Best Marble Sealer For Kitchen Floor
by nick dejohn
QUESTION:i am nearly done installing my temple grey marble kitchen floor and would like to seal after grouting. i know nothing about sealers and dont want to use a "snake oil" product. i only wish to use the best sealer possible and do it properly. would like to know what you recommend and why. thank you! nickANSWER:First Nick you'll want to water test your marble floor in various places to see if it even needs sealing.I know you've read marble stains easy and must be sealed.... wrong. Marble etches easy, which people confuse with staining. Marble is not very porous and polished marble is nearly stain-proof and rarely will even take a sealer. Honed marble is a bit more porous and usually can be and should be sealed especially in a kitchen. Hopefully you installed a honed marble tile floor for 3 reasons: 1. Much better traction and safer for a potentially wet area. 2. Polished marble will readily show dull etch marks that occur upon contact with acidic foods/drinks and from using the too harsh cleaning products (which is most common and brand-name cleaners). Honed marble still etches, but not nearly as noticeable as on a polished marble floor. 3. A honed floor is far easier to keep looking nice and requires far less maintenance than a polished floor that will eventually loose it's polish as it's worn away by foot traffic. So, if the water test shows you should seal then I'd recommend using SenGuard or Stone Sentry Sealers. If you want the very best sealer then go with the SenGuard. More expensive, but it utilizes the most advanced chemical technology that penetrates better and more deeply while forming permanent bonds with the stone. Something no other retail sealer does. For the best sealer, SenGuard is easily our top recommendation. STONE SENTRY is also very good. The best of the previous generation of fluorocarbon sealers (similar technology to Stone Tech, MB, etc.) so you'll get more coverage for your money, but it will wear away with use and cleaning (no permanent bonds) requiring re-sealing. You may also consider getting the Cleaning Marble Secrets Guide ebook, which covers all topics regarding marble maintenance (protection, cleaning, prevention, products,) including DIY solutions for any problem you may encounter. Kitchens take a lot of abuse. I guarantee you'll need good answers at some point and a good portion of what you'll find randomly searching online is simply wrong. Good Luck, Ryan P.S. Get all the facts, answers, explanations and simple solutions with step-by-step instructions for any issue, problem or question with our Granite & Marble Maintenance Manuals.
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