Most of today’s cleaning products will fall into one a few basic categories, and while each has its purpose and place.  When dealing with natural stone, terrazzo, concrete or grout some are better than others, and some are simply damaging.

Solventbase cleaners are designed to use a solvent to dissolve the material on the surface.  The issue here is that as the solvent evaporates it drops the dirt, redepositing it as a film across the surface, unless wiped up with a rug or mop bucket.