For anyone with natural stone or quartz having a stain buy this Stain Remover. After the stain is removed, seal (or better yet based on the comments in this thread have a professional seal) your counter tops.
No material is bulletproof, and no material is the perfect material. What all sales people should do is tell you all the pros and cons to a material and let the client decide.
I sell natural stone, and I sell quartz, and I can list a bunch of reasons why one might be better than the other. If you were pushed into a product without being told the cons I'm sorry, but just because you have something doesn't make it better for someone else.
Man made Quartz is not bulletproof, and if you have a marbled pattern that was purchased 3 years ago or longer I can tell you it already looks dated, The technology for aesthetics is getting better and better. Think about that before you lock into one today. Oh and heat damage is not covered under warranty,.
Corian is plastic and it's not cheap anymore because less is being sold so factories need to charge more to make margin. Yay for zero depth of plastic!
Natural stone is often mislabeled, people are selling dolomite marbles as quartzites. This is plain wrong. But of all the options it's the most timeless.
I'm salty today, this thread is full of a bunch of non experts pushing their uneducated opinion.
Emma - you may have (i don't think so though) have etched your counter. if that's the case you need to find the best fabricator in your city that can hand polish it out. Try the paste first though. and if you sealed over that stain you need to apply it multiple times as that will make it harder to get out. and stay away from the DIY and your expensive stone.
Suray - buy the paste, and if you sealed over the stain than it needs to be applied multiple times.Also I have seen shadowing that was natural similar to the image you attached. seek an opinion from another fabricator if it's that concerning.
Joseph - Don't be an a$$, natural stone is fine (depending which one & fabricator) and way more timeless than a hunk of plastic.
If you have an issue you can always get a second opinion from another fabricator generally at a cost. But there are people that can restore your stone if the material was compromised by man.
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