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		<title><![CDATA[Granite Colors That Look Like Marble]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<h1><strong><span style="font-size: 24px;">Granite Colors That Look Like Marble</span></strong></h1>
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<p>Before mining technology allowed granites to be extracted, the most popular choice for a stone kitchen countertop was white marble. Carrara and Calacatta are both white marbles from Italy. Carrara Marble being the most widely available and least expensive became commonplace in Italy. Fast forward a couple hundred years and Carrara Marble on countertops still draws an old world Italian charm yet because of the lower maintenance alternative (granite) it comes with sacrifice. Unlike granite, marble is softer than steel and made of mostly porous Calcium Carbonate; therefore, it scratches and stains easily.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, you can not just seal marble and use cutting boards to eliminate the maintenance issues. Because Calcium Carbonate is acid-sensitive, marble will etch from acid in fruit juice and wine. Wine spilled on a professionally sealer marble countertop will still be stained overnight. The only exception to this is a when a topical sealer high in silicone is applied but this will leave your countertop looking polished, not honed.</p>
<p>Now the question, what granite colors look like marble? A popular white granite color that is easy to find is Bianco Romano Granite or Cold Springs Granite.  Both of these colors will give you the classic white and grey look. You can also hone the slabs to achieve a dull look. Honing will soften the intense brilliance that most granite slabs give.</p>
<p>If you still want a better match to Marble and if available in your local area try Quartzite for the best match. Quartzite is a hard metamorphic rock which was originally sandstone. Quartzite is considered as one of the best types of material to use for countertops because of how durable it is. Coconut also called Austral Cream, Majstic Gold, Everest, and Super White are some of the colors that look like Marble. All of these material are extremely rare and all are very premium types of materials.</p>
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		<title><![CDATA[Granite Countertops In Your Bathroom]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:53:50 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>With the various profits and favorable circumstances of utilizing typical stone for bathroom renovating, it is no longer a mystery why the existence of granite in Florida has quickly increased throughout the years. Aside from the upscale and sophisticated look that these ledges can carry to your bathroom, granite countertops moreover serve as a viable choice due to their toughness and usefulness. Utilizing typical stone in redesigning your bathroom makes a spa-like environment. What's more, typical stone has ended up being progressively more reasonable. The expanded moderateness of characteristic stone has empowered a forward moving edge for characteristic stones, for example rock, over porcelain and earthenware as fixings for ledges and different bathroom apparatuses. Expected stone moreover offers wonderful swirls of shade and bits of light that are characteristically imbued in the stones, furnishing a notable offer over a man-made unit.</p>
<p>The larger piece of the pie of bathroom rebuilds are built of ubiquitous instinctive stone, incorporating stone. For homeowners who are taking on a compelled plan, profiting from expected stone in renovating their bathroom furnishes them with an opening to overhaul the look and feel of their bathroom without spending a fortune. They will surely identify an instinctive stone that will suit, not just their tastes, but moreover their plan.</p>
<p>Stone gives in your bathroom moreover help make a standard and timeless environment. Characteristic stone is moreover more solid contrasted with their fired and porcelain partners. The harms that could jump out at instinctive stone are simpler to repair. Without a meticulous procedure, your stone bathroom apparatuses will look clean and faultless instantly to any detectable degree. Conversely, porcelain and earthenware production can effectively be harmed. Therefore, you wind up spending more by displacing your bathroom apparatuses occasionally. Undoubtedly, the worth of typical stone for bathroom redesigning is worth the price. The strength and advance of typical stone gives you no explanation not to decide on expected stone.</p>
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