Clorox toilet cleaner ate through sealer on bathroom countertop

last year

A Clorox toilet cleaner bottle ended up leaking on my bathroom countertop and it seems to have ate through the top layer of the sealer. Will a product like 511 Impregnator Sealer work to fix this? If not please recommend a product that will.

Thank you!

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Helen

last year

Not to make you feel bad but after I remodeled I only kept cleaning products that were safe for my surfaces because I didn't trust people not to use the wrong stuff.

I bought toilet bowl cleaner that was safe for marble and other stone surfaces. Even my glass cleaner is safe for marble.

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Microworks Handyman
last year
Is this a marble or engineered quartz countertop?
Charles Lara
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last year
Engineered quartz
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kudzu9
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Clorox is a pretty aggressive chemical product. There may not be a simple sealer product you can apply to the damaged area. It may be necessary to have a professional do an abrasive polish to make this go away.
millworkman
last year
Yeah, that did not eat the sealer it eteched or ate the surface. Professional stine finisher is abotu your only option and even then it may be work.
Chrissy Anne
last year
Same happened to my emperador brown marble, same stupid Clorox product & like others said , it wont buff out. I learned to live with it mine isnt that noticeable
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morz8 - Washington Coast
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Even my glass cleaner is safe for marble ...

That was good thinking, Helen. I etched the side of my marble tub surround spraying just a little glass cleaner on the adjacent shower door. I don't know that anyone could see it, but I could feel it and was so mad at myself.
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"Will a product like 511 Impregnator Sealer work to fix this?"

No.

"If not please recommend a product that will."

A Quartz Renew kit in the hands of an experienced operator may do the job. Before I'd do the job, you'd admit in writing that the top was ruined and that I could only make it better.
Helen
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@morz8 - Washington Coast And even the most careful stuff can still go awry. My regular cleaing lady had surgery so I was using my friend's cleaing lady for a few visits.

I actually had her meet with my cleaning woman who went over things and I also told her that I had cleaning products to use.

She was a very very diligent cleaner but perhaps too diligent

I have a copper sink with a living patina and she started scrubbing it to make it shiny. Luckily she didn't have time to do the whole surface and since it is a living finish it got back to its beauitful patina in a few weeks.

She also sneaked in her own cleaning products LOL. I don't think I have spotted any damage but I am not going around inspecting. If there are problems I would just as soon not notice them :-)

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