The marble etches
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What does marble 'etching' look like?
Comments (7)It's hard to get a photo of mine with the reflection of the trees from the window right above it, but the half-moon shaped mark with the spot to the left of it that you see in the lower center is etching from a bowl or something that must have had something on the bottom. Too big for a wine bottle so I imagine it was a mixing bowl... I have another area where you can actually see (I just can't photograph) the spattered drops around a larger area, obviously a liquid spill that splashed and that no one noticed at the time (lemon juice or white wine?). You can't see any of these in certain lighting, or looking directly down from the top. I can only see them when the light comes across them from an angle... but then they really jump out at me. There are scratches as well, from the pastry scraper (mine is metal) and from cutting pastries like croissants, which really require a sharp edge. I got polished marble for the baking slab and I should have gotten honed... eventually if I spill enough things, I'll have my honed I guess! ;)...See MorePositive spin on marble etching :)
Comments (25)marcolo, for what it's worth (probably not much), I've spent the last 17 years in this 60-year-old house with, in the kitchen, a vinyl sheet floor that was ugly even when new (white, pink, and gray) and of course my husband was aghast at the idea of removing "perfectly good" flooring just because it was ugly. It is also poor quality, and every dropped item, from forks and knives and especially the cans of food my kids liked to make towers with when they were little, made horrible brown rents in the vinyl. But each rent and dent tells a story, especially of my children's toddlerhood! Most of the countertop is marble "look" Formica, and doesn't look nearly as nice, and hasn't held up as nicely, as the little piece of butcher block my husband made out of the old school gymnasium floor on one side of our O'Keefe & Merritt, and on the other side the old piece of stone that used to be the newspaper office's back step! So the marble and Ikea butcherblock, and hardwood kitchen floors in the new house will be a huge step up for me, and in the end, I'd rather have dings in the hardwood than on the vinyl flooring, because in the end it's wood rather than vinyl. I have an antique French buffet with marble top, and it came with a water ring on top, but to me it just adds to the history. Any other material just wouldn't look or feel the same to me. It's magnificent. I still remember taking delivery of my first real coffee table a few years out of college. It was mahogany, from Altman's, and I couldn't wait to polish off the dust from the delivery truck. A friend thought she would help and instead of spraying the cloth, as I'd always been taught, she sprayed the table directly. No matter how much we both rubbed with the cloth, the wood looked as if it had been sneezed on, and did for years. I still have that coffee table, and it has never looked as pristine as it did when it was first delivered, but it has lovely patina and personality. Which for a farm family with three kids is fine......See Morereally helpful pix of marble etchings and stain
Comments (6)Agree with sayde. Marble works well in warm modern, rustic, industrial, old-world, pseudo-Victorian, or pseudo-Craftsman interiors. It does not work at all in a lot of the inspiration pics I've seen here, where it stands as the sleek and shiny centerpiece of a clean-lined, utterly impeccable space. Because it is not going to stay impeccable. If you want marble, you have to want the etches. Because you're going to get them. Maybe your lighting will somewhat obscure them, or maybe it will make them stand out like a pee stain on a wedding dress. You won't know until it happens, and you have to be comfortable either way....See MoreSealer to help with marble etching on the horizon??
Comments (5)Yes there are some topical coatings that can be used on marble to end the etching and staining issue. There are only a few available and they all have pros and cons. They arent for everyone and they are pricey. The coatings will scratch as they are about as hard as a med hard marble(we could say average marble I think) They will need professional maintenance from time to time. Vitremela is being produced by dry-treat corp and should be ready for the market soon. It is very thin and cured with a uv light. The coating can be polished or honed onsite using abrasives and abrasive polishing compounds. The other product is clearstoneusa which you can google. We have been working with clearstone and find that it has its place and does a good job. It is a new product to this market so one must consider that as well. This product and others will evolve over time. The finishes look very good in either polished or honed and the manufacturer will waranty etching and staining for 15 years. Scratches will not be covered. If you consider the fact that you can be etch free and still enjoy your marble it is a viable option. I tried to attach some pics but it wouldnt take them-will try again....See More- 14 years ago
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