I'm a marble lover looking for granite
htracey
12 years ago
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Comments (50)I just posted this on someone else's thread but I wanted to say THANK YOU for helping me find my voice! And making progress! The granite guy came today and fixed the crack. You can't tell at all standing over it. I can see it when the sunlight is reflecting off of it, but also bc I was specifically looking for it. Anyone else would just see it as graining. Granite guy said it happened probably when the cabinet guy was hacking at the trim he had to remove bc it wasn't right. This I can live with. The cabinet guy showed up yesterday. The magnet he brought to fix door wasn't the right one. I started to show him which cabs had nails still sticking out and he said he'd check all of them. Then he said ok I'm done. I opened a cab and said the nails aren't finished, I thought you were going to finish them. He says,"Oh I didnt realize that you wanted me to do that." Really?Really? I guess he thought the splintered wood was fine? So then he says ok I'm done. I'm going to run to HD and get the magnet and be right back. Then I went to check his work. He missed cutting nails in 2 cab and didn't finish 3 others. Well...An 1 1/2 later he calls and says he got the battery but needed to go home and he'd come back tomorrow. I told him he missed more nails etc. And... he didn't come. But I do consider it a small victory he came at all. And lastly, I called the glass guy and said it was really driving me crazy everytime I look at it. He said he was going to call daltile to see if there was anything he could do, but if not, they would have to do it over bc it was their mistake. Yea! So I'll let everyone know how things turn out. I really don't expect to hear from cab guy. But, it's not the last he'll hear from me!...See MoreMarble lovers, some information please...
Comments (14)There is no doubt that marble is beautiful and, like other natural stone, fundamentally durable. One can find buildings all over Europe with marble that is hundreds of years old and still looks gorgeous. And the monuments you've mentioned are prime examples of how fine stone can age just beautifully. Still, marble is a softer and more porous stone than granite and therefore it does stain and etch. Over time, however, it can develop a patina -- i.e., the imperfections can come to look as if they are part of the stone. Those historic buildings/monuments no doubt have stains (slight discolorations)and etching (if they haven't been re-polished recently) that one would never notice unless one placed a brand new piece of the exact same marble right next to them. We observed this first hand during a bathroom remodel a few years ago. DH cracked a backsplash and we had to find a replacement piece to match the remaining countertop. We quickly learned that some of the slightly creamy white tones in the backsplash that we had assumed were natural were actually water stains that had resulted from water wicking up through a couple of tiny gaps in the caulk between the backsplash and the vanity top. I doubt that any layperson would have identified those creamy tones as stains (although experienced stone people who were familiar with this particular marble could) and I actually thought they gave the stone a slightly more attractive appearance than the original, pristine stone. Generally speaking, compared to synthetic materials, all natural stone is higher maintenance and more subject to changes in appearance over time. And compared to some other natural stones (especially granite), marble is somewhat higher maintenance and more subject to wear and tear. People who prefer more uniform, pristine surfaces may thus find marble a bit more challenging to live with. People who really love the look of natural materials--partly because of their natural variations and imperfections--won't mind the maintenance and the wear because they'll be too busy basking in the beauty of their marble....See MoreMarble Lovers: Reinstalled My Redone King of Prussia Mantel Shelf
Comments (5)Your mantel looks great. Having had stone restoration done several years ago, I can appreciate your joy in how the stone looks after being restored. That same stone was used for the stairs and hallways in the 100+ year old building where we owned a condo. It always amazed me how great it looked after all those years without much maintenance. The tub surround in our unit was a gray stone that had lost its luster. We had a marble restoration company clean it and polish it and it looked brand new again. The guy told us it was called Tennessee marble but was not actually a marble. Pretty amazing thinking how the tub surround stone was subjected to water, soaps and who knows what types of cleaning agents for more than 100 years and thinking how many times the marble stairs/hallway were trodden on....See MoreCalling marble lovers who went with Quartz!
Comments (40)Abby F, did you ever look at Mont Tranquility? I am looking for a quartz that looks like marble and will stand the test of time with 2 little kids as well. Was originally going to go with Polarstone Olympia but am hesitant because a few people have commented that it scratches easily!? I'm so torn because the Polarstone looks AMAZINGLY like marble but I don't want to spend all this money for it to scratch and stain in a year. I know you have the Mont Rhapsody and it seems like you would recommend that product. Just wondering if you ever compared Rhapsody to the Tranquility?...See Moresayde
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