chemical products away from the surface and to protect it from very high heat with a trivet. Do those two things, clean with something gentle and your Silestone will stay looking immaculate. It is a surface designed to make life easier, not harder.

To explore the colours and finishes and picture a low maintenance Silestone worktop in your kitchen, our main Silestone Worktop page brings the range together with guidance on samples, templating and fitting across Bedford and the surrounding area.

Dealing With Stubborn Marks

Every kitchen has the occasional stubborn spot and Silestone makes these easy to handle too. For dried on food or a sticky residue, let a little warm soapy water sit on the mark for a few minutes to soften it, then wipe it away. If something has hardened, a plastic scraper or the edge of a plastic spatula can gently lift it without harming the surface. A dedicated non abrasive stone cleaner is ideal for anything more stubborn and it will restore the finish without the risks that come with harsh scouring.

Protecting the Finish Over Time

A little consistency is the secret to keeping your worktop looking its best for the long term. Because the surface is so easy to clean, it takes very little to keep it gleaming, so a quick wipe after cooking soon becomes second nature. Avoiding abrasive pads and strong chemicals protects the polished finish, while the trivet and chopping board habits guard against the two kinds of damage that are otherwise easy to prevent. None of this takes real time, yet together these habits keep the surface pristine year after year.

If your worktop ever loses a little of its lustre, perhaps from hard water marks or an old cleaning habit, that shine can usually be brought back. Our guide to Restoring Shine on Silestone explains how, while Does Silestone Stain covers how the surface handles spills so you know what to expect. Together with this routine, they give you everything you need to enjoy a beautiful worktop for many years.

For everything on keeping your surface at its best, our Silestone Worktops Guide gathers the whole series in one place so you can care for your worktop with total confidence.

Caring for Different Finishes

Silestone comes in more than one finish and while the basic care is the same across them all, it is worth knowing that each has its own character. The polished finish is the classic glossy surface and it shows its shine beautifully with a simple wipe and a buff dry. Because it is reflective, it can occasionally reveal a smear or a water mark, so drying it with a soft cloth after cleaning keeps it looking its best. This is the finish most people picture when they think of a quartz worktop and it is very easy to keep gleaming.

The suede and volcano finishes are matt or textured rather than glossy and they bring a soft, contemporary feel to a kitchen. These finishes are cleaned in exactly the same gentle way, though because they have a little texture they can occasionally show marks from metal or grease more readily, which simply lift away with a suitable cleaner and a soft cloth. A dedicated cleaner made for these surfaces is ideal if you ever need a little extra help and it keeps the matt look even and fresh across the whole worktop.

Whichever finish you have, the golden rules stay the same. Clean gently, avoid harsh and abrasive products and deal with any marks promptly with a soft cloth and a mild cleaner. If you are still choosing a finish, it is worth thinking about the look you want alongside how each behaves day to day. Our guide to the different Silestone finishes explains the options in detail, so you can pick the one that suits both your style and your kitchen routine.

Where to Go Next

Everyday care links to a few related topics. Our guide to Restoring Shine on Silestone shows how to bring back the gloss if it dulls, while Does Silestone Stain explains how spills behave. To protect the surface from heat, Is Silestone Heat Resistant covers the simple trivet habit in detail.

Speak to the Silestone Team in Bedford

If you are weighing up Silestone for a new kitchen, we are here to help you understand your options with no pressure at all. Visit our Elstow showroom to see and feel the surfaces for yourself, ask about colours and finishes and get honest advice on what will suit your home and budget.

To ask a question or arrange a quote, call our team on 01234 348 590 or request a quote online. We will help you choose the right Silestone surface then take care of templating, fabrication and fitting from start to finish.