On Fri, 20 Apr 2018 15:00:35 -0500, "Paul K. Dickman"
wrote:


"Tom Gardner" wrote in message
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On 4/20/2018 9:12 AM, Paul K. Dickman wrote:
They can be ground on site.
You can hire somebody, but you probably have the necessary skill set to
do
it yourself.
I would suggest striking it off to a small 45 deg chamfer as it is easier
to
do than freehanding a radius.
Start with a couple of diamond sharpening stones up to 600 grit, then use
diamond disks for an angle grinder to take it up to 3000 grit.

Paul K. Dickman

"Tom Gardner" wrote in message
news My granite counter top in the kitchen has about a 1/16" radius edge.
Big
mistake! now the edge has a number of little chips out of it. I wonder
if there is a way to fix without removing it and sending it back to the
company that made it. You can't notice the chips but you can feel them
and it makes me sick. Maybe a diamond file or such to smooth them out?


Thanks Paul, I'll try that. What do you think is the best counter top? I
love the look of the granite, guests just love it too.
but it must be kept impeccably clean, of course it's black.

Don't try for a big chamfer. Just enough to grind out the chips.

I do a lot of metalwork for architects and decorators, and most of them call
me back in for punchlist day and pay me $75 an hour to solve all the little
problems that crop up.

I've watched dozens of stone countertop installations, and in my opinion
they're all a waste of money unless you're a candymaker who likes to make
candycanes next to the sink.

In most of these jobs, I've watched them rip out the granite countertop the
last owner put in and install a new one.

My counter tops are 1" vitreous tile with white grout. If anything gets
chipped, I have another 10 sq feet of tile in the basement to fix it and the
grout is easy to match.

Paul K. Dickman

I have nerve damage in both hands which makes it hard for me to tell
how tightly I am gripping things. So I tend to drop things. So I put
maple countertops in my new house. They look great and are more
forgiving to dropped stuff. I also have two pull out cutting boards
and three more under the stove. Nevertheless when we had some guests
over and some stuff needed to be chopped one woman almost started
cutting directly on my countertop. I caught her just in time. She
thought that the all my countertops were chopping blocks. Sheesh!
Eric