Hi Everyone - we just had our Neolith Calcacutta counters in silk finish installed in our kitchen. I DO NOT recommend going with this product unless you are okay with a number of downsides. We utilized a certified Neolith fabricator who has lot of experience in working with this material. We did the mitered edges so that they were not white as well. Not only was this by far the most expensive product, but it was disappointing as well. You can see the white edges where it was mitered and there are defects from the moment of installation from which I was told are "normal" and acceptable. My seams (only two, that is nice) are VERY obvious and not what I would have expected. The material itself marks up when ANYTHING touches it basically. Put a cookie sheet on it and you have horrible black / gray marks everywhere that do not come out. I have been told you have to be willing to scrub it for that to happen and they recommended using acetone to get them out. Um....so now i am left with counters that cost me over $13k that I am not happy with from how they look (they look great from afar) and that mark up when anything touches it and I have to use a special something to try and get them out and that is not easy. If I could do it again, I would go with quartz or quartzite. These are not worth the pain and suffering along with the high cost and disappointing outcome. I went to some friend's house over the weekend where they had their new quartz counters installed, by the same fabricators we used and they look far superior to ours and they do not have the same issues. I read the reviews on here and chose it anyway and am devastated I did. I wish I had taken these reviews to heart and not listened to the fabricator's comments that these were one off experiences.

Jenny1963, You make me laugh so hard!!!!! I had the 4 by 4 white tile counters all over my kitchen. DESPISED IT. I found cleaning smeared peanutbutter from the tiny grout lines was a pia.. Trust me tiny is far worse than wide. BUT, I must tell MovinginVA, my sister has granite tile (Actually it is a marble that is dark called Emperador) large squares with tiny invisible grout lines and it is BEAUTIFUL. This is in her lake house. It was something her husband chose without her there and at first she was really mad at him but it looks wonderful. My sister is a clean freak and has no complaints about the super thin credit card silver size grout lines. I found a few pictures of tiles. I need to get some pictures of my sister's place. It is winter right now and no one is at the lake too cold. Her counters are far prettier the the images below. ~boxer Phoenix granite tiles by John's custom tile PAGranite co. google image Smith Floor and Tile Green White Kitchen 300 Toronto Home Granite DIY I still like the idea of painting. But maybe not over your current countertop. Rather take the counter down or out and get to the base layer. If there is nothing than put in plywood and paint it like this...

When we remodeled our kitchen in 02, we did it "out of pocket" and couldn't afford granite slab. I knew nothing about granite tile but DH convinced me he could do it and I'd love it :) He butted the tiles together and used a dark, unsanded grout that matches the tile as closely as possible. Of course, if we could have afforded it, I would rather have had slab. In the remodel of 07, we knocked out a a wall and added a peninsula to the kitchen. The peninsula IS slab. Monica (who desparately needs to update her kitchen photos!) tiles: slab: This is how lucky we got that we found a slab 5 years later that matched our tile so good :) Also, look to the left fo the granite sample and you can see the grout lines of the granite tile. This was a macro shot. In real life, they're practically invisable.

Seeing this in 2024 and that seam is TERRIBLE! Either the technology has completely improved or people saying it’s completely fine just have a very low standard. 😳I have never signed off a counter with seems like this, nor will I.