Need Help: Delicatus White Antique or Alaska White Granite
I am stuck with indecisiveness in regards to granite slabs and I need to purchase one STAT. It's between Delicatus White Antique or Alaska White granite.
I am planning to rehab the kitchen and 3 bath countertops. I have all white cabinetry.
I am looking for a bright clean white cool theme. Backsplash will be either white subway tiles or marble.
The delicatus is leathered/antique (non-polished) and the alaska white is polished. Color wise the delicatus white has white, black, and grey. The alaska white has cream, brown, and traces of buttercream.
Questions:
1. Is polish or antique/leathered/matte better maintenance wise and which one does not stain?
2. Which do you think looks better with white cabinets?
Please help me with my decision! I appreciate any input or feedback.
**Please note that the delicatus white polished is a completely different slab then delicatus white antique. The polished delicatus has lots of yellow, whereas the antique has no yellow.
Left is the delicatus white antique and the right is alaska white.
Delicatus White Granite
Alaska White Granite
Alaska White again
This post was edited by ContactLina777 on Wed, Jun 4, 14 at 16:42
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Comments (28)The Mushroom Tinted Varnish, which has a hint of ?taupe, is lovely with your countertops. It doesn't really look white. Any temptation to do uppers & lowers in that color? The Macadamia also looks nice with your stone & I would probably choose that one with the Cappacino lowers. I have true white cabinets & American Black Walnut floors. My cabinets are fine but the floors - dents galore. We are empty nesters but I'm always dropping stuff. Edit: I just read your post that you may change countertops. In that case, the Cappucino & Macadamia (lighter white). The Walnut floor is gorgeous & I would not give that up but the somewhat busy countertop, high level of variation in the walnut floors & 2 colors of cabinets could be too many things going on. Just a thought as I'm not one of those people that can visualize everything together. I have to see a picture. edited again: I keep writing Chestnut instead of Cappucino....See MoreAlaska white granite is turning tan all over. Only three months old
Comments (22)@janeen88 Very interesting. Normally we would think of iron deposits creating orange spots in granite, but In doing some Google searching, I'm seeing a lot of references to iron oxide impurities causing yellowing of natural stone especially when exposed to "weathering" which in your case could mean moisture of any kind such as if you're using anything more than a dry rag for wiping up. Steam from cooking or from a dishwasher could even play a role. As for the tan, I found one reference to white and light colored dolomites turning tan due to several mineral impurities. Your granite probably doesn't contain dolomite, but if you wanted to pursue this lead, you could probably find a university geology lab that might do some microscopic examination of a sample of granite and be able to tell you what minerals it contains that could be turning those areas tan. Here's the quote, "Dolomites are fine- to coarse-grained rocks that, in the unweathered state, are generally gray to light colored. On weathering they may become buff or tan because of impurities that commonly consist of iron within or between the dolomite crystals or of small amounts of pyrite, siderite, or marcasite." From this source: Kansas Geological Survey, The University of Kansas Houzz contains several threads with various suggestions for fixes for the iron staining. Here's one for starters with this quote: "As for iron oxides (orange rust) appearing on slabs, Naval Jelly, which is a rust remover, might work. We've used it on granite that had something steel against it that had left rust that had penetrated the surface. It's worked every time. We haven't had the issue of rust spontaneously appearing on a granite, but Naval Jelly might work." From this thread: https://www.houzz.com/discussions/2544821/green-bloom-on-granite-update...See MoreContactLina777
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9 years agoFunny because I was weighing those two myself....
I think this is Alaska White next to a creamy off white cab. For comparison. I like the Alaska........Both are good choices, but it might depend on the white of your cabinets.
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9 years agoSprtphntc,
Prior to narrowing it down to these 2, I almost went with white quartz with the sparkles but then thought it through and I didn't want a huge white cloud with no character at all. Then my next choice was marble because I love the look of marble and white but as you may know, it's a soft stone and etches.
Now I still love a white bright kitchen but wouldn't mind some dark accents which is why I ended up with these 2 slabs, which have some black in it.
Yes, I will have polished chrome fixtures and appliances are stainless steel and white. i.e., white toaster, stainless steel vitamix.
My kitchen is quite small so please don't judge! Island piece will be bigger.
We just moved in this past January! Love our house as the living room has cathedral ceilings and master has vaulted. Just wish the kitchen was bigger but I have to work with what I have.
Here are photos of my kitchen:
ContactLina777
9 years agoWay off topic but since I just purchased my first home, here are some photos.
Photo of our cathedral ceiling just for kicks!
And new wood floors which has hints of blonde. Took forever to make a decision on wood floors as well!
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I haven't decided yet!!!! It is so hard. I like the Alaska white, but I really like coliseum for contrast. (Photo). I haven't seen it before and the pix don't do it justice. It is beautiful and would help tie in my wood floors. It is so much money and such a big decision I'm being (overly) careful. I am also considering corian believe it or not....marble look for the messy cook (me). My island is too big for other stones.
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