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Re did the whole kitchen 3 years ago and went with granite for the counter top. Don't regret it now.

We were planning to use Corian but too some people warned us because it can melt if you accidently put a too hot pot on the surface and the price tag for our slab would be around $5000.00

I was lucky enough to have a friend with a marble and tile shop and he fixed me up with a beatyful granite slab for $2500.00. Otherwise Granite and Corian is pretty much the same price.

But if you use Granite, be sure to seal it carefully with a liquid called "bullet proof".

I thought I had done a big bobo the week after we had the slab installed and it was time for baking the Christmas bread.

As usual I rolled out the dough on the contertop for kneeing and when I was done, I had this huge blobs of grease stains in the granite. The installer had only used a cheaper seal liquid.

Luckily I managed to wipe the counter clean and soaked it with bullet proof. Haven't had any problems since.

Another problem that arise if you do baking by hand, is that the Granite is always cold and that kills the yeast in the bread. So I solved that by using an old fashioned baking board made out of plywood sheet. That way the cold Granite doesn't get to the bread.

Anders

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SWEDECAR

• off subject - countertops, hdm, Tue, 15 Jul 2003 05:12:02
  • Re: off subject - countertops, Bart, Wed, 16 Jul 2003 10:55:21
  • I used 18" granite tiles for about half the cost.., Dave in Houston, Wed, 16 Jul 2003 05:03:43
    • Re: I used 18" granite tiles for about half the cost.., Spiros Trianta, Wed, 16 Jul 2003 20:22:58
    • I'm sure this looks nice, but...., zeke, Wed, 16 Jul 2003 08:19:18
  • Corian x 12 years, Al S, Tue, 15 Jul 2003 22:31:49
  • Re: off subject - countertops, Spiros Trianta, Tue, 15 Jul 2003 20:52:14
  • Got a friend who does Marble and granite counters..., Chris., Tue, 15 Jul 2003 17:24:54
  • Richlite, Brian_in_MA, Tue, 15 Jul 2003 16:59:10
  • Re: off subject - countertops, Rick D., Tue, 15 Jul 2003 13:13:30
  • Corian Rules!, LAGene, Tue, 15 Jul 2003 11:49:32
  • Currently have the same dilemma, T Randell, Tue, 15 Jul 2003 11:33:30
  • Just did it let me tell you, anthony, Tue, 15 Jul 2003 11:00:56
    • Also the installers said the main issue with granite, anthony, Tue, 15 Jul 2003 11:08:27
  • 50/50, hdm, Tue, 15 Jul 2003 10:21:27
  • Another granite vote..., Carina, Tue, 15 Jul 2003 10:12:57
  • Stainless steel. Did our kitchen right, had the pieces, Terraplane Marquez, Tue, 15 Jul 2003 09:48:04
  • Fireslate..., Scott Paterson , Tue, 15 Jul 2003 09:34:51
  • Vote for combo..., MisplacedYankee , Tue, 15 Jul 2003 09:04:08
  • I sell the stuff.., chris74, Tue, 15 Jul 2003 08:45:01
    • Re: I sell the stuff.., chris74, Tue, 15 Jul 2003 08:49:08
  • go for the real thing, destijl, Tue, 15 Jul 2003 08:01:01
    • I agree>>, burlyb, Tue, 15 Jul 2003 09:55:17
  • Re: off subject - countertops, jp, Tue, 15 Jul 2003 07:38:04
    • I've tried and failed to stain ours..., TimBrown, Tue, 15 Jul 2003 07:46:07
  • Re: off subject - countertops, sonett43, Tue, 15 Jul 2003 06:46:53
    • forgot to mention the knives, TimBrown, Tue, 15 Jul 2003 06:59:16
  • Re: off subject - countertops, SWEDECAR , Tue, 15 Jul 2003 06:32:42 <-- Viewing This Message
    • Cold Granite..., bRAD, Tue, 15 Jul 2003 07:02:48
  • Re: off subject - countertops, ChrisB, Tue, 15 Jul 2003 06:30:03
  • Re: off subject - countertops (longish), Skip, Tue, 15 Jul 2003 05:33:03
    • Re: off subject - countertops (longish), Dean, Tue, 15 Jul 2003 06:32:45
    • Re: off subject - countertops (longish), Brian, Tue, 15 Jul 2003 06:14:03
      • 4+ years with granite, TimBrown, Tue, 15 Jul 2003 06:54:53

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