IT IS VERY APPARENT YOU DO NOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT BASALTINA. THE WORD FOR BASALT IN ITALIAN IS BASALTO. BASALTINA IS JUST A NAME GIVEN TO THE COMPANY 80 YEARS AGO. WE NOW USE THE THIS NAME FOR THE STONE. THE ORIGINAL NAME "PEITRA ANICIANA" IS OVER 2000 YEARS OLD. OUR STONE HAS BEN USED IN ALL TYPES OF APPLICATIONS SINCE ROMAN TIMES. BASALTINA WORK TOPS HAVE BEN USED FOR MANY YEARS WITH GOOD SUCCESS.
WE HAVE SUPPLIED OVER 5,000 KITCHENS IN THE USA IN THE PAST 4 OR 5 YEARS. THERE HAS BEN LESS THEN 10 COMPLAINTS OF STAINING AND ALL HAVE BEN FIXED WITHOUT REPLACING THE STONE.
BASALTINA DOSE NEED TO BE SEALED. WE RECOMMEND TWO COATS OF BULLET PROF FROM STONE TEC.
THERE IS KNOW STONE OUT THERE THAT IS STAIN PROF, ALTHOUGH BASALTINA HAS AN ABSORPTION GREATER THEN MARBLE MOST GRANITES IS LESS THEN MOST SAND STONES LIME STONES. YOU WILL HAVE A HARD TO FIND A STONE THAT WILL RESIST STAINS AS WELL AS BASALTINA.
IF BASALTINA IS NOT SUITABLE FOR COUNTERTOPS THAN THE ONLY THING YOU SHOULD BE RECOMMENDING IS CORAIN.
