Granite is a personal choice and the best way for long term beauty and care is either to replace the granite or live with it.
Can you stain granite countertops a different color.
Any time a liquid is allowed to sit on the countertop surface you run the risk of the granite staining.
Rust oleum is durable and comes in a wide variety of colors as well as a kit that contains all you need to stain formica countertops in an array of textures and styles.
Know what substances to avoid around your countertops and if you accidentally spill any of these substances act quickly to clean them up even if your granite.
There are tons of tutorials out there to duplicate the effect of faux marble and i tried a few different ways.
This holds true of most granite and quartz countertop materials as they are both stain resistant surfaces.
If you re not certain what caused the stain consider its size shape and location to give you clues.
Water stains disappear on their own after the water evaporates.
Start by determining the source of the stain.
Granite comes in hundreds of colors and patterns.
Marble can be a different story and we will explore that in our experiment.
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.
The veins swirls and colors of each slab are utterly different so your countertops will be utterly unique.
You can remove true stains with a commercial granite cleaner or by making a poultice to draw out and absorb the material.
Even a completely sealed granite countertop can stain if a spill is left to sit for long enough.
It will not adhere and if you do not like the color think about changing the wall color or even the cabinet color to change the look of the granite and compliment it more.
Good luck with your decision.
As a general rule as long as you clean up after your meals and food prep you will not have an issue with staining.
And of course more lightly colored granite is more likely to show stains than darker colors so if you have a white or other pale colored granite countertop it s important to be extra vigilant.
One of the videos i watched was for a product called giani s countertop paint and it gave me a good idea of how to start the process being that i am impatient and didn t want to wait for it to ship to me and they don t carry that product at my local home depot or lowe s i.