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Posted on 12/31/15 at 7:58 am to SaintWest
Man, that thing has so many waves in it. You get a couple of drunk goombahs sitting around that thing one of them is likely to get seasick. Not bad looking if you like that style though.
hint - if you were trying to post the photo directly, you're almost there. Just copy the "direct link" into the dialog box that pops up when you click the img button when typing your post ans volia!
hint - if you were trying to post the photo directly, you're almost there. Just copy the "direct link" into the dialog box that pops up when you click the img button when typing your post ans volia!
Posted on 12/31/15 at 8:15 am to SaintWest
You can go to the granite warehouses and show it to them to see if they have it. But even if they have the same "name" in stock, the slabs may differ a good deal. It's a natural product, so there can be big variations.
When we bought ours, the slabs that were coming in were much lighter than the older one on the showroom floor. We finally found some in Texas that were the older/darker pieces we liked.
And you really should go look in person. It's hard to assess the slabs accurately by photos.
You may want to scrap the idea of trying to match and just pick all new granite or other surface for the whole kitchen.
When we bought ours, the slabs that were coming in were much lighter than the older one on the showroom floor. We finally found some in Texas that were the older/darker pieces we liked.
And you really should go look in person. It's hard to assess the slabs accurately by photos.
You may want to scrap the idea of trying to match and just pick all new granite or other surface for the whole kitchen.
Posted on 12/31/15 at 8:17 am to SaintWest
Austral Coffee?
Posted on 12/31/15 at 8:31 am to Methuselah
Since this has been said a few times now...I have to say something.
Where you guys see non-uniform mixed blunder counter top, I see a counter top of fascinating complexity.
This counter top has way more history (step wise and time wise) than a normal uniform granite counter top. I think it's a really fascinating slab.
If that's not enough to convince you, here's what I, a geologist sees when I look at the OPs counter top:
- Rock solidified due to slowly cooling magma
- Felsic composition formed granite-like rock
- This then went under heat and pressure to metamorphose the granite rock
- Unequal forces on different parts of the granite caused mineral banding, and compression of those mineral bands
- The rock was heated unevenly to form new minerals in pockets around the granite that was undergoing metamorphism
- The former granite, now gneiss, for reasons unknown stopped heating up and pressures decreased
- Over millions of years due to weathering and erosion, the rock was exposed, then very recently, man excavated it.
Where you guys see non-uniform mixed blunder counter top, I see a counter top of fascinating complexity.
This counter top has way more history (step wise and time wise) than a normal uniform granite counter top. I think it's a really fascinating slab.
If that's not enough to convince you, here's what I, a geologist sees when I look at the OPs counter top:
- Rock solidified due to slowly cooling magma
- Felsic composition formed granite-like rock
- This then went under heat and pressure to metamorphose the granite rock
- Unequal forces on different parts of the granite caused mineral banding, and compression of those mineral bands
- The rock was heated unevenly to form new minerals in pockets around the granite that was undergoing metamorphism
- The former granite, now gneiss, for reasons unknown stopped heating up and pressures decreased
- Over millions of years due to weathering and erosion, the rock was exposed, then very recently, man excavated it.
Posted on 12/31/15 at 8:33 am to SaintWest
Find something that compliments it, rather than trying to match it. If it's a busy granite, do something simple, white gray or black on the countertops.
Posted on 12/31/15 at 8:48 am to Turbeauxdog
Granite is notorious for being radioactive and/or emitting radon. Radon is a problem in certain parts of Missouri if I recall making granite purchases a bit of a gamble if you don't test the granite before hand. This may not be a problem for Louisiana, but lots of homes in Missouri have basements where radon can accumulate.
Granite is pretty neat looking stuff no doubt, but some types of it are too radioactive.
Granite is pretty neat looking stuff no doubt, but some types of it are too radioactive.
Posted on 12/31/15 at 8:51 am to Turbeauxdog
I would name it "The Rock"
Every morning while the wife is cooking my breakfast. I can say "I CAN SMELL WHAT YOU GOT COOKING"
She would love that
Every morning while the wife is cooking my breakfast. I can say "I CAN SMELL WHAT YOU GOT COOKING"
She would love that
Posted on 12/31/15 at 8:58 am to SaintWest
Barbarella bl4
Posted on 12/31/15 at 9:11 am to Pectus
Gneiss-ly done, Herr Doktor.
Posted on 12/31/15 at 9:13 am to soccerfüt
Tiger Stripe
Posted on 12/31/15 at 9:14 am to SaintWest
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HELP! Name this granite
Let's call it Pete.
Posted on 12/31/15 at 9:52 am to weadjust
quote:Your wife sounds trashy if she would understand that reference... jussayin.
She would love that
Posted on 12/31/15 at 10:27 am to soccerfüt
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Good luck on never really matching it. That is probably a one-off exotic foreign granite.
Every slab of granite is "one-off".
Posted on 12/31/15 at 10:36 am to SaintWest
That's Bob.
Posted on 12/31/15 at 10:38 am to SaintWest
Called trashy
Yep
quote:
Prairieville
Yep
Posted on 12/31/15 at 10:49 am to Pectus
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That's not granite. Granite is igneous.
That's a metamorphic rock.
But doesn't it look like granite that's been affected by high pressure and temperature within the Earth?
Does the fact that it's been affected in that manner change it from igneous to metamorphic? I guess it does. Right?
Posted on 12/31/15 at 10:54 am to SaintWest
I would find the contractor that built your house and and see if they have a record of the fabricator they've for the countertops.
Posted on 12/31/15 at 10:57 am to SaintWest
I'll name it Stephen.
Posted on 12/31/15 at 10:57 am to SaintWest
granite?
Is it 2003?
Is it 2003?
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