smelly granite

dan allen · Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 3:17 pm Post subject: smelly granite

Here's one for ya! This lady has a soury smell emmitting from her granite periodically when she wipes it down. The granite is a 2cm tropical brown from dal tile (i guess). The smell is in three different areas far away from each other. i tried soaking with denatured alcohol on a rag covered with plastic and taped down- like you'ld do to pull a stain. A guy said you might try it with bleach- but i havent yet. Anyone ever run across this???!
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mikedean · Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 3:36 pm Post subject:

LOL. We had a batch of Dakota Mahogany that smelled like CHERRIES! Rather pleasant. Smile

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vintagestone · Uber Friend Joined: 21 May 2006 Posts: 804 Location: AZ

that's weird. did she spill milk or somethin on it?
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Curtis Marburger · Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 4:09 pm Post subject:

Smelly Stone ? Hmmm
This is a New One
This would be a good post for the restoration Crew.
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Ron Lambert · Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 4:15 pm Post subject:

We've run into a couple of stones that smell sort of weird when you cut them....but not after install yet......
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vintagestone · Uber Friend Joined: 21 May 2006 Posts: 804 Location: AZ

travertine and limestone stink when weve cut em but like ron said never after install
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dknowlton · Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 5:41 pm Post subject:

What does it smell like?

Ask her to empty out the garbage can underneath it.
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Michael Stonehenge · Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 9:28 pm Post subject:

Hi Dan,

Try a 25% bleach solution 1st on the underside where accessible. If the area that is smelly and inaccessible then this may be a permanent condition, this might be a head scratcher.

Michael

Todd Luster(tms) · Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 1:39 am Post subject:

We've definitely had some with odd smells, but never been called back out for it. We have cut some Burlwood and it always smells like B.O.

Hope it don't smell like it in the kitchen. Confused

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Matt Lansing · Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 1:46 am Post subject:

Negro Marquina was always a fun one to cut.

Smelled like the saw guy had a night out drinking a lot of beer and eating hard boiled eggs!

Sorry I haven't heard of this one before. Might try another poultice of acetone and diatomaceous earth but you can run into problems by discoloring the stone.
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dan allen · Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 3:25 am Post subject:

The smell is kinda soury. It's to the left of her sink, about six feet away on the pensula and, by her stove. Happens PERIODICALLY when she wipes it off with a dish rag(wet).Smells like a soured dish rag. So, she started using a bran new dish rag each day for a week -but still smelled. Might try the bleach from underneath BUT -is there any draw backs to using bleach???? This isn't my job so, I don't want to risk having it ending up being my job!!!
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John Koessler · Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 1:06 pm Post subject:

Hi Dan,

Does water bead up on the stone? Does the stone darken when water sits on top? Is it resined? I know you mentioned its tropical brown, but maybe more information may help. I'm definitely scratching my head.
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Adam Siler · Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 1:09 pm Post subject:

Would you spray the bleach solution on or us a sponge or rag and wipe in on the underside? Is the stone not sealed? Is it going down into pores of stone and creating bacteria?
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dknowlton · Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 1:10 pm Post subject:

Maybe something crawled under and died in her cabinets or under her stove. I am doubting it is the granite.
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Antonio Almonte · Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 2:40 pm Post subject:

I have never encountered that. With the majority of fabbers here not having seen that problem before and the thousands of kitchens that were installed I too doubt that it's the granite.
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Linus Modlich · Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 7:26 pm Post subject:

While unusual, stone can absorb odors. I had some India red a long time ago that smelled like a "camp fire". Turns out the importer started a fire in a drum next to the stone to thaw them out. ( they were frozen together in their yard ) They smelled like that for quite some time.
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dan allen · Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 2:25 am Post subject:

The stone is sealed. First thing i tried when i got over there. I can't tell rather or not it's resined. Bleaching from the underside sounds like a safe bet.
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Miles · Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 2:02 pm Post subject:

I had an angry customer call me one day and tell me that my installer had taken his lunch break and was, as she said, "slobbering" all over her new countertops. When I got to the house he was eating pickled pigs feet right there in her kitchen, spread out all over her new tops.

His name was Bubba. Any chance he installed this one? Very Happy

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Ron Lambert · Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 4:30 pm Post subject:

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dan allen · Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 1:06 am Post subject:

I told her about the bleach from underneath- think she'll try that and let me know.
Thanks!
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Tommyrocks · Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 9:55 pm Post subject:

The last time I had this problem, I found a dead mouse under the fridge. EEEWWWW