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Hello Maurizo, Thank you for the valuable information on your site. I am building a new home and I am crazy for marble, but having read the related posts, I am being dissueded from installing the Calacatta on my countertops because of probability of staining and other damage. Just wondering, what your opinion would be on using honed nero marquina for a kitchen countertop? Black would be much less likely to show the stains, and I would still get all the lovely veining etc . I am looking specifically for a honed stone. I do not want the high polish of granite. Many thanks. I value your advise.
Dear Elaine:
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Black would be much less likely to show the stains
”
On the contrary, black will be more likely (it is actually a certainty) to show the stains, which in reality are not stains but “stains” – acid etchings, that it.
If you insist on marble, hone-finished Calicatta is a better bet, although honed Negro Marquina treated with a high-quality stone color enhancer like MB-6 may be acceptable if the kitchen is not going to be too busy.
But no matter what, about marble in the kitchen t
he stone itself has little to do with it. It's rather a collective culture issue.
All throughout the Mediterranean basin marble is a very popular stone as a kitchen countertop and everybody enjoys it. (Limestone is not so popular, but certain types of limestone could be acceptable in relation of what follows.) In
How's that?
For the simple reason that In Southern
While the looks of an old pair of jeans is very much appreciated in
Hence the problem.
The question now is: regardless of your geographical location, which one of the two groups do you belong to?
J
So, assuming that you're “American”, you should forget about marble and look into soapstone instead. Certain dark selections have beautiful marble-like veining.
May I ask you now to please read and e-sign our Statement of Purpose at:
http://
www.marblecleaning.org/purpose.htm?
J
Ciao and good luck,
Mauri
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