Name ALL the things you use your mortar and pestle for?
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Comments (3)I always appreciate those who respond to my posts and hope that I too can help others at times. I also appreciate those who are brave enough to share there experiences--particularly what they feel are their "mistakes" as it does help to educate the next person. I re-read your entire pool post because I remember your situation and it made me want to check my builder's grout color when they came to install my stone coping. Needless to say ---we made a run to a local store to get (and paid for) our own grout and I'm glad we did. I ended up using a more neutral "buff" or what I'd call a taupe color. The only options our installer gave us was the traditional white or a very dark gray. As to what might help in your situation -- I tried searching for you under "changing grout colors" and found there were stain products (can go darker only) and products that acted more like a "paint," but would take several coats to go lighter. The other option seems to be to manually chip-out and replace the grout. I would make a trip to a tile specialty store to discuss your product options and to get at least some plastic grout sample sticks to see what color range would look best with your materials. There are actually way too many grout color choices and after I had picked one in the grayer range they didn't have it in stock and I went with something between a tan & gray because I had to get something that day. Nobody but me would know it wasn't my first choice as it does look nice. Now, you probably don't want to hear this-- but, when I look at your pictures on my monitor it seems that your grout has a slight mauve color that complements your interior pebble finish. It may be less neutral than the tones in your stone (again on my monitor it doesn't look it) but to me it does not look entirely out of place with your stone choice. Not so funny thing is we all have our own opinions of what we think looks best and we are worry about so many things that didn't go as planned, or things that didn't turn out quite as anticipated or we're left dealing with problems that weren't unanticipated at all. Seems as others have said we are left second-guessing even our own choices when it is what we wanted originally and came out as planned--but now we're not happy with it. I also wanted to ask you if you are using a color enhancer/sealer on your stone? This can dramatically change the color by deepening it and it also may bring out color-tones you would not have noticed otherwise. You may want to test your several pieces of left-over stone with this type of product and then see how it looks with the current color of the grout. Try the enhancer on the sealer also on the grout as this will get coated in the process as well. As I sit up tonight trying to make some tuff decisions of my own I truly feel your pain. Hope some of this helps. By the way I wish I had done my spillway like yours--you see opinions do vary. I will be probably be paying more to redo some material choices of my own. Ugh!...See MoreGranite Mortar and Pestle
Comments (2)Wash it....the loose granite will wash off, then it's fine to use for food...in fact that is the intention it's called a molcajeta....for mashing up avocado for guacamole....and other things. Put a couple of cloves of garlic into it, mash, add the flesh of a ripe avocado or 2, mash it a bit, sprinkle on a generous sprinkle of salt, add the juice of a lime and perhaps some ground red chilis....scoop with a tortilla chip....See MoreWhat nutty things have your pets done? Show us!
Comments (128)@aok @my3dogs He has very strong big feet but his nails are never a problem. They never get sharp. I do have them all trimmed regularly at the vet. I think I posted this before but this video shows you how goofy caique's are: http://youtu.be/_DIMJ2eENow My little rescue green cheek also likes to lay on his back and wrestle with my fingers. My rescue nanday rolls on her side next me and sucks on her toe. It is so endearing!...See MoreCan you name all 4 grandparents? Can your adult kids?
Comments (48)My mother had a family Bible that kept track of relatives, but it mostly had information about my father's family, since his family had passed down lots of information about aunts, uncles, and some cousins, as well as ancestors. My mother's family did not do that, and my mother did not even know her maternal grandmother's maiden name - I had to ask my grandmother, and that is about all the info I got from her about that. Relatives on both sides of my mother's family had huge family reunions because both of my mother's parents came from huge families, although my mother was an only child. It was nice to meet more distant cousins during those, since I did not have any first cousins from my mother. My mother's father's family claimed to be Scots-Irish (from Northern Ireland, I presume), and they also claimed to have come to Texas from Tennessee, and so I guess they were hillbillies, since I've read that Hillbillies are Scots-Irish from Tennessee....See More
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