We have steel grey leathered granite in my kitchen on our perimeter counters, it has the simple eased edge. We love it. Our seams are really great, we only have two of them though and our granite isn't one with veins running through it, so the mottled pattern of our granite helps to disguise the seams even more I think.

I’ve never had leathered granite but used Miracle 511 Porous Plus extensively in our last home on travertine flooring (kitchen, bathrooms) and limestone counters (bathrooms). If something was spilled it beaded up. No stains, even on the limestone. We used Sealer vs Enhancer because we did not want to change the color or shiny surface.

This stunning pool has an Antigua Pebble finish, tanning ledge and 5 bar seats. The L-shaped, open-air cabana houses an outdoor living room with a custom fire table, a large kitchen with stainless steel appliances including a sink, refrigerator, wine cooler and grill, a spacious dining and bar area with leathered granite counter tops and a …

We have the same Santa Cecilia granite on the perimeter, and our existing honey oak cabinets will be painted the same warm white. In a large city about 90 minutes away, I found a gorgeous slab of leathered black pearl granite for the larger island we’re putting in, but because of the pandemic restrictions, my husband can’t travel to see it.

Over the last 15 years I have had polished, then honed and now leathered/antiqued granite in 3 different homes. Love, love, love the leathered/antiqued granite. Mine does have a fair amount of movement and color variation against a black background so that helps, but it is the easiest maintenance by far of all three.

granite is divided into categories 1 - 8 1 being the lowest price and usually the more consistent patterns and 8 being the most costly and more exotic patterns. If you want the granite you choose leathered, you move up one category - so a 1 level granite when leathered would be …

What can be an issue with a leathered granite seam (as I understand it) is that the little dimples will be in different areas when butting up against the seam, so the seam should ideally be completely flush (in the case of a very smooth granite), but there will be slightly uneven areas when two pieces of leathered granite go together since the ...

For me a leathered black granite was the perfect compromise with low maintenance and a nice sheen. It isn't perfectly matte. There is a soft sheen where the light hits it, but nothing like the reflective surface of a glossy finished granite.

However, the island was topped with a slightly more modern white granite with beautiful gray movement to add interest and a hard, reliable prep surface. The island measures an impressive 7 feet by 10 feet, matches the same clean lines, but was custom painted in a deep grayed turquoise to make a statement.

Iced/ polished is an added process after granite is leathered that a fabricator does in the workshop prior to installation. They told me he gently polishes the raised portions of leathered slab to give it a subtle sheen. It is hard to capture it exactly in any photos, but is very obvious in real life.