"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 1 Mar 2010 12:35:43 -0700, "Janet Bostwick"
> > wrote:
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>> "sf" > wrote in message
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>> > On Mon, 1 Mar 2010 07:41:38 -0500, "cybercat" >
>> > wrote:
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>> >> OK. It just looks .... gritty to me. Not feels. I know it's odd. Miss
>> >> O
>> >> has
>> >> the right idea, I would like marble better. But still, the brittleness
>> >> bothers me. It's just new.
>> >
>> > Personally, I think you should go in the other direction and look at
>> > quartz if you don't like granite. Marble is not a stone you'd want
>> > for the kitchen. It stains too easily. One of my ex-neighbors had
>> > marble counters and they ruined the finish just by using glass cleaner
>> > on it. NONONONONO, marble isn't for kitchens.
>> >
>> > --
>> >Isn't there a product now that is made of recycled glass, comes in many
>> >color tones and looks similar to granite?
>> Janet
>>
> I posted a link up-thread to a recycled surface where glass is one
> component, but she didn't appear to be interested. You can lead a
> horse to water...
>
It's just me, but I can't feature using a natural product for my kitchen
that is used to build national monuments, libraries and the like. I'm not
that important. And then have some bozo come by in a couple of years when
trying to sell the place and have them shriek, 'the kitchen is awful and
will have to be totally redone. rip out the granite!'
Janet