If you don't oil your soapstone...
littlesmokie
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Comments (18)Huge DIY overhaul around here 2002-05 or so. In April, 2004 I stripped wallpaper in upstairs bath. "My" bath. It was a bear of a job. Washed scrubbed, even palm sanded to get the residue off. Didn't get it all but got it back to a flat surface, so primed with oil-based primer, applied my smoky lt purple paint (PPG Heliotrope, think BM Wet Concrete). DH was replacing all flat doors with raised panel doors, flat interior baseboard & door trim with nice patterned wood. All of it sanded & painstakingly painted with Cab Coat. So I got the bathroom done, he hung new door, put up trim on hallway side of door, but did not put up door trim on inside of bathroom. I asked. I got perturbed every time I walked past the pile of finished trim stacked in the garage. I got mad at him and said "What's up with that???" He hedged. He mumbled & he grumbled, committed & procrastinated. I threatened to hire someone, the notion of which made him perturbed. Repeat that verbal cycle umpteen times. Didn't get it, he's good at this stuff. I still do not have interior trim around my bathroom door. Why? One day he finally answered: "Because you said you might repaint it. So I thought I'd wait till after that." (He overheard me tell someone ages ago that I might change it to a warm light gray 'next time'.) What a weasel....See MoreDoes the oil on your soapstone soak your paper?
Comments (5)Much of soapstone has green in it, even if the overall effect is black. I have Minas and when you walk in my kitchen, it looks black. But when you get close to it, you can see green in it. Beleza when oiled, looks black, but when not oiled looks green. Julia is green unoiled, but more black when oiled. Cobra turns solid black when oiled. Santa Rita would look black with white veining, but tends to be soft. If you choose to go with soapstone, really check out the individual slabs to make sure they are hard enough for you, as some can be easily scratched and dinged while others never get a mark. The Nordic Black Antique granite that Catsam has on her island and Jen4268 has in her kitchen is a great choice if you want a granite that looks black but has texture and subtle movement in it and is low maintenance....See MoreVeteran Soapstone Owners: How often do you oil?
Comments (8)We've had our Mariana for about eight months now. In the beginning I was oiling like you are at 2-3 times per month, but for about the last couple months I've decided to go "natural", and have not oiled since. I'm actually liking the more natural state of the stone and like the way it looks as it has dried out. We'll see as time goes on which I really prefer, granted it does look more elegant when oiled, so maybe I will oil when expecting company, and let it go the rest of the time......See MoreDon't want to use oil based paint
Comments (7)Why would you think you have to use oil based paint? Use acrylic water based like for anything else in your home. You can even use Chalk Paint for this project. Before I painted anything, I'd install undercabinet lighting if there is current none installed. That could solve your problem because I'm not sure that paint will help in the shadows....See Moresw_in_austin
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