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Hi there! If you are looking to enhance the look of your natural stone, we recommend Rockstar Sealing Stone Enhancer. This is an ideal sealer if you are looking to deepen the color of your stone. It's even weather-resistant and UV-stable, so it is perfect for an outdoor pool setting. Go to the link below to check it out! AND if you use the code "skip10" at checkout, you can get a 10% discount! www.rockstarsealing.com/products/stone-enhancer I hope this helps! -Skip

@@santabarbarastonemasters2025 Excellent! One more question. The pool is salt water. Is this product okay to use on the coping? Or will it react with the salt water?

@@nicoledavis6116 Ah, so unfortunately you do not want to use this sealer in a salt water environment. What we would recommend is the Dry Treat 40sk sealer. This will help prevent any deterioration www.drytreat.com/sealers/residential/40sk.html

@@santabarbarastonemasters2025 I appreciate your response. Im glad I asked. What is the ingredient I should be avoiding going forward?

Could you clarify what you mean by ingredient? @@nicoledavis6116

Apologies for the delayed response. This is certainly an option, but in my opinion it changes the look and feel of having natural stone. Might I suggest you look into TuffSkin? There are dealers all over the States and TuffSkin protects your table without changing the look or feel of the stone. It should come with a 10-Year warranty

Apologies for the delayed response! Carrera marble is indeed beautiful, and you are right- it comes down to preference regarding the sheen of the stone. Rather than break the tie- how about I offer this: go in between sheens. Honed means “little to no reflectivity” and polished is often shiny- like a mirror. However, you can do a light in-between sheen that gives a touch of reflectivity but isn’t “Las Vegas” shiny and it pairs well with almost any design. Keep in mind, Carrera marble is a soft, calcium-based stone and will etch very easily. If you want to keep your new marble etch and stain-free, it will take a lot of preventative care (wine spill or squirt of lemon juice will etch it in seconds) and ongoing maintenance which can get expensive. You might consider investing in TuffSkin. The low-sheen option of TuffSkin would mimic my suggested shine choice and it will protect the stone with a 10-year warranty. There are TuffSkin dealers all over the States- look one up if you want to minimize the cost of maintenance over time. Hope this help!

Unfortunately, we still have yet to make a video of that sort. But here is some information that might help! Flagstone is notorious for chipping and spalling. Flagstone is made up of sand, so water, the elements, and the weather can cause it to break down over time. You cannot fix the chipping, but you can stop it from continuing, or at least stall it. Dry Treat’s 40 SK is a densifying sealer that penetrates deep into the pores of the stone and hardens it, making it stronger and helping it last longer. Hope this helps!

Yes, please make a video on repairing chipped flagstone. Would appreciate it.

If it’s unknown, take some good quality photos and find a good tile store or natural stone supply yard- walk in and ask the experts- they likely can give you an idea. If pre-saturated wipes remove the shine- that indicates a softer stone such as marble. With denser stones such as granite or cultured stones such as quartzite, that would not happen.

Rockstar Sealing Natural Finish Stone Sealer is what is recommended in wet environments! It is a penetrating sealer, doesn’t change the look or feel, and reduces water intake by 97%! You can get it here: www.rockstarsealing.com/products/natural-finish-stone-sealer If applied by an accredited applicator it will have a warranty so you may want to hire someone!

How to choose a sealer depends on several factors, and we would need more information to give a specific answer. What is the aesthetic you are looking for? What type of stone do you have? What is the environment the stone is in? (Inside? Outside?) In the kitchen or bathroom (water environment) or in the living room? Sealers that are “slippery” are generally topical. Proper application methods can mitigate the slip coefficient, but you need to ensure you are using the correct sealer on the right floor type. Impregnating sealers penetrate the stone and do not change the slip coefficient. However, this type of sealer is not always the best choice. What is your project? If you give a little more information we will try to help!

We would recommend spray and back-brush. However, Dry Treat makes a product called Meta Cream for vertical wall applications that doesn’t drip or sheet. Be sure to follow all instructions on the application for this product.

Yes, it will work for that kind of marble. Here is the link to the home page of our sealer of choice www.drytreat.com/. Unfortunately, this brand does not sell directly. However, if you reach out to them, they can help you find a local provider. You can purchase lambswool applicators at most paint stores

Watermarks are not indicative of sealer efficacy, rather water that has dried on top of the surface. To determine sealer efficacy, place a few quarter size drops of water on the counter in a small area. Let them sit for 10 minutes. Wipe completely dry. If the stone subsurface is dramatically darker than the surrounding areas, they did not properly seal the surface. Watermarks, drips, etc., will happen when the water simply air dries and is not wiped off, and then the surface is polished with a microfiber cloth. Chemicals in water or the hardness of water will affect the degree to which you see the marks. Hope this helps!

@@santabarbarastonemasters2025 I'm sorry I meant that is was darker as if it soaked it up and left a darker mark. So I'm guessing it has to be done again? Some parts seem pretty resistant but others not so much haha. Thanks for the reply 👍

@@steveh8224 An indication of ineffective sealer efficacy or sealer application, is when water placed on a surface and allowed to dwell for 10 minutes, and then wiped completely dry, if the sub surface is dramatically darker the sealer was not appropriately applied or was an ineffective sealer. The sub surface of the stone should not be dramatically darker and upon being wiped dry the darkness should turn back to the surrounding color of the stone very readily. So altogether, yes you would need to re-seal again.

We recommend Rockstar Sealing Natural Finish Stone Sealer. You can find it here! www.rockstarsealing.com/products/natural-finish-stone-sealer