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Old 06-13-2013, 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by TrudyM View Post
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.
Thanks for the soak seal info. I had never heard of that but will look for it.

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