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What Granite needs maintenance?

All Granite needs care and maintenance, light coloured Granite is generally more porous than dark coloured granite. You can test out the porosity of Granite by doing the lemon juice test. Take a piece of the scrap or sample granite you want to test and spill a few drops of lemon juice onto it. If you see that under the drops of lemon it develops very quickly dark spots, it means that it's a very absorbent stone. This needs to be heavily sealed. If it takes a minute or so to be absorbed, then you're dealing with a degree of absorbency that's easily manageable with the application of a good-quality impregnator-type sealer like Lithofin Stainstop. If it doesn't absorb at all, then superb just a light seal  as all granite is a natural stone.

Why lemon juice?

Because lemon juice is highly acidic, and, if for any chance, the granite you're considering is a mixed stone (with some calcite in it), it would etch without any Sealer, as acid in time will break down the sealer, it is advised however that all Granite is deep cleaned and resealed once a year in heavy usage every six months, this requires the use of chemicals, masks and protective gloves should be used when applying chemicals.

This test can also be done with water.

So what colour Granites are softer and not as dense as other Granites?

Bianco Sardo a white coloured Granite with grey and black markings, this Granite comes from the region Sardinia in Italy.

Rosa Beta white coloured Granite with grey, black and pink/peach markings, this Granite also comes from the region Sardinia in Italy.

Rosa Porrino a pink coloured Granite with white and black and markings, this Granite comes from Spain.

Azul Platino light blue coloured Granite with white and black markings, this Granite comes from Spain.

Giallo Veneziano gold coloured granite with black markings, this Granite comes from Brazil.

Giallo Imperial gold coloured granite with black markings and red spots, this Granite comes from Brazil.

Giallo st Cecilla light gold coloured granite with black markings and red spots, this Granite comes from Brazil.

Kashmir white or Cashmere white  a white coloured granite with grey/green markings red spots, this Granite comes from India.

Kashmir Gold a gold coloured granite with slight black markings red spots, this Granite comes from India.

Madura Gold dark gold coloured granite with slight black markings red spots, this Granite comes from India.

Multicolour Red a red coloured granite with black swirl markings, this Granite comes from India.

Kuppam Green also known as Verde Mare green coloured granite with white markings, this Granite comes from India.

Saphire Brown light brown coloured granite with slight black and light blue markings , this Granite comes from India.

Tan Brown Dark brown coloured granite with black and slight white markings , this Granite comes from India.

Shivakasi Ivory, Sivakasi Ivory, Shivakasi pink, Sivakasi pink a cream with pink and black swirls can come more cream or more pink, this Granite comes from India.

Ikon Brown light brown coloured granite with slight black markings , this Granite comes from India.

Remember that all Granite is a natural stone and will vary from batch to batch the description given here is only as a guide.

 

 

 

 

 

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