I don't have a specific answer to your questions. I can only advise that Virginia Mist is not a porous granite. It has low porosity. That means that there is a risk that whatever you apply - enhancer or sealer - does not penetrate the stone. If it does not penetrate the stone, you will have granite haze which is unsightly. Make sure you test a small section first with whatever enhancer you get to make sure that it absorbs into the Virginia Mist.

Another reason to test the enhancer on a small section is that unlike sealant, enhancer is pretty permanent. If you don't like the effect of it on your Virginia Mist, you will still be stuck with it. You are not "bringing the stone back" the way you said, you are changing it.

May I ask why you don't shop for other slabs of Virginia Mist that are more black intrinsically? Many Virginia Mist slabs are quite black.

Buy a pint of Tenax Pro Seal and test it in an inconspicuous area please. Acetone will remove it if you don't like it. Much less than $350.00 and you'll get several treatments from a pint.

Hi Chris
DISCLAIMER: Definitely not a pro. And I have honed Absolute Black granite perimeter counters….but, this has worked for me. The installers sealed our counters with something called “Ager” I think. Meant to make the granite darker. But what it did was make the surface more likely to show oil rings (we love olive oil). Drove me nuts. And my husband always “cleaned” with granite cleaner out of a spray bottle. I hated that stuff on my prepping surfaces. So I banned the use of the spray, cleared off my counters and went to town with a damp Mr Clean Eraser. All the oil rings came up and the granite felt wonderfully smooth and clean. And the eraser was covered in a greenish yuck. 🤢
That’s all I use now. Soap and water, and occasionally a swipe with an eraser. I am also a quick spill wiper upper.
I’d skip the sealer…..

Just get the stone as polished, instead of honed, and avoid all those issues.

Thanks for this information. The fabricator will be giving us a sample which will have one side honed and the other h Ed with enhanced sealer so I can test it as suggested. We are considering all options but I do prefer the look of honed/leathered but want to mitigate fingerprints. Honing also seems to lighten the stone to more of a gray.

Joseph Corlett, LLC is sealing something pretty straight forward after testing it out?

Yes.