To seal or not to seal: honed marble and ceramic tiles

by Teri
(orange county, CA)

I've recently installed a new shower with honed marble and ceramic tiles. Do I need to seal everything, the marble, the ceramic tiles, and the grout? Or just the honed marble? Is there a product that seals the grout AND the marble in one step?

Thanks





Hi Teri,

I would seal with an impregnating sealer, which can be used for both the grout and the honed marble.

The ceramic tile will not take a seal, but the grout will.

My recommendation would be to give your shower a heavy duty cleaning at least once a year and at that time, seal again.

Sealing just once is not good enough. You really need to seal once a year, especially in such an active environment like a shower location.

I hope this helps. We do sell an impregnating sealer in our Stone Care Product page to the right of the this webpage.

Thank you,

Pedro