Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion The Water Cooler Real granite vs. manufactured "quartz" countertops

Incidentally, i have been looking at the stone sealants and some are based on alkylalkoxysilanes (carbon-silicon compounds).
This type of research actually supports the concept of sealants as beneficial in reducing liquid penetration on a stone surface:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0014305712000663