# Care and feeding of granite

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-and-feeding-of-granite/221754>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 30, 2003, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-and-feeding-of-granite/221754 "2003-12-30T13:26:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![dauerbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-and-feeding-of-granite/221754/1 "2003-12-30T13:26:06Z")

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My friend just got a new granite countertop, black, and has problems keeping a highly polished look. What is the best method of cleaning granite and keeping it looking highly reflective? The installers gave him no instruction. Even wiping with a clean, damp sponge leaves streaks. Is there a solvent that would dry streakless?

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**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-and-feeding-of-granite/221754/2 "2003-12-30T13:39:03Z")

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Our counters and island are all granite as well, they were treated with a special food safe laquer…Windex and a paper towel should be fine…I’d call the source company and find out what it was treated with…hopefully it wasn’t something cheap… A good Granite counter will last longer than parts of the home in some cases…Manytimes they can be re-used…