Honed Jet Mist is a very porous stone. Some less porous stones may reject the enhancer after they have been sealed or just not let the enhancer darken the stone as much. Enhancers are to be considered impregnating sealers and topical sealers as well. If the enhancer penetrates the surface it is because the jet mist is still somewhat porous. That's fine and the enhaner will give you some degree of enhancement. Even if it doesn't penetrate the surface if applied properly think of your honed surface as a microscopic English muffin. The color enhancer like the water will end up filling all the nooks and crannies at a micro level. The water evaporates out but with the enhancer the solvent carrier will evaporate and the resins will be left behind.Color enhancers down side is that if they do act as a topical they will wear and need to be maintained by reapplying them over time. Granite method wont darken it but UV light will over time.

I made the mistake of falling for jet mist / Virginia mist granite, but I am unable to locate any slabs in the Denver area. I have called at least 10 stone suppliers and fabricators, but no luck. Any ideas how to go about this search? Thanks!

jayhawk: Hope you see this before you head over there today. I brought DH over there yesterday to see the slabs and look for alternatives. My 2 slabs are on the front of the stack - they have my last name (Hill) written in sharpie on the top right edge. You'll have to get them to move the slabs to see the others. There are 6 there including mine (they told me 8 came in - I never got a chance to ask if there are 2 more). Again, from what I saw, they all look very similar. Also, I'm not sure if the Stone Collection requires reservations on Saturdays, but some of the stone yards do (I think Arizona does, for instance). If you get there early, you're probably ok. Our cabinets are not in either, but it sounds like we are a week or two ahead of you. Ours are scheduled to be installed the last week of May with granite templating the first week of June. I think the timing is pretty darn good if we want to attempt to both get our granite out of a total of 3 slabs. But - if you reserve slabs today, certainly reserve 2!! If we decide we can work this out and use 3, we can figure out which one of the 4 we have reserved we don't want to use. They will hold reserved slabs for 14 days. I'm going to give you my email (encoded), and if you'd like, go ahead and contact me via email and we can attempt to work out the 3 slab thing. My fabricator is Joel Csotty (his last name is not misspelled - it's pronounces soty with a long o) with Colorado Stonecrafters in Longmont. The Longmont location is a bummer if you want to be there when he lays the templates (I do!), but I think I only have to go up there once. He is my GCs favorite stone guy, and I've got to admit that I haven't checked out his work or anything, I just went on the GCs recommendation. He got me the jet mist here in CO and I won't abandon him for anything at this point - I feel I owe him a big one. I don't think he has a website - it's a pretty small operation (I did go up there one time to pick a couple of jet mist samples, on the way to skiing). Like you, I want honed and Joel will hone my pieces for me. Do you already have a fabricator you are working with? Here is the email encoding (sorry - I am gloriously spam-free and want to keep it that way). My first name is Linda and my middle name is Louise. My last name is earlier in this post. email is first name dot middle initial dot last name at comcast.net. No pressure for sure, but contact me by email if you want. They have lots of leathered cambrian black at the Stone Collection. We got a price group list from them when we were there yesterday and it says price category 4 (out of 5, then it goes to 'custom' and 'exotic'). Non-leathered cambrian black is cat 3. Jet mist is not on the list yet, so I don't know what cat it is. It seems that the Stone Collection leans toward the more dramatic/exotic granites and it might be that their prices are a little higher. I'm pretty sure I saw leathered Cam Blk at Arizona, too, which is not too far from Stone Collection. Might be cheaper there? Sorry for the long post - Hope your search goes well today!

Boxerpups: I have seen your granite in your other posts and love it. It looks very similar to mine. I don't understand why I would be having these problems. Last night I did an experiment on an extra piece they left me. I left a wet glass as well as an oily bottle on it. This morning the place where the glass was is fine, but the oil has soaked in and made a dark stain. Don't know if it will fade over time. I did read on other sites that certain granites should never be sealed and that perhaps the marks people see are actually the sealer reacting to the substance. These sites recommend removing all the sealer and leaving the stone completely unsealed. I really need to figure this out as I cook a lot and think it will be a nightmare to maintain this stone if I have to worry about all kinds of substances possibly marring it.