Black Absolute Granite & Being magnetic?
boymom23
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Which Salvias are your absolute hummer magnets?
Comments (13)The hummers sit in the top of our willow tree where they can look at all the gardens and decide where to dine! The butterfly garden has mass plantings of 'Caradonna', 'Marcus' and red greggii. I added 'Purple Majesty' last fall. It wintered fine, but even with this rain, doesn't seem happy with the sun. I may have to move it to more moisture and partial shade? The front meadow garden has greggii 'Dark Dancer' and guarantica 'Black & Blue'. The front path garden has greggii 'Cherry Queen' and 'Black & Blue'. The sundial bed has more 'Black & Blue'. The cottage garden has greggii 'Diane', 'Texas Wedding' and one just called autumn sage (rose pink) and a mass planting of 'Black & Blue'. The fragrance garden was recently planted with more 'Dark Dancer' and a few short purple greggii (can't remember the names right now) and more of the rose pink that BB in Sanford calls autumn sage. I have a big planter with 'Indigo Spires' as the focal point. 1st to bloom are the greggii in my garden. There always seems to be a hummer on 'Dark Dancer' but that may be because I can see that one so clearly from sitting on my front porch. Then, the guarantica 'Black & Blue' blooms and I have those massed in so many places across the gardens because it's such a hummer favorite all summer long. Cameron PS Agastache, nepeta and monarda are also throughout my gardens. Hummers like those, but will always go to the salvia first....See MoreQuestion about Absolute Black Granite....
Comments (18)Four sink vanities in our home have absolute black granite. It is lovely, no doubt about it. The granite is strong and took some fancy edging designs easily, which does not chip easily. I sealed it well and have to 'stay on top' of keeping it clean. I wipe down the bathroom tops in two guest baths every single day because you can see "EVERYTHING". You see dust, drip marks from someone washing their hands. White rings develop around faucet handles fast... even though we have a water softener and I keep the bathrooms wiped down. Knowing how hard it is to keep any dark floor or counter pristine looking and how this granite reacts with water, there is no way that I would ever use it in a kitchen. I would not have chosen it for these bathrooms, but the tops were prefabricated on these vanities units that I bought. FWIW: I used a very dark navy blue granite with a lot of movement in my master bath. It is much easier to live with because of the 'movement'. Anyone that has movement in their granite will tell you that it is very forgiving. There is NO forgiveness with absolute black. Here are a couple of the tops we have on some of the vanities in the sunlight before install and my navy granite with movement to 'see' what I mean. ALSO, I only have a few small rugs in the bathrooms in front of sinks. All of my floors are tiled or stone in the bathrooms. My home is clean and I have no pets. My air filters are changed frequently and are MERV 12 or higher. I have a super, duper 'dust eater' type of filtering system on my AC units, too. I tell you this for you to understand than even the tiniest particles of dust that land on absolute black granite, show up every day. The small bath counters don't bother me. 85 sf of counter in my kitchen most certainly would bother me. I'd drive myself bonkers keeping a kitchen like mine clean with AB granite....See MoreDeciding between Absolute Black and Virginia Mist granite
Comments (10)Nosoccermom, your kitchen is beautiful, but it looks like honed absolute. I always think that it's so beautiful, and not at all boring, but it sounds like more trouble than I want to take on. It's the gloss that I think might be boring with white subway tiles... Gooster, good to know about that too. I'd read more frustration with keeping the honed nice - thought that gloss wasn't as much of a problem. I went to the granite yard again today and found this granite which I liked, but my husband thinks is too blotchy. I can see his point, but I still find it interesting. It reminds me of slate. It's called "Mogambo" Gonna be looking around a little more tomorrow....See Morehoned absolute black granite
Comments (4)Hi there. I do not have absolute black honed, although I have seen it and think it is really great looking. jb1176 is right about the warnings re: absolute black and honed granite in general. You should speak again with your fabricator and maybe do some independent research regarding the chance that it was dyed. However, and this is really the point of my post, try to keep it in perspective. This site is great, and trust me I have learned so much, but I think that it encourages some unhealthy obsessions with the ideal kitchen. I am not immune, and I do not mean to sound condescending. I am in the middle of redoing my kitchen right now and between the disarray, my high expectations and the sickening amount of money (even for our modest kitchen) being spent, I am often at the end of my rope. I practically had a stroke when I saw that the color of the new wood floor didn't match the old wood. My kids backed away from me, as I sputtered and spewed while examining the floors. Sputtered and spewed are euphemisms for swore and threatened, by the way. Later that day, I had a little pow wow with the gc and the floor sub. And they made it better. They didn't make it perfect, but the floor, like your counters, looks good. And that is ok. Good Luck....See Moreboymom23
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