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Imperial Red

Name: Imperial Red Granite CDO: A Red Counter That Works
Price: 5000.00 PHP
Availability: InStock

₱5,000 per sqm

Quarry: India
Surface Finish: Polished
Edges: Natural (Unpolished)
Thickness: 18 mm
Requires Sealing: Yes

Cabinets get repainted and handles get swapped, and the counter is still the thing that was there first. Imperial Red takes its colour from potassium feldspar rather than any dye, stays colourfast outdoors, and is ₱5,000 per sqm in CDO.

Quarry	India
Surface Finish	Polished
Edges	Natural (Unpolished)
Thickness	18 mm
Requires Sealing	Yes

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Why Choose Imperial Red

100% Natural Colour The red comes from potassium feldspar running through the full slab, never from a dye or a treatment.

Heat-resistant Cookware goes from the burner straight onto the surface with no risk of scorching.

Can be Used Outdoors UV-stable and colourfast in full sun, which suits lanais and dirty kitchens.

Outlasts the Kitchen Around It Cabinets date and hardware gets swapped, but the stone stays. Most counters outlive at least one renovation of everything around them.

What Is Imperial Red Granite?

Deep red ground, scattered with black and gray.

Imperial Red is a deep red to maroon granite quarried in India, flecked all over with black, gray and the occasional white mineral grain. Feldspar inside the rock supplies the red; no treatment is involved anywhere.

Its pattern is even rather than veined. No bands, no lines, just a consistent scatter across the slab, so it reads as one solid colour from a distance and as texture when you stand over it.

Where Does It Come From?

Southern India supplies most of the world’s red granite, and Imperial Red is among the better-known exports out of it. Quarrying there has run at scale for decades, which keeps supply steady and pricing stable.

Cutting, polishing and finishing all happen in India before the slabs ship. Consistency between shipments is better than with a single-quarry stone, which is part of why the price holds steady in CDO, although some variation never quite goes away.

How Much Does the Colour Vary?

Enough to matter on a multi-slab job. Certain blocks run a brighter, cleaner red while others lean brown or maroon, and black fleck density moves as well.

Choose your slabs together from one batch at our Cagayan de Oro yard where a project spans more than one. Saturation this strong leaves a mismatched seam nowhere to hide.

Is the Red Natural?

Yes. Potassium feldspar in the rock is what colours it, and that colour runs the full thickness of the slab instead of sitting on top.

It matters because some cheap coloured stones are dyed. Test any slab with acetone on a white cloth, and genuine Imperial Red will leave the cloth clean.

How Much Does an Imperial Red Countertop Cost in Cagayan de Oro?

Prices are subject to change without prior notice.

Item	Starting Rates
Imperial Red slab	₱5,000 per sqm
Fabrication	₱500 per lm
Installation	₱500 per lm
Sink or hob cut-outs	₱500 per set

Cut-outs are billed only where the fitting is ours as well. Delivery is worked out from the distance to the Cagayan de Oro branch, and a job further into Northern Mindanao is costed the same way.

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How Do You Clean Imperial Red Granite?

Three habits, and the colour does half the work.

Clean as You Go

Crumbs and splashes disappear into a saturated red far better than into a pale stone, which is a convenience until something sits there long enough to soak in. Clear spills as they happen.

Use Only Granite Cleaner

Residue from dish soap builds into a film that dulls the polish, and a dull patch on glossy red is noticeable. A pH-balanced granite cleaner leaves none of it.

Skip the Abrasives

Powders and scouring pads scuff a polish permanently. A soft cloth does the job, since granite never needs scrubbing to come up clean.

Granite cleaners are on the shelf at our CDO yard, so pick one up when you collect your slab, and the wider stone care range is worth browsing too.

How Do You Care for Imperial Red Granite?

Three habits, and sealing is the one that matters.

Seal It When It Needs It

Imperial Red is not as dense as the black granites, so sealer penetrates and does useful work. Go round again once the surface darkens where liquid stands.

Always Use a Cutting Board

Scratching it takes effort, but knives blunt on it faster than on timber. A board saves your blades and keeps the polish even in the spot you always work.

Never Sit or Stand on It

Hard is not flexible, and an unsupported overhang can crack under body weight. Fetch a step stool rather than climbing onto the counter.

Is Imperial Red Granite Good for Kitchen Countertops?

A strong performer that happens to be red.

Yes. Set the colour aside and this behaves like any good Indian granite in a working kitchen. Five points decide how it lives.

Cookware comes off the burner straight onto it and will not scorch the surface, which is not true of engineered quartz. A trivet is still worth using, because any stone can crack if the temperature change is sudden and extreme.
Acid has nothing to bite on, so calamansi, vinegar and tomato leave no dull marks.
Knives and daily traffic leave nothing visible on a stone this hard.
A saturated ground and its flecking hide crumbs and minor wear well.
Sealing comes round from time to time, unlike the dense blacks.

What really needs thinking about is not performance but commitment. A red counter is a strong design decision and will drive the palette of the room for as long as it is installed.

Put it against cream or timber cabinetry and it reads warm and traditional. Put it against stark white and chrome and it can feel dated, which is worth settling before the slab is cut at our CDO yard.

Does Imperial Red Granite Need Sealing?

It does, unlike the dense blacks.

Yes. Reseal an Imperial Red counter once the surface starts darkening where liquid has been standing, a point a busy kitchen reaches well before a guest vanity.

The mineral structure sits more open than the dense blacks, so a sealer penetrates and does useful work. Absolute Black and Black Galaxy are tight enough to skip it; this one is not.

Test whenever you are unsure. A few drops of water on an inconspicuous part of the counter, fifteen minutes, then wipe: a darker patch where the water sat means the seal has worn through, and any interval you read is a guide only.

Staining is what sealing protects against. Etching is not on the list, because granite is not calcium carbonate and acid does not dissolve it.

Imperial Red vs Rosso Levanto Marble in Cagayan de Oro

Two ways to get a red counter, with different consequences.

Choose Imperial Red if the counter has to work

It takes heat, resists scratching and never etches. In a Kagay-anon kitchen where calamansi and vinegar turn up daily that difference is the whole argument, and the slab is ₱5,000 per sqm in CDO.

Choose Rosso Levanto if you want veining

Rosso Levanto lays a web of white veins across a burgundy ground, which Imperial Red never attempts. Being marble, it etches on acid contact, it wants sealing more often than granite, and it is indent order, quoted per project rather than priced off a shelf.

The look is genuinely different

Imperial Red is an even, flecked red that reads as one solid colour across a room. Rosso Levanto is high-contrast and busy. Less substitutes for one another than two separate design decisions.

On outdoor use, granite wins outright

Imperial Red is UV-stable and holds its colour in full sun, which suits lanais and dirty kitchens. Marble weathers, and rain and sun take the polish off it.

What Colours Go With Imperial Red Granite?

A saturated warm stone, so the kitchen should stay quiet.

No countertop colour is more assertive than red, so everything around it wants to recede rather than compete.

Cream, ivory and warm white cabinetry is the strongest pairing. Warmth sits with the red comfortably, and plainness lets the counter carry a kitchen.

Timber does particularly well, oak and the darker tropical hardwoods especially. That combination reads traditional and settled rather than fashionable.

Brass and antique bronze fittings suit the warmth. Chrome is the safer neutral, while matte black can feel heavy against a ground this saturated.

Steer clear of cool grays and blue-whites, which pull against the red and can leave it looking brown. Keep the backsplash plain, because pattern beside this stone turns into noise in a compact kitchen.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the red colour natural or dyed?

Natural. Potassium feldspar within the rock supplies it, and the colour runs the full thickness of the slab rather than sitting on the surface.

Any coloured stone can be verified yourself. Wipe a cut edge with acetone on a white cloth: colour transferring means the slab has been treated, and genuine Imperial Red leaves the cloth clean.

Does Imperial Red fade in sunlight?

No. Granite is UV-stable, and the colour is mineral rather than pigment, so there is nothing there to bleach out.

That makes it workable for lanais, dirty kitchens and pool bars, where engineered quartz would yellow and marble would weather.

Does Imperial Red granite stain?

Yes, if it is left unsealed. Oil carries the main risk, since a dark stain on a red ground reads as a patch rather than a change of colour and is harder to catch early.

Sealing prevents it. Reseal when the water test says so, blot spills reasonably promptly, and staining stops being a concern.

How does it compare to Rosso Levanto marble?

Granite against marble, with everything that follows. Imperial Red does not etch and takes a hot pan, at ₱5,000 per sqm in CDO. Rosso Levanto brings white veining granite cannot reproduce, and being marble it is indent order, quoted per project.

They also look quite different: an even flecked red on one side, high contrast and busy on the other.

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Does the colour vary between slabs?

Yes. Certain blocks run a brighter, cleaner red where others lean brown or maroon, and black fleck density moves as well.

Select your slabs together from one batch at the CDO yard for any multi-slab job. Saturation this strong makes a mismatched seam immediately obvious.

Is red granite outdated?

No, but it is less fashionable than it was. There is no sense pretending otherwise. Neutral counters dominate current kitchens, and red reads as a deliberate choice rather than a default.

Whether that matters is down to you. Against cream or timber cabinetry it looks warm and settled, and it will outlast several cycles of kitchen fashion either way.

Can Imperial Red be used for flooring and cladding?

Yes, and it is widely used for both, particularly in commercial lobbies and exterior cladding where durability and colourfastness matter.

For flooring, look at a flamed or leathered finish instead of polished. Both are less slippery underfoot and hide traffic wear better, which counts in a busy fit-out.

Where can you buy Imperial Red granite in Cagayan de Oro?

Stone Depot, from the Cagayan de Oro yard. Colour shifts between blocks, so select your slabs in person for anything spanning more than one.

The yard is open Monday to Saturday, 8 AM to 5 PM, or email email@stonedepot.com, and the rest of the granite range in CDO is on the same floor.

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