Leathered Antique Brown Granite with Calacatta Gold Honed
KevinMP
11 years ago
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antique brown granite or dark emperador marble?
Comments (4)The problem with darker marble is that when it etches it gets a bit whitish. Dulling is etching. If you don't care for the patina you could have it repolished every couple of years but then it will bring the cost up to that of the granite. Maybe have it honed? It's also a busy marble with all those veins. Are you sure you want all that pattern over such a large area? I would find a less expensive granite you also can love. Call other granite yards for other quotes on it. It is a more expensive granite but that does seem a little high....See MoreAbsolute Black granite honed/leathered/antiqued?
Comments (12)In my search for AB leathered granite, I encountered a variety of options ranging very dark, very textured to grey-ish with tiny texture marks - maybe more like a brushed finish. Some of these showed oily prints if not sealed. Finally found a lovely slab of Milky Way leathered granite that is the perfect deep black with great texture, with a bit of sheen that does not show prints. This was a search that I thought would be easy but proved to be a bit trickier. Good luck - it can be a beautiful material! (Mine will be installed in few weeks so I don't have good input about use yet)....See MoreGranite ?? - Brown Antique, Matrix, Atlantic/Nordic Black...
Comments (6)Wow, 6 cm chiseled! I can't wait to see pictures of what you find. That sounds so rustically elegant and beautiful. Are there many suppliers that have 6 cm slabs in your area? Antique brown (Marron Cohiba) - From what I have seen, polished appears much browner, leathered reads dark gray from a distance, but the variations of the large grains are so intriguing that it is a beautiful stone. The biggest problem is the multiple veins that tend to run through it. I actually had a couple of slabs delivered to my fabricators but they weren't willing to take the risk. Maybe a thicker slab would not be as prone to potential chips and cracks during fabrication. However, I looked at it in every possible light -- warehouse, sunlight, spotlight, and it always read more gray. See if you can find leathered anywhere. jrueter has this in her kitchen and it definitely reads dark gray. She also said that the veins are only an issue in fabrication, not in installation. So my warning on that one is find someone who is willing to take on the liability if something happens during fabrication. I had never heard of Titanium, but the pics I saw look close to the Cosmic Black (or Cosmos -- I got a sample of this but it was too varied and too much motion for me). I don't know Nordic Brown unless it's the same as Nordic Black. We looked at Atlantic Black in antiqued, but it showed streaks/fingerprints. At one supplier, Absolute Black honed was also beautiful and felt good, and didn't show the fingerprints the way I expected; at another supplier it showed streaks and fingerprints like the Atlantic Black. I think I saw Matrix in polished at one of our suppliers. It was on my short list if it came down to it, but I didn't note anything in particular about it. Matrix Motion is another, similar to Cosmos. I only saw it in polished and didn't look closely. We ended up going with Impala Black leathered. I saw it in polished at the fabricator's showroom and it was too light for me, plus I really wanted a matte finish. I found the leathered at the last minute while they were looking at the Marron Cohiba to decide whether they were brave enough or not. It is very uniform and apparently easy to cut. (I could hear the collective sigh of relief at the fabricators' shop when I changed to that one.) It's been in a week and I love it. I had others on the list that I gave my fabricator but I can't find that anywhere. HTH!...See MoreLeathered or Antiqued Granite
Comments (13)Cambro5: MY OWN OPINION - OK????? - I think that you'll have a little more clean up and elbow grease to invest IF you go with the textured "look".............. THAT BEING SAID................... HOWEVER: I think that the "Leathered/Venezian/Antiqued" or whatever else you want to call it...THE "look" - is attractive to consumers because it's DIFFERENT than plain old polished Granite - not that there is ANYTHING wrong with polished Granite, but come on...? We (as consumers) have been SOOOO used to Polished Granite, and then............. somebody comes along with HONED... and it's like.....WOW!!!! OMG!!! There's a whole new spectrum here on Earth...!!!!! but wait...... AND THEN..... somebody comes along with a Leather/Antique/ Venezian "look" and it's deja vu - all over again ..... HA!!!! The point that I am making is that we as HUMANS... WE like new stuff... we like changing things... (THAT'S just MY OBSERVATION.....) The Leathered look or Antique look is WAY COOL - especially - IF you are looking for a NEW LOOK....... It does NOT matter to me... I am a FABRICATOR of NATURAL STONE... SOOOOO... any way that you want it is fine with me!!!! There's no right or wrong on this as far as I'm concerned,....(JUST MY OWN OPINION...OK????) go with your HEART!!! IF you like the texture - leathered look... run with it!!!!!!!!!! OK????????? Just my .02 cents worth......... hope that helps kevin Kevin M. Padden Fabricator, Trainer and Consultant to the Natural Stone Industry www.azschoolofrock.com...See Moremonicakm_gw
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