got my white macaubas installed!
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Think we have decided on White Macauba Quartzite for kitchen...
Comments (28)Hope you have resolved your issues with your countertop. Just a note about my experience with my white macaubus quartzite. I had it sealed on installation with StoneTech Bulletproof sealer. The first weekend, my husband sat a buttery spatula on the countertop. I estimate it sat on the countertop an hour and it left a large grease stain. I was quite surprised (LOL flipped out) that my $10K countertops were marred in the first few days. The stone company came out and applied a poultice made by StoneTech and it took about 4 days to pull the grease out of the stone. We then had it re-sealed. My husband is enthusiastic about cooking, but has made numerous oil stains in the past few months, so I purchased the product line and have used the poultice several times with good results. I maintain it with their cleaning product which also applies a small amount of sealer regularly. My research shows that most of the sealers won't protect against oil. The stone does darken with water left on the surface, but that dries out....See MoreMini reveal: White Macauba quartzite counters
Comments (31)Ck, it is an Artisan sink. Interior is 14" wide x 8" deep. It is big enough to hold my large colander and my stock pot (although I can also fill pots on the counter with the pullout faucet). The size is good for me: big enough to do what I need w/o using up lots of counter space. I use it for rinsing produce, filling pots, dumping pasta water and washing hands. If I need to rinse out large poultry, I use the big sink. Here is a link that might be useful: sink...See MoreStripping and Sealing a Quartzite Countertop (White Macauba)
Comments (30)My fabricator said he sealed my new Roma Imperial quartzite island, but water would soak into it quickly and leave a dark mark that would disappear after several hours. I used acetone to strip any previous sealer used and remove a few oil stains from one night of cooking, then applied Miracle Sealants 511 Porous Plus 5 or 6 times, waiting a few hours between each. Essentially kept applying until it quit soaking in/changing the color of the surface. I wiped up excess from the last coat pretty quickly but there was still a film that felt grainy when running your hand across the surface, so I took an electric buffer after it - one typically used for car detailing work - for a few hours (big island) using two different pads, then rubbed it down again with a soft cloth. That removed the "grainy" residue and now the surface is shiny and squeaks when you rub your fingers over it. There was one small etched spot that happened before I applied the sealer, and though it's still visible, the sealer filled it so it feels smooth to the touch like the rest of the surface - no longer rough and pitted. I poured water on the surface and it beaded up so I let it sit overnight. The next morning the water had completely evaporated and there was no mark whatsoever. We'll see how it stands up over time but I'm feeling pretty good about it....See MoreIdentify this quartzite or granite? Macauba?
Comments (11)Yup, you are on the right track with doing the glass scratch test. I'm glad you found the thread about quartzite. Let us know what you find out because the more info we can share here, the easier it will be for others who are shopping and researching. I was mesmerized by the veining in your slabs and the fractured areas. They look like like the diagrams used to teach geology students about movement along faults in the rock. In your case those are called "normal faults" meaning the rock was compressed to the point where the rock broke. That was many moons ago so you needn't worry about that making your rock weaker. It just makes it more interesting....See MoreKate618
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