Love marble for what it is. Leave the plastic shrink wrap for the fruit basket for your mom on Mother’s Day.

Who wants to spend more on the plastic than the stone under it?

I love marble and have five kids so it would be worthwhile to protect it if that is a possibility.

$200 a square foot buys a whole lot of quartz. Or a lot of replacement Cararra. You can buy it for $50 a foot. Honed lives so much better than polished.

It's $30 a square foot not $200 as mentioned . I'm thinking of getting it as I hate to see etching in my new countertops. Anyone know how it holds up to pets? I have a cat that likes to jump up to the kitchen faucet to get some fresh tap water.

This reminds me of many homes in my childhood that covered their furniture with plastic.

Can anyone answer the question, does it work?

Arvin Orlano on YouTube and Instagram has it on his marble counters. He loves it. Reach out to him on Instagram for further questions.

It works.

Joseph Corlett, do you have any recommendations on tuff skin vs more anti etch vs stoneguard? Like which holds up the best, looks most natural, has the best warranty, etc? thank you =)

Thanks for your perspective! Yes, Ive looked at all the alternatives and unfortunately I always gravitate toward marble. But no I dont like the plasticy look. Do you have any experience with more anti etch?

Hmm I saw it on marble at a show room today and it didn’t look it to me, but it was on honed not polished marble, maybe that makes a difference

On a thread here a while ago someone wrote about a product called Professional Impregnator 413S for natural stone which protected it even from staining spices like turmeric.

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It may protect calcite based stones from staining, but only MORE Anit Etch protects against etching without a plastic coating.

You should try to find a place where somebody has Tuffskin on their marble. I was considering something like that until I saw it at an appliance store. I hated it. The luminescence of the marble was gone. It looked and felt plastic-like. FYI, I also dislike quartz because of it's plastic-like quality. Some people may not be bothered by it but I'd see it for yourself rather than listening to other people's opinions.

It’s ugly. Really ugly. It turns a beautiful translucent stone into something flat and lifeless. I have seen laminate ”marble” that looks better than the real thing after coating it. Just start with the fake stone if you can’t live with marble being marble.

I have Tuffskin installed on my bathroom vanity and my wet bar on polished marble. I haven't had any issues with it in the year that I've had it. There are a few minor scratches on it from when the plumber installed the fixtures.

Some people are perfectly fine with letting it "patina" over time. After spending what we did, I just couldn't watch that happen. For those of you saying it's ugly, no one asked your personal opinion. Juli H asked about people's experience with the product.

I went with Tuffskin because I could remove it later if I wanted to. I couldn't do that with some of the other products. I can't remember the exact amount, but it was about $20 per sq ft here in CO. Does it change the feel of the marble? Yes. Will it scratch if you drag something like a cast iron pot on it? Yes, but so will marble. No one has noticed it; I've had to point it out. I don't have any stains or etching, so I'm happy.

Tuffskin will send you samples of the product installed on pieces of stone so you can feel it for yourself.

Tuffskin is very popular in Australia. Hardly changes the appearance of the stone. Protects your investment from Staining & Etching.Much cheaper than Stone Restoration. Gabrielle - Rockstar Sealing

I went and visited a TuffSkin finished counter at a hotel in New York today and it looks and feels really great. I was concerned it might feel like plastic or weak but it felt great and I’m going to use it!

we are considering using tuffskin to protect wood onyx for a kitchen island. has anyone used it for that purpose and have feedback? thanks!

I have had it on my marble island for 4 years. It's great. No stains. i will replace if it gets scratched. That's the only downside. I have a busy home and mine still looks great!! So nice to not worry about my marble.

Also marble is still stunning. I have honed statuaria white. They have a honed film. It still glows. Doens't look like quartz.

We spent over $5,000 having TuffSkin installed to protect two marble islands, trusting their promises of premium quality and a strong warranty. What a mistake.

One of the protective coverings failed completely — large bubbles appeared underneath the surface, ruining the look of our marble. Since then, we’ve tried repeatedly to contact the company. Calls, emails, and messages go unanswered. It’s been months of silence.

TuffSkin — owned by Lelia and Frank Friedlander — simply refuses to honor their warranty or take responsibility. After doing some research, we discovered that our experience is not unique. There’s a long trail of similar complaints from other customers who were ignored after installation or denied warranty service. Further, the Office Manager we are dealing with, Ariana Berta has simply made up stories about our lack of proper maintenance while the person (Neil) she sent out VERIFIED it was a faulty installation.

It’s shocking that a company charging this much for “premium” protection can behave with such disregard for their customers. The product failed, the service is nonexistent, and the owners don’t seem to care.

Save yourself the frustration and money — stay far away from TuffSkin.