{"id":3239,"date":"2021-04-28T08:30:36","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T08:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\/?p=3239"},"modified":"2021-06-08T07:36:09","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T07:36:09","slug":"cleaning-ceramic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\/en\/cleaning-ceramic\/","title":{"rendered":"Our recommendations for the care and maintenance of ceramic sanitary ware"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By its very nature ceramic is a long-lasting, hygienic material, ideally suited for the production of sanitary ware. Thanks to the crystallisation and enamelling process, in fact, it does not absorb bad odours and is not damaged by leach-based and descaling detergents.<\/p>\n<p>Ceramic sanitary ware is made of either <em>Vitreous China or Fine Fireclay<\/em>, two highly resistant materials that undergo the same production process.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Cleaning tips<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Though it is a very hard material, there are a few dos and don\u2019ts to be aware of when cleaning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ceramicaflaminia.it\/it\/materials\"><strong>ceramic<\/strong><\/a><strong> ware<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Do not use abrasive sponges<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To avoid lime stains, it is advisable to dry the surfaces with a microfiber cloth<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Do not use alcohol-based or highly acidic\/alkaline abrasive detergents, nitrous solvents or acetone<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Always comply with the detergent application time specified on the packaging, do not mix different detergents<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>How <\/strong>should you <strong>clean ceramic <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ceramicaflaminia.it\/it\/products\"><strong>sanitary<\/strong><\/a><strong> ware\u00a0<\/strong>then? To keep the ceramic clean and unaltered, all you have to do is clean it with water and a detergent in gel, cream or spray form, using a soft sponge. But what about <strong>cleaning old sanitary ware <\/strong>and removing lime stains? The best solution is to use pads with natural products, such as white vinegar or white vinegar based products.<\/p>\n<p>Different is the procedure recommended for toilet bowl covers, which, being made of a different material, other than ceramic, are more delicate. Both the lid and the seat must always be lifted when pouring detergent into the toilet bowl to avoid the risk of the ceramic surface being damaged by the fumes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Cleaning matt finished sanitary ware<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>People tend to think that <strong>matt finished sanitary ware<\/strong> requires special care or specified <strong>products<\/strong>, but in actual fact the procedure to be followed for matt ceramic is the same as for glossy ceramic. The widespread use of matt ceramic has raised many questions on <strong>how to clean<\/strong> it, while in actual fact the parts that need extra care when cleaning the toilet bowl, the bidet, the washbasin and the bathtub are the chromed parts. The same maintenance and cleaning rules apply irrespective of the finish \u2013 white or coloured, matt or glossy \u2013 of the ceramic surface.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Sanitary ware maintenance<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>maintenance <\/strong>of the <strong>ceramic surfaces<\/strong> of <strong>sanitary ware <\/strong>poses an interesting problem in the case of scratches, chips or cracks. In general, there is no way to repair the ceramic of the toilet bowl, and there are no certified repair kits. Once the ceramic surface has been damaged, the only solution is to replace the part affected: we recommend replacing the product right away, especially if you see any structural cracks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For <strong>scratches <\/strong>in the ceramic<strong>,<\/strong> instead, there is a slight possibility of repair. If the <strong>scratches in the sanitary ware<\/strong> are superficial, and as long as the <strong>ceramic<\/strong> is not metalized or coloured, you can try to fix the problem. However, it is always advisable to contact the manufacturer first, to assess the severity of the damage and, if possible, understand how to proceed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Visit our site to learn more about Flaminia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ceramicaflaminia.it\/it\/products\">products<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By its very nature ceramic is a long-lasting, hygienic material, ideally suited for the production of sanitary ware. Thanks to the crystallisation and enamelling process, in fact, it does not absorb bad odours and is not damaged by leach-based and descaling detergents. Ceramic sanitary ware is made of either Vitreous&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3240,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-see-how-it-works"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Our recommendations for the care and maintenance of ceramic sanitary ware - Flaminia Magazine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\/en\/cleaning-ceramic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Our recommendations for the care and maintenance of ceramic sanitary ware - Flaminia Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By its very nature ceramic is a long-lasting, hygienic material, ideally suited for the production of sanitary ware. Thanks to the crystallisation and enamelling process, in fact, it does not absorb bad odours and is not damaged by leach-based and descaling detergents. Ceramic sanitary ware is made of either Vitreous...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\/en\/cleaning-ceramic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Flaminia Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-04-28T08:30:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-06-08T07:36:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/clean-maintenance-ceramics-sanitary-ware.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"815\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"453\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"samuele.carpene\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"samuele.carpene\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\\\/en\\\/cleaning-ceramic\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\\\/en\\\/cleaning-ceramic\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"samuele.carpene\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0b904c29f5748afbcf00b185d4906e83\"},\"headline\":\"Our recommendations for the care and maintenance of ceramic sanitary ware\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-28T08:30:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-06-08T07:36:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\\\/en\\\/cleaning-ceramic\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":529,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\\\/en\\\/cleaning-ceramic\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/clean-maintenance-ceramics-sanitary-ware.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"See how it works\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\\\/en\\\/cleaning-ceramic\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\\\/en\\\/cleaning-ceramic\\\/\",\"name\":\"Our recommendations for the care and maintenance of ceramic sanitary ware - Flaminia Magazine\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\\\/en\\\/cleaning-ceramic\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\\\/en\\\/cleaning-ceramic\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/clean-maintenance-ceramics-sanitary-ware.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-28T08:30:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-06-08T07:36:09+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0b904c29f5748afbcf00b185d4906e83\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\\\/en\\\/cleaning-ceramic\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\\\/en\\\/cleaning-ceramic\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\\\/en\\\/cleaning-ceramic\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/clean-maintenance-ceramics-sanitary-ware.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/clean-maintenance-ceramics-sanitary-ware.png\",\"width\":815,\"height\":453},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\\\/en\\\/cleaning-ceramic\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Our recommendations for the care and maintenance of ceramic sanitary ware\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Flaminia Magazine\",\"description\":\"Il design secondo Flaminia\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0b904c29f5748afbcf00b185d4906e83\",\"name\":\"samuele.carpene\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/97431c005d2aa6a7563588b7d4306a699019a2ee64c8243359014e7134e67a0b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/97431c005d2aa6a7563588b7d4306a699019a2ee64c8243359014e7134e67a0b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/97431c005d2aa6a7563588b7d4306a699019a2ee64c8243359014e7134e67a0b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"samuele.carpene\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\\\/en\\\/author\\\/samuele-carpene\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Our recommendations for the care and maintenance of ceramic sanitary ware - Flaminia Magazine","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\/en\/cleaning-ceramic\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Our recommendations for the care and maintenance of ceramic sanitary ware - Flaminia Magazine","og_description":"By its very nature ceramic is a long-lasting, hygienic material, ideally suited for the production of sanitary ware. Thanks to the crystallisation and enamelling process, in fact, it does not absorb bad odours and is not damaged by leach-based and descaling detergents. Ceramic sanitary ware is made of either Vitreous...","og_url":"https:\/\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\/en\/cleaning-ceramic\/","og_site_name":"Flaminia Magazine","article_published_time":"2021-04-28T08:30:36+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-06-08T07:36:09+00:00","og_image":[{"width":815,"height":453,"url":"https:\/\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/clean-maintenance-ceramics-sanitary-ware.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"samuele.carpene","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"samuele.carpene","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\/en\/cleaning-ceramic\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\/en\/cleaning-ceramic\/"},"author":{"name":"samuele.carpene","@id":"https:\/\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/0b904c29f5748afbcf00b185d4906e83"},"headline":"Our recommendations for the care and maintenance of ceramic sanitary ware","datePublished":"2021-04-28T08:30:36+00:00","dateModified":"2021-06-08T07:36:09+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\/en\/cleaning-ceramic\/"},"wordCount":529,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\/en\/cleaning-ceramic\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/clean-maintenance-ceramics-sanitary-ware.png","articleSection":["See how it works"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\/en\/cleaning-ceramic\/","url":"https:\/\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\/en\/cleaning-ceramic\/","name":"Our recommendations for the care and maintenance of ceramic sanitary ware - Flaminia Magazine","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\/en\/cleaning-ceramic\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\/en\/cleaning-ceramic\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/clean-maintenance-ceramics-sanitary-ware.png","datePublished":"2021-04-28T08:30:36+00:00","dateModified":"2021-06-08T07:36:09+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/0b904c29f5748afbcf00b185d4906e83"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\/en\/cleaning-ceramic\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\/en\/cleaning-ceramic\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\/en\/cleaning-ceramic\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/clean-maintenance-ceramics-sanitary-ware.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/clean-maintenance-ceramics-sanitary-ware.png","width":815,"height":453},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\/en\/cleaning-ceramic\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Our recommendations for the care and maintenance of ceramic sanitary ware"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\/en\/","name":"Flaminia Magazine","description":"Il design secondo Flaminia","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/0b904c29f5748afbcf00b185d4906e83","name":"samuele.carpene","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/97431c005d2aa6a7563588b7d4306a699019a2ee64c8243359014e7134e67a0b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/97431c005d2aa6a7563588b7d4306a699019a2ee64c8243359014e7134e67a0b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/97431c005d2aa6a7563588b7d4306a699019a2ee64c8243359014e7134e67a0b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"samuele.carpene"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it"],"url":"https:\/\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\/en\/author\/samuele-carpene\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3239"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3712,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3239\/revisions\/3712"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.ceramicaflaminia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}