Granite crack? Maybe vein?

Ryan Judd

5 years ago

last modified: 5 years ago

Brand new granite installed a few days ago! They said it’s a vein- Nothing else like it in my kitchen. Looks terrible?

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Joe T.
5 years ago
Could be a fissure (normal); could be a crack (not). Pics?
Shannon_WI
5 years ago
1. We need pics to help you.
2. What is the name of the granite.
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Sorry it took me a while to respond to this and many other Q's... I have been in Maui for the last week, and just got back into "work mode" today.... Thereddogruby - your pic looks like Soapstone to me - do you have only a pic, or do you have access to the actual stone? IF you have the stone - can you scratch the back of it with a butter knife? This would be an easy way to tell - If it's Soapstone - it will scratch pretty easily with out much effort - and that's not a "negative" quality - Soapstone is a really great product to use - it can be sanded it if gets scratched, and quite honestly - Soapstone has been used in the US since the 1600's..... :-o Anyways - HTH kevin
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I have this stone in my bathrooms. I took close-up photos of the slabs in the stoneyard. Upon install, I noticed two of these 'cracks' in the counters and backsplash. It turns out that these were in the stone prior to fabrication--I found them in the photos when I magnified the picture! I haven't had any problems but, again, these are bathroom counters, not in the kitchen. I rejected several slabs of this stone due to major cracks that were less visible from the front of the slab but readily so from the back (I made them pull them out so I could see both sides). I was shocked that I ended up with any cracks but couldn't fault the fabricator. My fabricator hated working with this stone by the way. (The counters were installed in 2010.)
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Susanka: It looks to me (IMHO) like it's a crack - and I agree with Paulines.. It IS managable though - the fracture line can be filled with CA penetrating glue to bond the two sections together, then surface polished - IF - there is any lippage. IF there is NO lippage, the void can be filled with accrylic glue with some tinting, and your crack will still be there, BUT - the assembly will be intact and the fracture will have been repaired. Looks to me like you have Baltic Brown there from your pic- a few different colors on the glue to match up with the surrounding colours in the stone will help to camoflauge the fill... My .02 cents worth - it can be managed!!! kevin Kevin M. Padden MIA SFA Fabricator, Trainer & Consultant to the Natural Stone Industry www.azschoolofrock.com
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cpartist, png files will post here too. I snipped your post and it posted, at least on my end. . Curious, can you see it?
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Granite City Services
5 years ago
I am a fabricator. Pics help. If the "crack" extends to an edge and you can see it going down the edge then it is a crack. A fissure often looks like a crack but does not pass thru the stone. Another less reliable check is to see if it will snag a fingernail. If yes, usually that's a crack although I have seen fissures that were prominent enough to fail the fingernail test. At the fab shop if we're not sure we look at the backside of the stone. If it's visible on both sides it's a crack.
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Joseph Corlett, LLC
5 years ago
Ryan:

If you can't do a picture, please at least describe the crack and its location.

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