So, when we were taking the grout off the hearth we liked how the water brought out the grains of the stone, but we didn't want the stone to be super dark. We tried several items on spare stone tiles and decided on Thompson's Watersealer. Some items we tried were butcher block oil, grout sealer, and polyurethane. We decided the butcher block oil and the polyurethane made the stones too dark, and the grout sealer wasn't doing anything; we gave that up after 12 layers and the stone still looked the same. I did test the watersealer, since we are applying this near the fireplace, to make sure it wouldn't catch fire. I held a lighter to the test stone for several minutes. It thankfully never caught, did go a little black but for the most part that wiped off. So now we have a nice looking hearth and just need to put the fireplace door back on.
No comments:
Post a Comment