Anybody regret having soapstone?
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does anyone here hate or regret their soapstone?
Comments (24)Thanks for all the positive responses in response to my opinion on soapstone. Just for the record, I color my gray hair, but I like my jeans very worn in! My only major regret in my kitchen design was that I only found this website after everything was ordered and the kitchen was mostly finished. I probably still would have gotten soapstone though, because if I asked on here, the passionate stoners on here would have swayed me in getting it. I admit, I had some doubts when a coworker told me how soft it was and she said it "chips" easily. I did a little research on the internet and visited a friend who had it in her kitchen, and fell in love with the beautiful veins. DH was 100% against granite- he wanted marble- I thought SS would be a great compromise- and it would fit well with our 100yr old house. Again, I think I should have done more research, I'm still astonished when I read this forum and look at how much people agonize over decisions- maybe I should have done a little more of that with the big purchases- but hey, you live, you learn....See MoreBrazilian Soapstone? Anyone have it or regret it?
Comments (24)I am reading every GW thread about soapstone trying to convince myself that I will love it if I use it in our remodeled kitchen. I keep learning important new information, so thanks to all GW posters. I assume that what Trebruchet is saying is that an edge that is more rounded won't show chips as much. I recently talked to a kitchen designer who used soapstone in her own kitchen and she said that she should have "eased" the edge more, because it wouldn't show the chips as much as a hard edge. Has anyone else found this to be true? I am not a fan of polished granite with lots of movement, and I think the look of soapstone would be perfect for our traditional white kitchen, but I just don't want to have it look beaten up in 8-10 years. Also, I agree with the comments about honed back granite showing every fingerprint and smudge. I've seen this and have talked with homeowners who absolutely hate their honed black granite for this reason....See MoreUnderstanding Soapstone. Part one. A 1st try :)
Comments (36)Rubyfig: I have had soapstone for about a year (GM original). My experience has been that in the beginning, mineral oil evaporated more quickly. I started using the beeswax that you read about on these boards. (I got it at Sur La Table.) Buffing the beeswax onto the counters definitely made them stay darker longer. Eventually after a few months, we stopped having to oil them as frequently and they still stay dark. Now, we only oil them when we have people coming over. Sometimes I'll just use mineral oil because you don't have to use as much muscle to buff it the way you do with the beeswax. We still get water spots but I don't really worry about that. We can rub them out with a sponge. Hope this helps. DC...See MoreSoapstone owners: any regrets?
Comments (10)I'll admit to not loving my soapstone as much as I expected. My variety does not hold the oil very well so to keep the dark preferred color (IMO) I have to oil it constantly. So then I stop oiling and just let it dry out and then I'm dealing with water rings and dark spots. (I think water rings are a problem with the oil too.) I also wish my soapstone had at least one area with a wider white vein - mine are fairly minimal. I wanted minimal but with just a touch of pizzaz and the original piece I chose had one great white vein slashing through. That piece got returned for a bookmatched piece. : ( But my fabricator did such a phenomenal job with the stone that I can't fault him for that. If I had to do it again?? I still think I'd lean towards soapstone. A lot of the granites just didn't do it for me. I looked at paperstone and it just seemed too flat... The stone does look perfect in my kitchen so I definitely don't regret it - it's just more work than I thought. I've had it in for about 2.5 months and am very pleased with it's scratch resistance. I chipped it for the first time when I dropped a large ceramic vase near the sink. It slightly chipped the edge - not that anyone would notice. The vase and a dish in the sink didn't fare so well!...See Moredanielle00
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