The smudges are a lighter grey than the rest of the island.
Leathered black granite.
Here s our experience with purchasing installing living with leathered granite.
Leathered countertop smudge by.
They went on to say that the leathered is much more porous than the polished and it just wasn t wise to use it in a kitchen.
I am a regular cook and am very hard on my kitchen counters and appliances.
I was keeping up with it by using an envirocloth.
I have absolute black granite in the leathered finish.
The installer told me to use this product that would seal them and leave a slight sheen.
Anonymous my leathered black granite countertop on my island is a smudge magnet.
The first couple of days i thought i had made a mistake because of the hand prints and water marks.
The other day some jet dry finish rinse aid spilled on the countertop creating two large smudges.
The high gloss the reflectivity of polished granite makes it all to easy to smudge stain and weather.
Polished granite has the tendency to reveal all our little kitchen mistakes if not cleaned daily.
This was working very well.
It s durable beautiful works with different design styles.
This granite is black in color and will work well in any home application.
Leathered granite also called antiqued granite is a great counter top choice for kitchens.
This puts leathered granite in a whole different tier than polished granite.