How is it best to clean a stone or terracotta floor?
You must never clean a sealed floor with bleach or a bleach based product, this is because it will destroy the sealant that is protecting your floor. Stone or terracotta floors should firstly be swept to remove dust and anything else left on the surface of the tiles. A proprietory stone/terracotta cleaner should then be used. This is a normally a bottled high quality soap solution that will not harm the floor or remove the sealant. The cleaner should be poured and diluted into a bucket of water and the floor mopped liberally and then left to dry. A good tip is to focus on the areas that receive the most foot traffic. If there are marks that do not come off with mopping then use a bristle brush on these areas instead. It is possible to apply a small amount of the cleaner neat if there are really stubborn stains. Failing this there are more intensive cleaners that can be purchased if the normal cleaning agents cannot remove the stain. These can remove grease, oil etc that has be left to
