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   From: creative1985@gmail.com   
      
   On Jan 3, 3:01 am, Beauvine  wrote:   
   > ephraimhend...@gmail.com wrote innews:3dde21f8-6f3e-4aaf-9ca2-   
   2520e570e54@googlegroups.com:   
   >   
   > > We need to replace our laminate counter tops.  What are the pros and   
   > > cons of granite, silestone and quartz?  Thank you.   
   >   
   > I have granite, and to be honest, I would have preferred Silestone or   
   > something similar.  For one thing, the granite has little "pocks" in it -   
   > it's polished, but the "pocks" ae just characteristic of the stone.  That   
   > might not be true of all granite, of course.  The point, though, is that   
   > they're crud-collectors.   
   >   
   > Also, although it's nowhere nearly as bad as marble, it *can* stain.  And   
   > you have to be careful what substances you use on it.  Since I sometimes   
   > use glass-etching acid, and utility sinks seem to have gone the way of the   
   > dinosaurs, I'm stuck with doing things like that over the kitchen sink, and   
   > the problem is that the stuff will etch the granite.   
   >   
   > *And* you also have to be careful what you clean it with.  And so on and so   
   > forth.   
   >   
   > In my opinion, it's an overpriced pain in the ass.   
   >   
   > Now, if you have nothing else to do other than clean and polish your stuff   
   > every day, the granite *looks* nice enough, however, as with "stanless   
   > steel finish" appliances, if you actually have anything resembling a life,   
   > give deep and serious consideration to materials with smooth, stain-   
   > resistent, easy to clean, and bacteria-resistent surfaces...   
      
   You still making pomegranite wine right on the counters?   
      
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