Fissures in Ubatuba
Tom, just read your response to John regarding fissures and Ubatuba. We just had an install ourselves. Many fissures all over. Fabricator/Installer coming back next week. Will address it then, but my question is will the fissures get worse over time? We have a downdraft gas stove top right in the middle of the counter and the fan portion is very heavy, will that cause more? Uba Tuba was by far the most attractive better priced granite we found but now I understand why. Can a special epoxy sealer be put on to give us the best chance of no further hairline fissures? Any other suggestions? Also know that we have a undermount sink with no supports just added and a counter overhang not quite resting on the three corbels it was suppose to, will they shim it?? It that a potential crack area too?? Linda
Hello Linda
The fissures will not increase and I want to add that some people actually like the fissures because of the nature of the stone. If you have direct sunlight on the countertop, you will experience more ‘browning’ in the stone overall. This comes from inherent oxidation in Ubatuba granite.
Best wishes!
July 2nd, 2008 at 3:35 pm
Tom - I recently had Absolute Black granite installed in a kitchen. The edge was an OGEE edge. The top is virtually pure black but the OGEE edge has some speckling (grayish) throughout the edge. Is this variation in the coloration due to the cross cut of the OGEE edge? Is there anything we can do to the edge to eliminate the grayish speckling?
Thank you very much for your time.
Jonathan Thomas