Good Granite vs. Bad Granite

Is there any difference between various granites available in the market?

Is there any good source of information that can guide customers?

How do I take the correct decision?

Can Buy Stones Online help?

The granite which is used in your kitchen (countertop) or your bath (vanity top) defines your home. These are the two most important & visible places of your home. So when it comes to making that choice, we wish that you do take the right decision.

However, choosing a good granite which is also affordable is not that easy. In recent years, cheap granites from China have become widely available.In fact, most of the leading home improvement stores & many online stores sell only Chinese granite (For example, the picture on the top right corner is a popular Chinese beige/gold granite available in leading home improvement stores).

Buy Stone Online, Inc. sells only top quality granite sourced from the best quarries of the world (Itay, India & South Africa).Picture on the top left is a popular Indian granite in beige/gold. Compare this with a similar Chinese color on the top right.

Here are the some of the key attributes that differentiate a good granite from a bad granite

1. Strength & Durability of stone: One of the many reasons why granite has become so popular among home owners is its property of being strong & durable. However, cheap granite from China has a tendency to have ‘hairline’ crack. ‘Hairline’ crack is a natural crack in the granite. It is usually not visible by the naked eye. Having any ‘hairline’ crack is sign of weak granite.
Buy Stones Online sells only A-grade Indian granite which are considered really strong & durable.

2. Elegance & Richness in color: Granite is all about the beauty and the mystery of its rich colors. The colors define how good granite is. Strong & vibrant colors like the golds, browns, beige, the jet black all come from the quarries of India. The names of the most popular granites like the Kashmir Gold, e Madurai Gold & Khammam Black are live testimony that India produces top quality granite (Kashmir, Madurai & Khammam are all places within India).

3. Long-lasting Luster & Shine: Granite is also about looking new and fresh every passing day. However you must have come across granites in popular home improvement stores which do not have the shine or luster you might expect from a granite. Well that is because you must have seen a pale, dull & cheap granite from China sitting in these popular stores.
Buy Stone Online sells granite that have excellent shine and luster. Every BSO granite is so lustrous that one might see their reflection on the top.

4. Superior Edge Polishing: Buy Stones Online sells granite tops which are manufactured from automated computerized machines. Automated edge profiling gives a better and consistent finish when compared to hand edge profile. Some companies spray wax on the edges to produce a shine, but that takes minutes and wears off quickly (try scratching it with a coin, it will remove the wax). The edge profiling done by Buy Stones Online never does not wear off.

In addition selling top quality granite, Buy Stones Online distinguishes itself by offering our customers more options. Customers can order large size Vanity tops or Counter tops (normally not available in major home improvement stores and other competitors)

• Vanity tops up to 73” in length
• Counter tops up to 108” in length

Lastly, Buy Stones Online provides our customers the option of making custom size orders as well. For more details on custom orders click the link here.