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.

nosoccermom, I'd recommend reaching out to Marva Marble & Granite, located in at 12225 Distribution Way, Beltsville, MD 20705: (301) 595-188, if you're still interested. They're very familiar with the product and hopefully can provide some pricing that will work better for you. Feel free to reach out with any other questions!

If you do a search here in Kitchens on Neolith, you'll read of some fairly upsetting experiences and no support from the manufacturer [https://www.houzz.com/discussions/do-you-want-to-see-pix-of-cracked-neolith-dsvw-vd~5121488?n=102[(https://www.houzz.com/discussions/do-you-want-to-see-pix-of-cracked-neolith-dsvw-vd~5121488?n=102) [https://www.houzz.com/discussions/my-cracked-neolith-dsvw-vd~5258933?n=22[(https://www.houzz.com/discussions/my-cracked-neolith-dsvw-vd~5258933?n=22) [https://www.houzz.com/discussions/neolith-botched-install-dsvw-vd~5339770?n=30[(https://www.houzz.com/discussions/neolith-botched-install-dsvw-vd~5339770?n=30) [https://www.houzz.com/discussions/neolith-blowout-issues-dsvw-vd~5296995?n=2[(https://www.houzz.com/discussions/neolith-blowout-issues-dsvw-vd~5296995?n=2) [https://www.houzz.com/discussions/pix-of-cracked-neolith-dsvw-vd~5121482?n=2[(https://www.houzz.com/discussions/pix-of-cracked-neolith-dsvw-vd~5121482?n=2)

Yes, search for "neolith" on the search bar at top of page. Then choose "neolith in discussions". You should get around 600 threads. Here is a good one to get you started! https://www.houzz.com/discussions/5121488/do-you-want-to-see-pix-of-cracked-neolith#n=153