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<blockquote data-quote="granite guy charles" data-source="post: 3019911" data-attributes="member: 3430"><p>This is *kinda * true. In reality, this only applies to a water based sealer, which is cheaper and what most installers use. Look at it like this.... take a piece of glass. Put soap and water on it... well, the water evaporated and soap remained. Well, same for the water based topical sealer. Over time and use of solivent cleaning chemicals this will strip this top coat away. Now if you use a oil based sealer/impregnator, this won't happen as oil will not evaporate. The pro is that they act as a penetrating sealer, have wonderful stain resistance, and last up to 35yrs. The downsides are that they will darken the stone and cost 2x more. Take a stone and hold it under water, that's what it will look like with a oil sealer, water based doesn't change the color.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="granite guy charles, post: 3019911, member: 3430"] This is *kinda * true. In reality, this only applies to a water based sealer, which is cheaper and what most installers use. Look at it like this.... take a piece of glass. Put soap and water on it... well, the water evaporated and soap remained. Well, same for the water based topical sealer. Over time and use of solivent cleaning chemicals this will strip this top coat away. Now if you use a oil based sealer/impregnator, this won't happen as oil will not evaporate. The pro is that they act as a penetrating sealer, have wonderful stain resistance, and last up to 35yrs. The downsides are that they will darken the stone and cost 2x more. Take a stone and hold it under water, that's what it will look like with a oil sealer, water based doesn't change the color. [/QUOTE]
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