Things to Note about Resin in Natural Stone - By: wael

As natural stone is quarried and transported, it’s unavoidable that the stone would get miniature cracks and damage. But since people only want the best-looking natural stone, techniques were produced to make natural stone look better and appear flawless once they reach the customers. One of these techniques is through the application of resin to the stone. Through resin, much of the cracks and small damage of the stone is filled up and fixed. Aside from that, applying resin also gives the stone’s natural color a darker hue, so the visual impact of the stone is accentuated. This means you get a better looking stone, like granite and marble, with resin compared with stone that is not treated with.

But as they say, there are always two sides to a coin. Unfortunately, there are issues when one uses resin that one should be aware of. One of them is that resin has the ability to hide structural defects on the stone slab. This means the granite kitchen countertops that you’re planning to install maybe a defective product and may not last as long as it should. Especially when the resin has set in deep in the stone, it would be harder to determine whether the stone has structural problems or not.

Another thing to note is that some resin does not work will with sealers. There are cases where the marble countertops and the granite countertops would appear cloud or would show blotches after sealer application. This can be a problem as the image and style of your granite worktops would be undermined by that possible scenario.

Another limitation to resin is that it doesn’t like the sun. Almost all the resin in use today has no resistance to UV rays. The usual effects of UV rays to resin are the discoloration, or color change that happens to resin when exposed to UV rays, and the general degradation of the surface finish. This means you can’t use resin-treated stone for outside use.

Though resin does present advantages, one must also balance it with the disadvantages that it brings. So when getting a marble countertop or a granite countertop, one thing you should ask is whether the stone is treated with resin or not. By knowing such things, you get to be more informed about the risks and the advantages of resin, letting you make a more informed choice about your stone selection.

Though resin brought about certain benefits to the natural stone, there are also certain disadvantages that resin brings to natural stone that one should know.

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