Danby Marble--Honed or Polished?
I am about to get my danby marble countertops installed and need to decide honed v. polished--curious to see photos anyone has plus tips on maintenance of each!
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chispa
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Imperial Danby Honed Dilemma, 2littlefishies?
Comments (9)2lf, I figured you would ask me those ??? Yes, I have been to the Vermont Danby website. There are others that r interesting, but I do feel that Imperial is "the pick of the litter", hence the name. I am about to "break ground" on the reno, so we are probably 6-8 weeks away from counter top. I will press my fabricator a bit on sourcing other slabs as I agree that I should not compromise, too important, focal, and expensive. I would say that your slabs represent the ideal variant of Imperial Danby and that was the look of the samples and examples I have seen. Thanks for the response. BTW, I am using your lovely corner detail, I call it "chamfered with larks tongue". My KD was quite impressed with the visuals you provided and it is always great to bring design expertise to the KD ;-o)))....See MoreImperial Danby/Eureka Danby/New Light Emperador
Comments (22)Thank you, marthavila! I also love this kitchen and know I'm extremely lucky! (You should have seen the shoebox kitchen in our prior house which we lived in for 12 years! I could barely turn around and used to put a large cutting board over my sink to achieve a bit more "counter" space!) segbrown - I took some pics I hope will be helpful to you! Our lights are centered on the peak - we put a flat piece of wood there so they would attach nicely. I did place the island so it would end up being centered under the lights. By the way, the ceiling is a nice grade of cedar with whitewash on it so the knots and grain show through. I love it! The beams are "fake" as in they don't actually support anything, but we felt we needed them to break up the otherwise very large and plain ceiling. Oh, and I don't like my large pendants! The bulbs are extraordinarily hard to change (too difficult to describe, but trust me - it's an exhausting, two person, very difficult and awkward job!) Also, the glass is beaded in such a way that it looks filthy. The glass also can not be removed for easy washing - you have to wipe it while it's hanging. I got them from Capitol Lighting and can't remember the brand right now - will post later if anyone wants to avoid them. I don't think lights that are off-center on the ceiling would look bad. I'd do that to get them centered on the island for sure! Warning about a vaulted ceiling! If you are redoing your cabinets also, be sure to ask for finished tops on your uppers! Since mine weren't able to be seen on a daily basis, the KD decided I wouldn't want to spend a few bucks to have a flat, smooth surface to easy dust every month or so. What I was left with were rough, unfinished "bowls" on the top of my cabinets. The shims showed and the wood was rough and not easily wipe-able. I paid much more to have someone come fit tops onsite after they were installed. It would have been better/easier to just have it done at the factory. Here are the pictures - Here you can see that we centered the refrigerator between two doors and under the peak of the ceiling. Here you can see that we didn't/couldn't center the opposite wall since there is only one door to the left....See MoreMy Danby Marble Tests...
Comments (24)Thank you, tantadoodles. I sealed it with "MB Stone Care MB-4 Stone and More Impregnator/Sealer" which is supposed to last 10 years according to the label. (The owner of the company is a guy named Maurizio, who is pretty much of a stone expert on the internet. He sure knows more than I!) I have to say that since posting my picture, I have further etched the heck out of the island with plain water, tomato juice (wiped up without staining, but left an etch mark), etc. It is going to etch like crazy and I'm not worrying about it. All the marble in our house is etching from plain water droplets, and we have a water-softener and whole house filter! I bought our Danby at Dente Trading Co., Inc. in NJ. they had both honed and polished and the honed was dull and pretty boring. The polishing really brings out the colorful swirls you see in my picture above. Our fabricator (Globe) offered to do a lower polish level for the marble, to more closely match the duller sheen of the perimeter counters, which are Caesarstone Raven. (For those who don't know, the manmade quartz countertops have a less shiny polished finish than regularly polished granite and marble.) Knowing what I know now, I'd still get the same marble, polished. Just know it won't look perfect or brand new for long. Good luck with your decisions, everyone! Here is a link that might be useful: Maurizio's Stone Care Site...See MoreVermont Danby Marble - can you really remove etching by yourself?
Comments (27)I have used it on my statuary. It dulls the etch. I have found the green scrubby, dry, does better for me. It still dulls a little, but the etch disappears. DISCLAIMER: This method was recommended for Vermont Danby, not for other types of marble. I decided to try it anyway since I had some large etches. I have honed statuary marble. The marble gets "dull" if you have a spot you work in all the time (I do, so I speak from experience). When I got the etches out with the green scrubby pad, it looks the same as the dull place where I work all the time. I have had my marble for 3 years. I would think in 10-15 years, the whole thing should be dull and worked on - PATINA! Like the other poster above, I also use my island marble for EVERYTHING. I prep on it, serve parties on it, serve my family on it, put the groceries on it when I bring them in the house. It is well used. (Ours is 3x11 by the way.) Not sure what you mean when asking about cost. You mean the cost for comet and green scrubby pads? Maybe $1.50?...See MoreKeshet Starr
2 years agoGreat ideas! I'll attach some photos give you a sense of the style and color scheme!
chispa
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2 years agoI have polished montclair danby and it etches (as I was warned). I'm not sure but I think honed might stain more easily.
With that beautiful slab, my vote is honed.Keshet Starr thanked ShastaKeshet Starr
2 years agoQuestion for Danby owners (or marble owners in general)--did you reseal after installation? Attaching some photos of my one-hour-old island counter!
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2 years agoYou will love it. I think marble is elegant classic and beautiful.
Here's mine.
Honed of course
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2 years agoI love it- that would be what im going for too. Would you mind sharing a photo of your perimeter? Do you think a slab like this may give a similar look? All of the other slabs in my area are darker and very wild, but I’m now concerned this may be too washed out? So hard to know! But your‘s are sooo beautiful, so if this was even close…. And if you have any advice re: fabrication (like did your fabricator go over how the veining would look? Or did you use a designer to help with that? Or just yourself :) ).
Keshet Starr
2 years ago@shaupt No problem! Here are the perimeter slabs and what they look like installed. They are definitely darker looking in the stoneyard.
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2 years ago@shaupt No problem! Here are the perimeter slabs and what they look like installed. They are definitely darker looking in the stoneyard.
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2 years agoKeshet Star, thanks so much for sharing. Beautiful!! So interesting that they are darker in the stoneyard. Here are 2 possible options. I prefer the lighter one, but wish there was maybe a little more veining. The darker seems a bit wild and strong. Do you have a thought about either of them to give the look you have? This is such a big decision!!
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last yearWell dang! I am not a fan of quartz but I just saw a slab and thought it was quite lively. I brought the sample home. It compared very nicely to the honed Imperial Danby caramel colors and looked like real marble. I have seen several slab of this. Not all slabs are alike. VIatera Brushed quartz. You might want to check it out.
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