Ugh. What causes this on quartz?
Our white quartz was installed a few weeks ago. In between the counter completion and the backsplash going in (there was about 2 week lag), I notified the GC that there were some “marks” of what appeared like a “film” down both edges of my breakfast bar.
They each run almost the full length (only one side shown, hard to get a pic), but do ebb and flow some in terms of width. There is also two arc’d marks on the main area of this section.
The GC said he’d bring some alcohol, maybe it was just residue, etc. He tried to get it off, and couldn’t. He said he could barely tell any marks were there, but now that I’ve lived with this a few weeks, it’s driving my crazy.
What would cause these marks?? Originally I thought maybe whatever polishing tool runs along the edges did it, but the GC said it couldn’t have been that due to the shape of the arcs.
See pics. Any thoughts?
(There is an island and back area not pictured that have no problems)
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2 years agoJoseph, we’ve had our main light down as we put up others to see what we are replacing it with so haven’t quite had other lights. I presume by “low light” you mean non-natural light?
Here are two other spots (this time on our back counter, which I thought was unaffected). I didn’t take with a tape measure, sorry - I can do that after sundown.
Either these appeared or, because they aren’t in the direct line of natural light, I didn’t see them until last night. Again, all issues arise on the edges. The big one (probably 3”, irregular) is actually in a location that is 100% not used - it’s a back corner.
These photos are taken at night with the only light being undercab lighting.
Lauren E
2 years agoI’d also love to know if “spiderwebbing” in the finish is to be expected. This doesn’t bother me as much as the other issues…but it’s just another thing. Sigh. Wasn’t sure if maybe it was from the protective film? Excuse the child’s cup…
Lauren E
2 years agoAlso Joseph - I stand corrected that the “latest” spot is not 3”, but 2”.
I’ll stop adding pics now. :)
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