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I have Black Pearl granite with a leather finish.

I only have one seam, but mine is a little lighter. If you run your hand across it, you can feel it. I tried using a black marker, but it's too dark and looked worse.

I had the choice of it being in my prep space or over the dishwasher and, of course, I did not want it in my prep space. I really don't utilize the area it's in, so I don't pay much attention to it. It's not perfect, but not the worst I've seen.

no, i have absolute black countertops with leathered finish and you have to really look for the seams i have these countertops in the kitchen and three bathrooms, i'm very very happy with them i would not be happy with those seams.....

This is one of the seams.

Designsaavy, Very pretty granite. The trick to hiding the seam is to use a sparing amount of magic marker in just a few spots that have black spots on either side of the seam. I wonder if you could also find a gray marker and use that in a few other spots. The idea is to break up the white line. Maybe a permanent marker is too black for your seams.

This looks strange with the white cloudy area along the seam. Is there still something on it, or is that supposedly from the sanding?

The cloudiness is where the sanding marks are. In person it's actually darker than the counter. I'm trying to take a picture without a reflection but the granite is pretty shiny.

I wouldn't accept that. Sorry.

Why in the world are there sanding marks? That's horrible.

The installer said that the granite slabs were uneven and they had to sand them to make them meet up. And thank you, I'm saying the same thing! No way other black countertops have the same thing.

Your fabricator is wrong. That's a redo.

Wow. :-o

Yeah, not acceptable. I am genuinely amazed at the number of bad installation jobs we see on this board -- and I assume people on this board are better informed than the average person.

"The installer said that the granite slabs were uneven and they had to sand them to make them meet up."

Gorilla Grips will pull the bow out of mismatched edges long enough for the adhesive in the seam to hold them in place. Your fabricators are ignorant or misinformed or both.