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August 29, 2008
Icestone kitchen counters
Anyone have an Icestone kitchen counter for a year or two---trying to find out how it ages.
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I just saw some counters in a project that I put in just about three years ago. They held up very well, no noticable wear or staining. One of the apartment owners has five, yes, five kids, so they cook a lot! I'll use them again.
Posted by: Bond at August 29, 2008 7:36 PM
Is this any different than terrazzo flooring? I would wonder about maintenance: would this need to be polished or waxed?
Posted by: BrooklynButler at August 29, 2008 11:20 PM
according to icestone.biz, it needs regular waxing and the occasional sealing. No different from stone.
Posted by: denton at August 30, 2008 5:50 AM
I doubt very seriously that the families whose units I was in are staying on top of maintaining their countertops. I think probably one of the factors that made them still look so sharp three years later is that the counters we put in are a riot of colors. Sort of a sherbert green base with multi-colored glasschips. It wouldn't have been my first choice, but either it helps hide the stains really well, or it's pretty resistant to stains in the first place. I would have no problems putting them in my anticipated kitchen re-do if it weren't for the fact that I'm dying to make my own concrete counter.
Posted by: Bond at August 30, 2008 6:40 PM
thanks---i've been hearing mainly positive things about wear. Anyone have any experience with A&K Tile Studio in Brooklyn---they're a fabricator/showroom suggested on the icestone site.
Posted by: kwar228 at September 2, 2008 9:17 AM
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