Hi,

Does anyone have any advice on how best to maintain an Askilan kitchen
worktop?

I have one which was fitted two years ago, and has only been lightly
used, but I have never found it easy to keep it looking good. The
surface is supposed to be semi matt, but develops glossy "high spots"
which leave it looking uneven textured. In other places (particularly
the draining area) the texture just seems permanently blotchy and hard
to keep clean.

I contacted the supplier sooner after fitting, and they said if
necessary clean it with "Cif" abrasive cream, and to be quite tough
with it (I was not sure whether it was OK to use abrasives). I have
done this and it does sort of work, but you have to scrub quite hard
and keep doing it regularly, otherwise it quickly gets blotchy. You
cannot just wipe it clean with some Flash as I would a granite
worktop.

They also advised after cleaning it thoroughly to wipe the surface
with olive oil to give it a glossy finish. I tried this in a small
area but it seemed to leave a sticky finish and I did not like the
idea of having my worktop coated in olive oil, so I cleaned it off.

The company (Askilan) has now ceased trading as far as I can tell -
their web site is no longer active.

Overall I wish I had paid a bit extra and had granite!

Thanks

David Ellis

replying to David Ellis, Adrian wrote:
Askilan recommended paraffin oil which gives a semi glosss finish and needs
redoing from time to time,

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On Monday, 30 October 2017 19:14:06 UTC, Adrian wrote:
replying to David Ellis, Adrian wrote:
Askilan recommended paraffin oil which gives a semi glosss finish and needs
redoing from time to time,

I'm sure he's very grateful for your reply 10 years later.
Why do so many people use that stupid website to get here?

On 30/10/2017 19:21, wrote:
On Monday, 30 October 2017 19:14:06 UTC, Adrian wrote:
replying to David Ellis, Adrian wrote:
Askilan recommended paraffin oil which gives a semi glosss finish and needs
redoing from time to time,

I'm sure he's very grateful for your reply 10 years later.
Why do so many people use that stupid website to get here?

Probably because it shows up in web searches...

maybe its also looking at distant galaxies - you see them as they were
in the past - perhaps they are attracted to the more informative and
less grouchy version of the group as it was then!


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John.

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Because it so stupid it does not really make it clear that its actually just
a naff portal to Usenet. The dating is illogical and also it suggests you
can put graphics or stuff like that in the system but of course if you do
do that many of the servers outside strip this if its not a binary group.
Obviously the young whippersnapper who wrote the site has never ever used
Usenet. T my mind somebody needs to act as a quality control and if a web
interface does not conform correctly to the right parameters, it needs to
be blacklisted and all its posts bounced back. I fully realise however that
to police this would need somebody paid to do it and this will never happen.
I've only browsed idly in the site but it seems to me they would have been
better making the thing an email list based system with a web interface
than one connected to Usenet which is always going to remain plain text
based.

I do feel sorry for the people who succumb to the thing. Its not their
fault its the admins.
Brian

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On Monday, 30 October 2017 19:14:06 UTC, Adrian wrote:
replying to David Ellis, Adrian wrote:
Askilan recommended paraffin oil which gives a semi glosss finish and
needs
redoing from time to time,

I'm sure he's very grateful for your reply 10 years later.
Why do so many people use that stupid website to get here?

On 31/10/2017 08:19, Brian Gaff wrote:
Because it so stupid it does not really make it clear that its actually just
a naff portal to Usenet. The dating is illogical and also it suggests you
can put graphics or stuff like that in the system but of course if you do
do that many of the servers outside strip this if its not a binary group.

The graphics bit actually works ok, since it does not encode binary into
the message, but simply hosts the file on the website, and inserts a URL
into the post.

If they dropped the "The best rated discussions" bit, or failing that,
simply prohibited replies to threads more than a certain age, it would
actually be a reasonable usenet portal.

It even has the ability to quote properly, but does not make it the
default action or include explanation or why its a good thing to do.

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John.

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