On Tue, 24 May 2016 15:49:40 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 24 May 2016 14:37:53 -0400, Keine Krausescheiße
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On Tue, 24 May 2016 11:42:32 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 24 May 2016 07:44:08 -0400, Keine Krausescheiße
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On Mon, 23 May 2016 19:55:02 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 23 May 2016 19:27:24 -0400, Wayne.B
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On Mon, 23 May 2016 11:27:02 -0400, wrote:

Wayne is on the move again. He should be in Savanna by supper time.
Passing north of Jekyll Island right now heading "outside".

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Sorry but you're just not keeping up. We ducked back inside late in
the afternoon to position ourselves for tomorrow. We're having a
problem with the hydraulic stabilizer system so I'm going to stop at a
shipyard south of Savanna to see if they can work on it. We can run
outside without stabilizers when it's calm like today but not so much
when the wind's blowing.

As an FYI, the Georgia coast, ICW and barrier islands are incredibly
scenic.

I have been on the road. I was on (Yuk) Del Prado today, going up to
buy an oven for my country kitchen project on the lanai and I also got
lucky and scored a piece of granite to replace that nasty quartz crap
I put on the new bar top.
Last time I looked you were just starting to make the turn to go
inside north of St Catherines but I see you are up at the mouth of
Kilkenny creek now. No BBQ for you I guess ;-)

Gosh, what a propitious moment. We have Wilsonart Solid Surface Veneer in our kitchen that is past
the 25 year mark and has a couple cracks. Thinking of replacing it. Consumer Reports seems to like
the quartz over the granite for countertops.

Why are you so down on quartz?

It is just miserable to work, compared to granite. I assume the pros
have a trick I can't find. I believe they actually seal it instead of
polishing it. When I use the diamond pads I got for granite, I can get
a smooth dull finish but it never actually polishes out. I have a
bunch of quartz and I am not sure what I am going to use it for.
I did manage to find enough with the appropriate factory finished
edges for my country kitchen. There are polishes you can put on it to
bring back the shine but it doesn't last long. Bear in mind this is
outside. My granite bar top is doing great after a few years.

Outside. OK, maybe that has something to do with it. We've not started looking yet.

The quartz that has the factory finish seems to be doing OK outside.
it is just the stuff that has the liquid polishes on it I see in the
"how to" web sites that will not last. I have lost track of our
cabinet buddy so I really do not have anyone to ask how the pros do
it.

I have plenty of material to test with so I will do some torture
testing and see what holds up best to heat, scratches or anything else
you guys come up with. I love science projects. I know sharpie pen
comes right off of all of them because that is what I am using for
layout. A little lacquer thinner wipes it right off.

I just roughed in my piece of granite
This is what I got, not really square and some cuts on the bottom edge
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/Granite%20from%20boneyard.jpg
Here I have cut off the bad edge, squared it up and roughed in the top
edge and corner radii.
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/granite%20roughed%20in.jpg

I am about done with the 100 grit pad so tomorrow I will start the
polishing. That is the rewarding part because you actually see it
starting to shine up.

I wouldn't even think about trying to do it myself. I have two sink cutouts and a countertop
Jennaire cutout to worry about. Also, I'd want the edges rounded. No way I'd be tempted to mess with
it.
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