Verde Green Marble etching marks

hegaco · 03-16-2008, 12:15 AM

I have a Verde green kitchen counter top, when I first bought it, I tested for acidic solution such us coffee, orange juice spills etc. and did not notice any etching marks during the five years. now the counter top has develop scratches, and needed to be restore. I used a company in Florida to restore the counter top. now every time a place a cup with orange juice, or coffee and spills it leaves a etching mark.

Prior to the restoration of the stone it never happened.

What can be done to stop this from happening, what process needs to be done to avoid the staining or etching marks from taken place?

As far as i know there is no sealer that will stop the etching marks.

My understanding is that all Verde green marble stone are resistant or do not etch.
What remedy do you recommend? thank you.

Huligar · 03-16-2008, 12:23 AM

I do not want to sound like I am been funny, but you should get the stone restore correctly. It is my belief that an attempt was made to seal your stone with products that was not made for that type of stone. If sealer was left on the surface of your stone, this is what can make it seem like you are damaging the stone, or it can be a wax job. If you can up load an image or two of the damage area of the stone, we will be able to help you solve this problem.

david bassler · 03-16-2008, 09:36 AM

Hegaco

Your going to have to remove the sealer that is causing the make believe etching. It did etch before and its not etching now. If the sealer was solvent based, you may be able to reactivate it by re-applying to remove the excess. If you have no luck with solvents then it may have to be removed mechanically.

cheesedog · 03-16-2008, 07:19 PM

Verde Green (same word in two languages) or Verdi Alpi is not marble it is a serpentine. it is more resistant to etching than marble, but it will still etch with some liquids. when polished, this serpentine does not need to be sealed, it wont absorb anything. i am pretty sure they sealed it, improperly at that, and it is the sealer residue that is etching, not the stone.

david bassler · 03-17-2008, 05:35 AM

Cameron: post pics of the bar that you did.

He worked real hard to get it to look the way it does.

cheesedog · 03-19-2008, 01:34 AM

i only have one good pic cause the lighting in there was terrible. the slab is 4 full slab lengths. two down the center and one wrap around each side. i went from 50 grit, to flatten the seams, all the way to 3000 and then mb12. you can see in the picture where the two pieces meet there is a seam. its nearly invisible and cannot be felt.

Huligar · 03-19-2008, 04:32 AM

here is what you can get at 800 grit at 1000 rpm and modified 5x

Before

After

2.3turbo · 03-27-2008, 11:09 PM

Huligar, what do you mean by "modified" 5x?

Huligar · 03-27-2008, 11:15 PM

Turbo, i would be more than happy to answer that question, but not in this area of the forum. please ask the same question in the trade area of this forum.

Huligar · 04-06-2008, 06:08 PM

hegaco, did you ever get your stone fix?