In article >,
"So'n'so" > wrote:

> Has anyone ever used/installed one?

I haven't ... I did check out the price of recycled-glass
countertops like IceStone and Vetrazzo
(http://www.icestone.biz/palette.html , http://tinyurl.com/qbwjo)
when I was replacing mine and found the price simply astronomical. I
think I could have had granite excavated with brushes, polished with
Tiffany diamonds, and hauled by Sherpas to my house for less money.
Just kidding, but it is more expensive than most granites, which I
find amazing for a product that is made primarily from recycled
glass.

> Also, what's the new Samsung countertop
> material like? I want to be able to groove the top (a little channel to
> keep spills from going to the floor, and draining back to the sink).

If you're talking about Staron, it's quite similar to Corian,
HiMacs, Avonite, and other solid-surface materials. Anything you can
do with them you can do with Staron. It's solid and color-through,
so there should be no problem doing that.

sd