Do you have a stone yard in your area? It may be possible to find a remnant you can use. If you are committed to keeping your base, I'd check there first. It may be worth it even if you have to travel to one. Good luck!

The cleaning solution you use should have a degreaser in it. Use something like Fireball or Greased Lightening not the "ordinary" cleaners off of the grocery store shelves. Go to Home Depot or a hardware store. If your counter has texture use a soft scrub brush instead of a sponge/cloth. Grease build up on plastics that is difficult to remove, is caused by frying. You may want to consider getting a filter fan.

You might consider Formbies Furniture Cleaner. I recall that I used it a long time ago on a piece of furniture. I was somewhat reluctant, because his product line is known for stripping and removing finishes, etc. But this cleaner did just that -- cleaned the wood. I'm going to look for it to try it out in an inconspicuous spot on my dining room table to remove wax due to a horrible mistake I made.

As of yesterday things are much worse now. When I moved in here, I had the entire place painted white just because I had no clue what colors I wanted. I decided on colors and began with the kitchen. My oldest son stopped in to help me get the blinds etc. down and I proceeded to paint. I told him I was leary of pulling out the stove because I might not get it back in. He looked and said it would be ok and just stay the way it is. When I got to the stove I did pull it out and heard a very loud crash. The side that was coming out seemed to be better and not stuck out so far. I opened the cabinet door and the upper shelf full of kettles & Corning ware was collapsed disconnected and on top of everything that was on the floor of the cabinet. The long shelf was disconnected and on the left side only laying on top of the other things. I went on the web and looked up Merillat cabinets and sent them an email. I received a canned message saying they could not view my link and would send a warranty package. Then I went to the web site of the building supply where the cabinets I picked out and were ordered from and they replied saying they would get a hold of their factory representative and contact me when they got an answer. I am not sure who installed the actual cabinets. Was it the supplier or the builder/developer people? My new question is this: If the builder had someone install them would that person have to assemble the inside of a cabinet or would it come assembled and the builder would simply be placing the cabinets. In other words who the heck is responsible for the glue failure? I have a sinking feeling one is going to blame the other or the cabinet warranty (25 yrs) might be null because it is not a cabinetry failure. Is this a cabinet failure or an installer goof? Oh, there is no condo warranty. This a condo I purchased. Condo only has outside responsibilities. I am in Wisconsin. Donna Thanks again