You could give this a shot:

Here is a link that might be useful: UV repair

Call several granite places, I had luck at a fabricator who had extra remnants hanging around, and let him complete when he was not busy. However prices varied wildly, and the smaller places were willing to make a deal.

Have you looked for a soapstone remnant? You can DIY the fabrication.

Thanks. I'll do some more shopping around, and check into soapstone as well.

Update: I called a few more granite places and they were still wanting $50-60/sf for fabricated remnants.

But, I traveled to San Antonio from my small-town midwestern habitat, and so I called around places along the route shopping for soapstone remnants. A place in Dallas had an irregular chunk sufficient to make my vanity top and it cost me just $80. Woo hoo!!!

I hauled it home in the truck, and am looking forward to honing my skills (pun intended) on this hunk of rock in the next few weeks, as soon as I finish the kitchen cabinets I'm in the middle of.

I've read up a bit on how to cut it, but I'm worried about the round cut for the sink and how to do that well.

Would one of the rectangular shaped sinks be easier to use? Cutting a rectangle versus a oval seems easier.

If not could you clamp or affix somehow a jig of hose/tubing to help cut an oval?

Or would one of the smaller fabricators cut the opening for a minimal price?

This post was edited by rnmomof2 on Sat, Mar 29, 14 at 21:24

Around here the cost of fabricating includes a visit to the house to template and measure for the sink and faucet holes. If you were willing to gamble and template yourself and haul your piece of stone to a fabricator they might make the cuts for a more reasonable price. be prepared to live with the results though in case you didn't measure correctly.

Is your soapstone soft? If it is you can try using a jigsaw to cut around the hole, or a carbide router bite, once you have a hole drilled. It the stone is a harder variety, it might be too much for you. I have done soft soapstone (can scratch with your fingernail) with good luck, but the hard soapstone, (the kind that doesn't scratch with your fingernail) you probably wont be happy with the results. But that has been my luck. The straight cuts should do well with either, but the curves and the finishing are different. I had a plan to make my second sink for the current remodel and couldn't finish the surface with my tools, I would have needed stone sanding tools. So I scraped the plan. My first sink and counters turned out fabulous, but it was very easy to file and sand by hand. I have such a rough grit on the surface that I don't ever see any scratches.

I love this, and they are all remnant no larger than 12" wide, except for the base of the sink:

A link that you may have seen, or maybe not.

Here is a link that might be useful: DIY Soapstone People Show Your Counters !

enduring: I've seen that thread and your impressive handiwork. But I had no clue that there was soft and hard soapstone. I'll have to scratch it and see. Am I screwed if it's hard? Or is the hard stone still easy enough to do straight cuts on?

My concern is that a jigsaw cut won't likely be perfect...is sanding sufficient to make up for the imperfection? I was thinking a router would be the way to go, but I need something in the exact shape, like a plywood template, to run the bearing against and keep it perfect, and I don't know that I could make a perfect plywood template with a jigsaw either, though it would certainly be easier than the soapstone.

The square/rectangular sink is a brilliant idea. I'm going to look into that.