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Article Number: 240 | Rating: Unrated | Last Updated: Tue, Jul 24, 2007 at 12:00 AM

Maurizio, I recently bought a house with "granite" countertop - that's that the seller said however from reading your posts I am not so sure. Anyhow, it seems some areas of the cooktop was sealed correctly but not all -i did the lemon juice test on one area and it did not absorb just about a week ago however this morning when I got up I found some stains on the other part of the countertop stains from cook oil and that particular area is all darkened. I guess the countertop probably needs to be resealed. Without knowing the brands of the sealers the previous owner used, what my options are?

Dear Cynthia:

Get hold of the fabricator and ask them which brand sealer they used and get some from them.

But before anything else, you must remove the stain.

Also, keep in mind that no sealer will ever guarantee sealing. A sealer only guarantees reaction time. The better the sealer, the longer a possible staining agent will take to be absorbed by the stone.

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Ciao and good luck,

Maurizio Bertoli

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