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Old 06-13-2013, 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by aln View Post
We had granite installed in our home about 1 year ago.

In my research I found the lighter color granites are more porous than the darker ones. EVEN IF SEALED. We have Kashmir white.

We had the 15 year sealer applied to ours. We also get water spots that darken IF LEFT UNATTENDED FOR SEVERAL MINUTES but do go away.

Nontheless it would be important to find out if yous has been sealed. If you can't determine, I'd seal it just to be sure.

There's LOTS N LOTS of info online. Google granite sealers and plow threw.
I guess I have been lucky hubby liked dark colors we have in our houses, either had black galaxy or blue pearl both from china by the way and well sealed and never had a problem. The last guy did what he called a soak seal apparently totally immersion of the pieces before install. First time I ever saw granite that looked almost as dark on the unpolished side as the polished. Travertine is what drives me nuts.
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