I'm trying to choose granite ... do you know what yours is? (update on page 4)

I did choose my stone. I went to a massive warehouse in Perth Amboy and walked around for an hour. I agree that looking at slabs is the way to do it if you can and pick out the one you want. We picked a slab called "titanium" granite, with a leathered finish. We've had it installed going on three years now and I absolutely love it.

I am in the industry. I would be glad to help you any way I can.

Typhoon bordeaux is really pretty. I've noticed it while looking online.

We went to three stone yards in Baton Rouge a week or so ago. We loved three at the first yard. Two were already sold to someone else and the third was marble, so we scratched that one off the list. One of the ones I really like is white piracema.

They expect to get more soon, but we'll have to go look at it again, knowing that we might not like a different slab (there were four in the previous lot).

Here is the marble I fell for:


We didn't like the second yard very much, but at the third place, there were three or four more that we liked ... not sure if we loved them. I thought I wanted something subtle, but some of the dramatic pieces are also interesting.

I have white statuary marble with distinctive mid grey bloomy veins, lots of movement and contrast. Honed, not polished. It does etch a bit if you spill acids (lemon juice, vinegar, fruit juices, tomatoes), but that doesn't bother me. Just gives it character. I use it pretty hard, rolling pastry and mixing dough directly on it. It cleans up with a scraper and a spritz of counter spray.

Definitely pick your stone slabs in person, make sure you get the number/inventory code of the exact slabs you reserve. Poorly organized stone suppliers may send you differnt slabs from the same source, which may not have the same movement, color shading, etc.

CajunAlum, we haven't really looked at soapstone. I don't know much about it, except to associate it with biology lab.

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re: I'm trying to choose granite ... do you know what yours is?  (Posted on 12/19/14 at 8:21 pm to Gugich22


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Such as? And don't say glass, man.



Slate or quartz. Everyone has granite. It is porous and really sucks compared to the other options. 

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So you seal it once a year. How else does it really suck? Quartz is great if you want a modern clinical look.

I liked the quartz and quartzite when searching for stone but they were usually $1000-1500 more than granite per slab. And that adds up when you are looking at 3 to 5 slabs.

Yeah, the granite sealing is no big deal. I remember to do mine around New Years and 4th of July, so twice a year. Takes a few minutes. No more time than a good cleaning.

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My wife and I are modernists, but the concrete look and the amazing things that can be done with it, are hard to beat.

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I just put a purchase agreement on a house with some real sweet concrete countertops throughout. Some pretty cool sink designs too...