On Wed, 01 May 2013 22:31:23 -0400, micky
wrote:

On Thu, 2 May 2013 03:15:40 +0200, nestork
wrote:


Stainless steel is probably the most practical counter top. Virtually
all commercial kitchens use stainless steel food preparation surfaces.

Granite is an igneous rock, and as such is extremely heat resistant.

Everyone wants a ceramic tile counter top until they have one. The
problem is that dirt collects in the grout lines, and so they're harder
to keep clean than any counter top that offers a continuous smooth flat
surface.

Probably the most durable and attractive counter top would be granite.

Probably the most practical counter top would be stainless steel.

I'd want to see a stainless counter that was 10 years old. For
deocratoin and surfaces that don't get used, it's great, but wouldn't
it get beat up. in use. The bottom of my sink doesn't look so good,
afaicr.

There are stainless cleaners that will keep a stainless sink looking
new.