Many cases of granite discolorations are simple stains that are easy to remove.
Why is my white granite turning brown.
If your water tests positive avoid cleaning your counters with tap water and use a natural.
Citrus or vinegar will actually cause etching on granite countertops.
There are two ways to approach this problem.
It was white and gray some of the gray spots have now changed color and there are a a couple brown spots in the white as well.
Citrus based cleaners used on them.
This is absolutely not the look i was going for i.
Since it is usually only the areas that were under a countertop appliance for a long time that have remained light the easiest method is to darken those areas to match.
What makes granite countertops turn color.
The porous granite soaks colors and dyes often resulting in stains after lots of use or exposure to some fluids or objects such as oil based cosmetics food colored drinks and metal objects.
White marble tiles can remain for years without yellowing then over time may slowly turn yellow and in severe causes may turn completely brown.
Granite does not readily etch but constant exposure over time to acidic city water or citric cleaning products slowly eat away at the polished surface of the counter leaving a dull appearance.
Not a good thing.
Marble granite and stone do not like having acidic ie.
Spots in white granite turning yellow brown.
Granite countertops stand up well to heavy use.
Black pearl granite this is not actually a granite but a type of gabbro with pyroxene and amphibole.
The label said everest white granite and it looked like an artistic tribute to my favorite cat the snow leopard beautiful crisp white silvery bits and lots of black spots and shiny chips.
This oxidation process is accelerated when the tile is saturated as in the flood in the above example.
This type of granite is very similar to the tan brown granite but with larger feldspar grains.
Granite countertops also don t like it when you use something like windex on them because it strips the seal off of the stone.
If you move a long standing object from your granite countertop and discover a difference in color it is usually caused by the countertop darkening over time due to light exposure.
Start by determining the source of the stain.
I had stone countertops installed about two weeks ago now it s getting yellow brown spots.
However granite is porous.