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MIA, Marble Cleaning Net, NTC, sfa and ISI are all welcome here as long as they respect this forum. There is a room where all may place their ads and do their promotions for upcoming events, a calendar for trade shows, educational classes, and any other type of trade gathering. For all the salespeople, we even have a place for you. You can enter your product up for reviews and the good folks will grade your products. I must warn you. If your product is inferior, the whole world will know, quickly. No news travels faster than bad news. For all the homeowners, contractors, and designers we even have a place for you. The general room is where you can ask as many questions as you want. You may not get the answer you are looking for but you will get the right answer. If there is any way that we can make your visit more pleasurable, please let us know. | | Consumer Help Discuss, Granite Sink Stain at Consumer & Non-registered Lounge forum; Gang - have a quick question. Have a black granite sink. Made the mistake of cleaning my home water filtering ... |
01-31-2008, 09:11 AM
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|  Granite Sink Stain
Gang - have a quick question. Have a black granite sink. Made the mistake of cleaning my home water filtering unit in the sink.. Put bleach in the sink to disinfect canisters - used quite a bit of water with it - but left it in there for a while. The black is bleached out some. Is there some way to restore the color over time - sure that shoe polish is outta the question- just kidding. Really dumb move but hope there is something I can rub into it over time to try and restore some of the color and luster... Your thoughts.. Neil drinm@verizon.com | 
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01-31-2008, 10:07 AM
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| Re: Granite Sink Stain
Hi Neil, IS it possible for you to take a picture of the sink and post here ? I would say yes the members can help you , it always better if we can have a look @ the problem first.
Hobo
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01-31-2008, 02:27 PM
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| Re: Granite Sink Stain
As Hobo said we will need a pic.
Is the sink realy granite or one of those Silgranite/Pegasus composite things. If it is realy granite which stone is it?
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01-31-2008, 02:35 PM
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| Re: Granite Sink Stain
Hobo - thanks for your quick respose. Have taken a pic - hope this helps. Can see where I have removed the plating from the drain fitting and that the granite is a bit bleached out- dang... Your thoughts. Thanks Neil | |
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01-31-2008, 03:20 PM
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| Re: Granite Sink Stain
You have removed the dye from the stone. That is your stone before it was artificially colored. A color enhancing sealer may darken that stone, but you will need to reapply often. | |
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01-31-2008, 05:14 PM
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I agree with David but the sink is not real stone - it is a composit of ground up stone fragments molded as a filler with plastic resin - you have bleached the color out of the plastic binder. I don't think there is anything you can do to fix this unless there is a chemical engineer out there who knows how to get color into plastic. Sad truth is that if you weren't scammed into believing that is stone you could have bought a perfectly good stainless sink. Do not believe everything you read on a box when picking out a new sink.
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01-31-2008, 06:47 PM
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| Re: Granite Sink Stain
I concur with David and Topshop. Thats why its very importance to take pictures and post them on the forum.
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02-04-2008, 07:38 PM
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| Re: Granite Sink Stain
Based on your picture, your sink is a "Swanstone 9" Deep Double-Bowl Granite Undermount Kitchen Sink - Nero" or one of its closely competing products. If it is this model you should call the manufacturer right away because "Swanstone offers an outstanding limited lifetime warranty on residential applications, and a limited 10 year warranty on commercial applications. For added convenience, choose from a variety of unique finishes to suit your kitchen." This is a quote form a web site that promotes the product. Here is the link: Westside Wholesale, Inc. - Swanstone 9" Deep Double-Bowl Granite Undermount Kitchen Sink - Nero.
It appears that the surface has been stripped of its protective coaitng or patina. This happens with porcelain and some other man made surfaces. There are kitchen and bath restoration companies that specialize it reapplying a durable, high quality, translucent color matched coating to the surface. I've seen this type of damage repaired in this manner. Good Luck. | |
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02-06-2008, 01:39 AM
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| Re: Granite Sink Stain
doesnt get any better than that, good call deted1 | |
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02-06-2008, 11:20 AM
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Yea, I never knew that junk could be re-colored and re-coated.
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