Care & Cleaning
How to Clean Your Stone Mat
Short answer: mostly, you don't. Stone doesn't hold water, so there's nothing to launder and nothing to grow. Here's the entire routine — all three parts of it.
DailyNothing. It dries itself in minutes.
Every few weeksA quick rinse with plain water.
Every 1–3 months30 seconds with the included sanding tool.
Every few weeks · 2 minutes
The refresh rinse
- Rinse with plain warm water. A handheld shower head or a cup of water over the surface is all it takes.
- Skip the soap — always. Soap and detergent residue settle into the micro-pores and slow the mat's absorbency. Water alone does the job.
- Wipe and stand it up. Give it a pass with a clean cloth and lean it upright for half an hour. Done.
Dust or hair on the surface? A quick sweep or vacuum pass any time — nothing clings to stone.
Every 1–3 months · 30 seconds
Restore full absorbency
- Start with a fully dry mat. Sanding works on dry stone, not damp.
- Buff in light circles with the sanding tool included in your box. No pressure needed — you're lifting a hair-thin layer of surface buildup, not resurfacing a driveway.
- Wipe away the dust with a dry cloth or vacuum. Water absorption snaps back to day-one speed.
When to do it: whenever footprints start fading slower than you're used to. That's the mat telling you its pores need clearing.
As needed
Stains & marks
- Act on oily spills early. Lotion, makeup, and body oils are the one real enemy of the pores — blot them off when they happen.
- Sand the spot. For a set-in mark, the sanding tool erases the stained surface layer in a few circles.
- Air it out upright. After any deep clean, let the mat dry standing up before it goes back on the floor.
The don'ts
Stone asks almost nothing of you. Just avoid these four things — they all work by clogging or sealing the pores that make the mat work.
✗ No soap or detergent. Residue fills the micro-pores. Plain water only.
✗ No oil-based cleaners or polish. Oils are absorbed and block the stone from drinking water.
✗ Don't soak it for hours. A rinse is plenty; the mat should never sit submerged.
✗ Don't seal, paint, or wax it. Any coating turns a breathing stone into a plate.
Care questions, answered
Water is genuinely all it needs. If you feel strongly about a deeper clean, a very diluted vinegar rinse is safe — follow it with a plain-water rinse and a sanding pass once dry. Never soap, bleach, or oil-based products.
Any fine-grit sandpaper (220-grit or finer) from a hardware store works exactly the same way. Light circles on a dry mat.
Rinse it with water, wipe it down, and let it dry before putting the mat back on top. Once a month keeps the floor under the mat fresh.
No — it's just due for a sanding pass. Surface buildup (skin oils, hard-water minerals, product residue) slows the pores over time; 30 seconds with the tool restores it. The stone itself lasts for years.
Indoor air-drying upright is all it needs and is gentlest on the stone. Avoid freezing temperatures with a wet mat — water expanding in the pores can stress any natural stone.
That's the whole job.
No washing machine, no laundry basket, no funk. A rinse now and then, a 30-second buff when it slows — and a mat that looks and works like new for years.
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