Everyone keeps telling me to use a”neutral pH cleaner”for my natural stone.What exactly is a pH cleaner and why is it important?
Most professionals in the business who are taught to recommend pH neutral cleaners don’t even know. pH is the unit of measure of length.The gram is a unit measure of weight.So, pH is the unit measure we use to say how much acid is in a substance.The pH scale goes from 0 to 14.A pH of 0 identifies a very high acid activity level.Substances such as lemon juice and vinegar are acidic with pH values of 2-3.Nitric acid and hydrochloric acid are very strong with pH values of 0; stomach acid has a pH of 1.Addition of strong acid such as sulfuric acid(H2S04) to water makes the resulting solution very high in active acid concentration.This is called an acidic solution. On the other end of the scale are the alkaline substances, which range from 8 to 14.Common alkalis are seawater(pH 8), household ammonia(pH11), oven cleaners(pH 13) and the very strong alkali.sodium hydroxide(NaOH) to water makes the resulting solution very low in active acid concentration.This is called a very basic or alkali so
