The label said everest white granite and it looked like an artistic tribute to my favorite cat the snow leopard beautiful crisp white silvery bits and lots of black spots and shiny chips.
Why is my white granite turning brown.
There are two ways to approach this problem.
The best way to test your water is with a common ph test kit.
White marble tiles can remain for years without yellowing then over time may slowly turn yellow and in severe causes may turn completely brown.
What makes granite countertops turn color.
Granite does not readily etch but constant exposure over time to acidic city water or citric cleaning products slowly eat away at the polished surface of the counter leaving a dull appearance.
Spots in white granite turning yellow brown.
Citrus or vinegar will actually cause etching on granite countertops.
Start by determining the source of the stain.
Granite countertops also don t like it when you use something like windex on them because it strips the seal off of the stone.
With normal use and proper care they re impervious to heat and staining.
Black pearl granite this is not actually a granite but a type of gabbro with pyroxene and amphibole.
Since it is usually only the areas that were under a countertop appliance for a long time that have remained light the easiest method is to darken those areas to match.
It was white and gray some of the gray spots have now changed color and there are a a couple brown spots in the white as well.
The porous granite soaks colors and dyes often resulting in stains after lots of use or exposure to some fluids or objects such as oil based cosmetics food colored drinks and metal objects.
Marble granite and stone do not like having acidic ie.
Not a good thing.
If you move a long standing object from your granite countertop and discover a difference in color it is usually caused by the countertop darkening over time due to light exposure.
It was also priced at just 856 for the 115 x74 slab less than a third of the others i had my eye on granted the others were quartzite.
I had stone countertops installed about two weeks ago now it s getting yellow brown spots.
If your water tests positive avoid cleaning your counters with tap water and use a natural.
Many cases of granite discolorations are simple stains that are easy to remove.
This type of granite is very similar to the tan brown granite but with larger feldspar grains.
Citrus based cleaners used on them.
This is absolutely not the look i was going for i.