Neolith Calacatta slab
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Calacatta Gold Bathrooms - slab question
Comments (5)Personally I don't like the look of mixing honed and polished. Also, when marble is honed, the color tends to look different from the polished marble. At least that was the case with our botticino. At first I wanted honed but didn't like the color so we went with polished. It seems that you have seen the slab--is the color the same as the marble in the rest of your baths? I would make them fix it because you will probably regret it later. There is a reason that you made the choice in the first place. Don't let the money be the factor--these baths need to last a long time. As far as looks go, I like polished on the vanity top and deck....See MoreCalacatta tile from Home Depot matches real slab perfectly!
Comments (37)Jacqueline5, thanks for posting the color. I thought it might be Revere Pewter. I was going to RP with my bathroom but thought it might read too dark, in my low light. So I was going to use it in a sitting room, but decided against it and used something else. I actually have a gallon on hand. I dislike the color I ended up using. I am thinking of using the gallon of RP I have to paint up a sample board, and see how it looks in there. The sitting room has a fair amount of west light. I don't know what's going on, but I keep seeing pink in my colors and I was afraid that the Revere Pewter would have a pink cast too. I'm glad to hear you say that it is olive. I love green and blues. Your counter is beautifully installed. Is it 2cm? It looks like it is at the sink. If it is they did a terrific outer edge. The edge must have been mitered, right? I see the section of the stone from where the counter was taken. I love it....See MoreNeolith/Slab Porcelain
Comments (46)Reporting back that we have had Lapitec installed for about 3-4 weeks now. We ended up getting 3 cm because of large overhang on the peninsula. Unfortunately that overhang sent us into a 3rd slab. (We'll end up using the extra in a bathroom, rather than what we had originally planned.) We had a very good fabricator in our awesome contractor (Cornell's Quality Construction in Kirkland) who has his own shop and is certified through Pental for Lapitec installation. They did a very nice job, but I've been kicking myself that I forgot to ask for it to be flush around the sinks, and they did a negative reveal which is not my preference, especially if this stuff is prone to chipping. I have a big sink, so hopefully I can learn to keep things away from the edges. The first day, I whacked a baking sheet underneath the edge while washing it and it was fine, thank goodness. We got "Bianco Polare" which is a plain white, satin finish. It looks lovely, but is not without issues. It is nice and smooth. It is cold, and maybe a bit noisier than granite. Of course being plain white every darn crumb shows. But what is frustrating about it is that it marks up. There are grey marks on it from aluminum pans being set down, from moving countertop appliances to wipe under them, etc. Those grey marks do not just wipe off. I can either rub them with my finger like an eraser, or use a scrub like Mrs Meyer's. So they do come off, but what a pain. This was not something I even thought to test when I was trying to damage the sample I had. A friend of mine got Lapitec also - she got the glossy Lux finish, and the color is one of the lighter browns. She likes hers but says it always looks smudged unless she has just washed and dried it, which I think a glossy finish is prone to regardless. She has not commented on it marking up like mine does - maybe the Lux does not do that. I am not sure I would get Lapitec again. But I'm not sure what I would get instead....See MoreNeolith Calacatta, silk finish - looking for reviews
Comments (2)We've had Calacatta Silk for a few months now, and I really like it (some photos in other threads, but the ongoing unfinished chaos has precluded The Reveal on GW). It looks great, and I've found it to be very easy to clean, with even stuff like rust from a not-quite-dry cast iron pan coming off with a light scrubbing. It's not impervious, however, as the fabricator did a bit of damage that I've decided to live with--for a discount. I thought it looked fantastic when first installed and then it got covered up to protect it as other work went on. After it was uncovered again, I started to notice evenly-spaced little marks all over that I couldn't get off with 409, so we had the fabricator come back. I guess it was glue from clamps (?) or maybe the cutting machine, and they managed to do a good job of getting it off in most places, but they over-buffed in a few spots, leaving a different sheen in the surface. I wasn't home, but the GC's guy said they used an orange scrubby and acetone. The difference is only visible in certain reflected light (and then probably only to me), and it looks a little lighter or a little darker than the unmarked surface, depending on how much damage was done. They offered to replace the slab, but after living with it for a few months I've basically stopped noticing and I don't want to risk damage to backsplash, cabinets, adjoining slabs, etc. The fact that it can be scratched/damaged is kind of disappointing, as I was hoping for indestructible, but every material has its flaws and I think this is much more forgiving than most....See Morenosoccermom
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