Cleaning Silestone Work Tops

[iloveroses]

Just had a new kitchen fitted, with lovely silestone work tops. However I don't know how to keep them looking nice. Anyone have any ideas ? Thanks.

Anyone ?

Bumping because we're ordering one and I'd like to know too. What colour have you got [nosy]?

I suppose you've checked the manufacturer's website already? At a glance they seem to want you to buy their own product.

www.silestone.co.uk/quartz/advanced-cleaning-and-precautions.asp

Thanks for the link Mandy. I had'nt checked the website, will take a look. But I bet it's expensive !
Sparkly, weve got black, with a red high gloss kitchen. Weve got black silestone splash backs aswell. It does look lovely. But the high gloss units are proving a pain with fingerprints. Ive just ordered an e-cloth, as Ive read people raving about them on here. Hoping that will help with the units and the work surfaces. What colour are you going for ?

I have blue Silestone which gets sprayed with any old kitchen cleaner, a wide variety of cloths and rarely buffed yet it's still very shiny after 7 years. My only bugbear is the joint to the upstand behind the sink as we live in a hard water area. It's always fine after a squirt of viakal though.

I have cream silestone. they say you should use a ph neutral cleaning fluid. I use a granite cleaner from Lakeland with wet j cloth and dry off with e cloth for sparkly smear free surfaces. Have cream gloss units and use the cloth on that although fingerprints don't shown up too much maybe due to colour.

I had quartz composite benchtops in my last house and used a damp microfibre cloth. No cleaning fluid needed.(maybe some dishwashing liquid if very dirty). They did look nice if dried off with a tea towel if I wanted to be fussy.
The sales woman said the main thing is to treat them as you would a laminate bench ie: dont take the advice of anyone who says you can chop on them or put hot pans etc. You can do those things but it would make them wear more in the long run.