Kitchen Backsplash

I'm in the process of looking for a backsplash for my new kitchen. Honed Marble was suggested by the designer at the tile place. Is that a good choice for a backsplash? I read on your website about Alabama Honed Marble. Are there different types of honed marble that I should be concerned with. Thank you for your help.

 

Dear Robin:

 

“ Is that a good choice for a backsplash? ”

 

Not if it were my kitchen, especially by the stove: my wife and I cook too much and there's no impregnating sealer in the entire galaxy that could prevent staining from all the splattering from boiling pots and frying pans. One solution would be to protect the part of the backsplash behind the stone with a custom cut piece of glass. (I kid you not.)

 

“ I read on your website about Alabama Honed Marble. ”

 

You did?!... I really don't recall. But it is a good marble indeed.

 

“ Are there different types of honed marble that I should be concerned with. ”

 

Not really.

 

Now remember, it's never too early to think about the proper maintenance of your stone. The issue of what you'll be doing day in and day out to your stone is – as it should be intuitive – vastly more important than its sealing (if and when possible and/or advisable) and it's all too often neglected. As you can tell by reading many of this site's postings, you're not likely to get good information about routine care from your dealer or installer. Don't become another statistic! By logging into the Helpful Hints section of our website at:   http://www.mbstone.com/ HH_promo/helpful_hints.htm, you will be able to get the short version of our maintenance guidelines at no charge. The full version of it – a 7-page document considered by many as an industry benchmark – is available in pay-per-download format in our Educational Literature section at:   http://www.mbstone.com/literature/ literature.htm.  

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