Repair & resealing · From our Bridgeport shop
Stone that has dulled, chipped or stopped repelling water can usually be brought back. We reseal, repair chips and seams, and re-hone or re-polish dulled stone, including countertops we didn't originally fabricate.
Marble, granite and quartzite are porous, and the sealer applied at installation wears with use. The test takes fifteen minutes: leave a few drops of water on the busiest spot, near the sink or the cooktop. If the stone darkens underneath, it's time to reseal.
You can reseal yourself with the right product, and our guide to cleaning and sealing granite walks through it. If the stone has stains that need drawing out first, or you'd rather it be done once and done right, we do it. Quartz and porcelain don't need sealing; see stone care for each material.
A cast-iron pan or a dropped bottle can take a chip out of even a well-chosen edge. Small chips in natural stone and quartz can usually be filled with color-matched resin and polished back, and they're hard to spot afterward.
Seams can open slightly, darken or lose their fill over the years. They can be cleaned out and refilled to match the stone. Our guide to where countertop seams should go explains why seams sit where they do.
Lemon, wine, vinegar and tomato leave dull etch marks on marble, and some stones sold as quartzite etch lightly too. Etching is a change to the surface, not a stain, so it's fixed by re-honing or re-polishing the stone rather than by cleaning.
A honed finish hides future etching better than a high polish, which is worth considering if a counter is being refinished anyway. See honed vs. polished and living with marble countertops.
Some damage is better replaced than repaired. A crack that runs through a slab, a large missing section, or a scorch mark on quartz, where heat has damaged the resin, usually won't disappear with a repair. In those cases we'll tell you so and price a replacement piece. For a single run or a vanity, a remnant can keep the cost down.
Send a close photo and a wide one of the counter, tell us the stone if you know it, and choose "Repair, resealing or repolish" on the form. We'll reply by email within one business day.
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Yes. We reseal, repair chips and seams, and re-hone or re-polish stone that another fabricator installed.
Leave a few drops of water on the busiest spot for fifteen minutes. If the stone darkens underneath, it's time to reseal. If the water beads and the stone stays the same color, the sealer is still working.
No. Engineered quartz is non-porous and doesn't need sealing. Porcelain doesn't either. Marble, granite and quartzite do.
Usually, yes. Etching is a change to the surface, so it's fixed by re-honing or re-polishing the affected area rather than by cleaning.
Usually not fully. Heat damages the resin that binds quartz, and that change is permanent. A replacement piece is often the better answer, and a remnant can keep the cost down.
