Reasons Why There Is Clouding On Your Natural Stone Floor

By the term clouding, we intend to drag your attention toward white, cream or sometimes, grayish-yellowish cloud-like spots on your natural stone flooring. The veining and background (color) are the properties of natural stone, but clouding.

Clouding is the aftermath of abuse and mishandling. There are several reasons why there is clouding on your natural stone floor –

Acidic Chemicals –

Use of acid based cleansing solutions or acid for stain removal often becomes the reason for discoloration, which in long term looks like clouding.

Here, what is notable is, different types of acidic agents react differently with different stones.

Sealing –

As per the common perspective, sealing protects the stone from staining. However, when you use wrong sealant or use the right sealant incorrectly, clouding could be an after effect.

Stones are porous surface, and a wrong approach to sealing may take the sealant into the pores. And when that happens, sealant dries into those pores and become a permanent staining.

Spills Drying on the Floor Surface –

As mentioned, stones have a highly porous surface. And spills, when they are allowed to be there for long time, can cause clouding or staining.

Therefore, you must wipe all types of spills, no matter if you have a polished finish or honed finish. 

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