Natural Based Sealers – The Best Choice for Sealing Granite Countertops

Granite countertops must be well taken care off and using the right sealer is the first thing you should consider when it comes to maintaining your granite countertop and expand its lifespan. Granite kitchen countertops are of various colors and come with a shiny surface that needs to be protected in order to keep its original features.

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As granite comes from natural stones, it will have cracks and fissures but they will not harm the countertop. But cooking on a granite countertop involves spilling oil all over the place and this means that some of this oil will seep right into the cracks of your granite countertop thus causing further or irreversible damage.

A granite sealer is to be used in order to provide the necessary protective covering against all the possible stains that can enter the surface of your granite countertops. Before applying sealer to your granite countertop, you will have to make sure that there is no dust on your granite countertop and the sealer is used on polished and rough surface. Also, you must not assume that using the right sealer for your granite countertop is enough because this could turn out to be a real mistake. Even if the sealer you use for your granite countertop is efficient and can protect its surface, you still have to wipe any spills as soon as possible in order to avoid spoiling your granite countertop for good.

Even if it is by far one of the most durable and hardest materials that are used for kitchen countertops, granite requires regular sealing.  Annual sealing is paramount in order to ensure and maintain the longevity of a granite countertop. Even if it is highly polished, a granite countertop is still to be regarded as a porous material that must have its pores sealed in order to stay functional. When sealing your granite countertop, all the spaces and pores will be filled with the sealant. This way, the granite surface will keep its original shine and resist further stains. However, you should keep in mind that sealing your granite countertop will not protect it from other physical damage.

It is recommended to avoid using impregnators or Acrylic type sealants as such sealers can completely bloc the granite pores and kill the friendly bacteria that live within. Also, such sealers will prevent water from evaporating to the surface and this may lead to further cracks because the granite texture will become too wet inside. So, you should go for natural based sealers that are made up of quality fatty acids such as soaps in order to provide your granite countertop with perfect sealing.

Such sealers should be applied when you are cleaning the top surface of your granite countertop – this way, these fatty acids can fill up all the granite pores, but without being too stubborn or harsh to remove as their acrylic counterparts. Additionally, natural based sealers will provide a valuable source of nutrients for all the friendly bacteria living in the granite countertop and will not restrict the necessary water evaporation.