Please help before I cry... cleaning quartz worktops?

[Aworryingtrend]

Our new kitchen was fitted on Friday and I want to cry already. We ahve gone for quartz worktops and I cannot get them to look clean. They show every water mark, drip and smear and wiping them down with a cloth after washing up made them go all smeary. They cost so much money and already they are the bane of my life after 2 days. I want to cry.

How can i clean them without them going all smeary and showing the marks? What do you use to clean yours- what type of cleaner and what cloth? Some cleaner came with it- Apollo Stoneguard? But that was just as bad. Please help!

[Biensur40]

We have speckly cream quartz and it is fantastic. I use a microfibre cloth and Method and occasionally Cif multipurpose for a deeper clean. My DD does artwork on it and sometimes gets some paint on it that spills beyond the newspaper and it has come straight off. Great stuff.

[Nemo76]

Likewise - what a terrible decision - very hard water area - stains all the time and musn't use any acidic solution. Hot fat spills make indelible smears. NEVER buy this type of worktop although it looks stunning new. Lakeland worktop polish hides the damage for a bit. Will try Method next time.
New magnet kitchen with plain white shiny doors show all the streaks etc in my new very light extended kitchen. Horrors - all too much hard cleaning work for a visually stunning effect when new.

[Wrenna]

The only thing I use on mine is Zep, it’s industrial stuff you dilute but like Windex. No streaks or smears. Caveat: I don’t believe you are supposed to use on quartz (which is what we have) but after 11 they have come to no harm so I continue to use it!

[Wrenna]

• 11 years

[Nemo76]

Thanks Wrenns. London Stone Company only recommeded soapy water and cloth to polish. Really scared to try Zep or Method. Cif is not a good idea either.

[Lamentations]

Ours are speckly pale grey and I have to look hard to see spills and marks to clean it. Definitely down to the colour and pattern.

[MrsGatsby99]

As others have said, microfibre cloth and Method all purpose cleaner works great on ours. Cream quartz with speckles. Every now and then, I clean with washing up liquid and make sure to go over it after with warm water, then buff. I think it's a brilliant material but maybe the black one is more annoying. Children's paint splashes that have escaped the newspaper have also come straight off (so far) with Method and microfiber.