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Dan Espen

(Chris Lewis) writes:

According to fishcakes :
On Apr 27, 9:22 am, "Toller" wrote:

Can't help you, but you made me feel better about not getting granite when
we redid our kitchen.
Granite was beautiful, but corian just seemed more practical. Sorry about
your problem, but thanks for sharing.

Toller - thanks. We were struggling with granite vs corian or
silestone as well. There really wasn't that much difference in price,
granite a tiny bit more, but the deciding factor was certainly the
appearance but also the contractor told us that granite is also
virtually indestructible and that it just needs to be sealed
occasionally. Well, we learned our lesson, any natural stone is prone
to cracks or chips if hit in the right/weak place. I don't know if
there are different grades of granite, if there is, maybe just got a
bad piece. The contractor wants no part of fixing the problem; said
there is nothing to do about it except replace the piece.....at OUR
expense! I don't want to pursue it with them anyway, I can't imagine
ripping out our entire counter to replace it again and upset
everything else in the kitchen which is brand new. Next kitchen, 30
years from now..Corian or silestone...

Out of curiousity, for the Corian users out there... I've personally
not seen much installed Corian, and all of the stuff I've seen just looks,
er, grubby. Minor scratches - driven in dirt. Ends up looking like
a stained plastic cutting board.

Yes, I know, the scratches can be buffed/sanded out (if you can figure
out some way to match gloss level). And yes, all of the in-use counters
I've seen have been white, accentuating the grubby, and other colors/patterns
would hide much of it.

It just seems to me to be a bit too soft for a countertop. Even white
laminate stands up better.

Still happy with Corian?

Very.

Six years now, the counter is speckled gray.
Looks a bit like stone. No scratches at all.
We had one big crack due to cooking a turkey in a microwave
sitting on the counter.

Corian came in and fixed it.
There is no way to see the repair.

I also like the way the corian sink seems to be
seamless even when it's a different color.

No way I'd have white.