Written by David Bassler
Common household foods may stain many natural stones if not protected with a good impregnating sealer.
Sealers can be invisible, as to not change the color of the stone and there are color enhancing sealers that bring out the color of the stone. Also there are topical sealers that can give a satin to a high gloss look.
All these sealers will help protect from staining of natural stone.
Good impregnating sealers will breath allowing water vapor transmission from the stone.
Topical sealers generally do not allow moisture with in the stone to escape, there for, topical sealer coatings should be limited to areas not prone to excessive water.