Ed. Note: The following content was provided by Aquakor, who is a client of KHTS AM-1220.
Krikor Akoubian of Aquakor and Mark Calvillo of Stone Pro sat down with KHTS AM-1220’s Kyle Jellings recently to discuss travertine countertop cleaning and polishing.
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The most popular type of countertop in the Santa Clarita Valley, more and more homeowners are choosing travertine for their kitchen and bathroom countertops and showers because it’s affordable, goes with most furniture and colors and can be easily adapted to fit different sized areas.
“It’s very unique– different shades of brown and tans, but it has a lot of movement, which really looks cool,” Calvillo said. “It has a lot of character.”
Travertine is more commonly seen in bathrooms than kitchens, with many people contrasting the look of a high polish countertop with a lesser polished, satin finish in the shower, Calvillo added.
The most common form of damage to travertine countertops is water buildup, which can cause dull spots that aren’t easily fixable without the help of professionals like Akoubian and the Aquakor staff.
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“If you have a dull spot, it could be an etch, it could be damage,” Calvillo explained, “and that’s where the professionals come in and you can restore it and bring it back to perfect.”
At Aquakor, Akoubian uses high-standard, professional grade products by Stone Pro, with residential grade products by Stone Pro also available for purchase by homeowners to help maintain their countertops between professional cleanings.
“We’re all consumers, so we can appreciate a little bit of help with prolonging the life of anything– your car, your clothes, your countertops,” Calvillo said, “because it’s a big part of your kitchen or your shower. You picked it out for a reason, so we want to help prolong that. We want it to look beautiful. As long as you have that stone in that house, we want it to look great.”
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Aquakor is a Santa Clarita home cleaning company that offers a variety of professional surface cleaning and flooring installation services for SCV homes. Cleaning services include: countertop cleaning and polishing, carpet cleaning, tile cleaning and polishing, marble cleaning and polishing, stone cleaning, travertine cleaning, porcelain cleaning and hardwood cleaning. Flooring installation services include: laminate installation, hardwood installation and carpet installation.
13327 Paxton St.
Pacoima, CA 91331
661-904-1493
I find it less than impressive when the photo demonstrating cleaning travertine is actually tile.