We are completing a project where “honed granite” was the choice for the counter tops. The installation crew from the granite company did a messy job with the epoxy seams resulting in some pretty serious staining (black granite and black epoxy). Does anyone know if there is a chemical method for drawing the stain out of the surface? Or is resurfacing (sanding) an option. I’m not familiar with the idiosyncrasies of honed granite, but my searches so far on the web have resulted in a lot of customer dissatisfaction with this finish. Any advice/info will be greatly appreciated.
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Greetings W,
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i have honed granite, and i give it a A+. i had a hard time selling my wife on it told her if you like shiny they make high gloss granite formica for 2.00 a sq ft.! i don't know how you get a stain out,never had any problems.i'm curious about where you hit bad feedback on the honed?
take this for what its worth but if you can't ajax,lac.thinner,baking soda it off.i would think you could take a diamond pad and rebuff it. when i did the edges at about 500 grit match the honed pretty well.i went to 1000 and it shines a little to much. larry
hand me the chainsaw, i need to trim the casing just a hair.
FWIW, one of our jobs experienced a similiar event.
The tops were textured sorta, not glossy polished and not honed, sorta natural.
When they filled the joints they did it as they always do and let the epoxy run over.
It apparently filled the pours of the surrounding are and left noticeably dark areas an 1 1/2" to either side od the seams.
I don't think it was ever corrected.
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The problem is its not a "stain"! The epoxy has filled in the pores or rough finish left by the honing. The epoxy needs to be ground away or better that area re-honed.
Most problems people have with the honed finished is finger prints and grease spots, because of the texture finish these don't wipe off easily. Sealer is out there to combat this and this might hide the "spilled" epoxy.