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Article Number: 260 | Rating: 5/5 from 2 votes | Last Updated: Sun, Jul 29, 2007 at 12:00 AM

We have tropical brown granite tiles on countertop and tropical brown slab on island. We were told by sales person to seal granite. The sealer we used is called Glaze 'n Seal and contains petroleum distillates. We haven't used the counters yet. Now after reading your website I'm concerned that we did not use the correct product and may not have even needed to seal it at all. Please advise. Thanks. Anney

Dear Anney:

Tropic Brown (a.k.a. Tropical Brown) has an absorbency rate of 0.1% - 0.15%. What this translates into is the there's no liquid on planet
Earth that could possibly be absorbed by it. Therefore, no matter how much impregnator (a.k.a. sealer) you applied to it, you never actually sealed it: it's just technically impossible. I would go back there with this information (which is based on science - not my opinion) and demand for my money back.

Let's just hope that you managed to completely remove every residue of the product from the surface of the stone.

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