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er of counter tops, anywhere in the home, all within a certain number of slabs. Whether a bathroom, fireplace, kitchen or furniture pieces, all areas will be fabricated for the package price. Customers are able to view full size slabs of each color in our stone yard, as well as having the option to add one of our most popular stone finishes to the stone. We are offering 4 packages, and a total of 9 color choices.

These packages include:

• Your choice of a 1 or 2 slab package.
• Your choice of color from either 6 standard (entry level) colors or 3 upgraded colors (mid level – affects price).
• Templating, fabricating and installation (20 mile radius – additional cost outside of 20 miles).
• Eased edge (also called a square edge sometimes).
• A Total Eclipse Kitchen Sink Set.
• Option for upgraded faucet as part of sink set (affects price).
• Option for vanity sinks instead of Total Eclipse Kitchen Sink Set
• Option for leather finish

Finally, Percoco will still offer the custom kitchen experience that we are known for, with no limit on the design and performance customers will receive. With these custom kitchens, Percoco Marble is offering a remnant from our stock yard, fabricated into a vanity, for only $350.

Whether you are in the market for a budget restricted project or a full custom project I just want to thank you for considering (and hopefully choosing) Percoco Marble for your natural stone need.

Upgrade Color option - Finnish Soapstone

One misconception is that marble will stain easier than granite. This is not entirely true across the board. The two main factors that affect the likely hood of staining a particular stone are 1) the surface finish (i.e. polished, leathered, honed, etc.), and 2) the underlying porosity of the stone, sometimes expressed as density.

First lets talk about the underlying porosity of stones in general. As a general rule lighter colored stones tend to be more porous than darker colored stones. Most igneous stones (true granites, basalts and gabbro stones) will have a low porosity, however lava rock (or volcanic rock) found on the surface is quite porous. Sedimentary stones (limestones, sandstones, and travertines) on the other hand are likely to have the high porosity. Metamorphic stones (gneisses, marbles, schists, slates) are somewhere in between and vary according to the degree (or stage) of metamorphism. Most stones know commercially as granites are really gneisses. To wrap up a dark colored marble (like Hulien Jade) is likely less porous than a light colored gneiss (say a Madura Gold or Shivakash). On the other hand a light colored marble (Colorado Yule or White Carrara) is more prone to staining than say Absolute Black.

Surface finishes also play an important role in the ability of stone to repel stains. A polished surface acts as barrier (although not an impenetrable one). This is largely due to the “closing” of pores in the surface layer of the stone during the polishing process (with the use of successively finer grits). A honed surface while being more “closed” than a rough sawn surface is not as “closed” as a polished surface. A leathered surface is somewhere in between a hone and a polished in how “closed” the pores are.

The biggest issue with using marble is that the surface can be etched by acids (orange juice, vinegar, etc). This is very obvious on polished surfaces and requires a specialist to come in and re-finish the tops on-site. On a honed or leathered surface etching is less noticeable and can be refinished by the homeowner with the use of the appropriate scotch-brite pad. Also etching is more noticeable on a darker colored stone than on a lighter colored stone. Due to the issue of etching it is recommended that all marbles be either leathered or honed for use in a kitchen.