Seal early, seal often

At Ballardia Classic, we learned the hard way that light-colored granite is porous, and therefore easy to stain with oil, coffee, lemons....things that you are rather likely to spill on the kitchen countertop. Fortunately MasterWholesale in Seattle has a great selection of poultice products to "draw out" stains from granite.

You would think I would have learned my lesson and purchased nicely dense DARK granite this time, but no, I prefer the look of light colored granite. So I'm sealing 3 times - before installation, after installation and before grouting, and after grouting.

So far I've been happy with the basic TILELab sealer from Home Depot.