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Please give me granite seam help

9 years ago

I posted in new home forum, but now I realize there is a kitchen forum, so trying here.
This is my granite seam. It's very noticeable in this location because of the light reflection. Am I expecting too much?

Comments (11)

kimg8
Original Author
9 years ago
Here is the view from the other side. What do you guys think about this seam?
christina222_gw
9 years ago
Looks fine to me. It's granite, it's going to have visible seams.
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romy718
9 years ago
Looks fine in pic #2.
In pic #1, the half of the seam closest to the windows is much more visible.
chrissyb2411
9 years ago
I can barely see it in pic number 2, I think it is unfortunately the glare from the window in pic number one. It's a bummer, but looking at the second picture it looks like a really fantastic seam. I wonder if on e you have window treatments up, and furniture in the room the light will be a little more diffused and not such a glare.

I don't think you have any grounds to complain to the fabricator based on the way that seam looks in the second picture. Sorry.
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9 years ago
Great seam. Put shades on the windows. You won't be comfortable working with that glare in your eyes.
greenhaven
9 years ago
Yes, beautiful seam! They will never be invisible in stone/quartz, as Christima said, but you are going to have nearly that from nearly every angle.
dcward89
9 years ago
That seam looks just about invisible in the 2nd pic. It looks like it's just the light reflecting off the seam differently than the smooth counter that makes it so visible in the 1st pic. Definitely not a fabricator issue.
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Joseph Corlett, LLC
9 years ago
"Am I expecting too much?"

Yes.

Highly inconspicuous stone seams can only be accomplished with CNC or Seam Phantom edges combined with top polishing. If you didn't pay for that, you won't get it.

This seam could still be CA'd and top polished. Expect to pay $300.00 or so, with no guaranteed results.
poohpup
9 years ago
Looks like a really nice seam to me too. Even in the first picture, it's only noticeable because of the reflection. It's standing out to you right now because there isn't much else to focus on. Once you move in and have your things around you, that seam is going to disappear.

Congratulations on your new home!
Swentastic Swenson
9 years ago
Agree with other posters, seam looks fine. You won't even notice it once the dishwasher is in and you've got the place furnished and decorated. Its probably so obvious now bc you've got nothing else in the kitchen. Don't sweat it!
silken1
9 years ago
I agree, the seem is hard to find in the 2nd picture. With window treatments and furniture and possibly things on the counter top I think it will be a non issue in the end.

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