pltrgyst ) writes:
> On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 22:26:23 -0500, "Wray DeLarme" > wrote:
>
>>We are in planning stage of a kitchen remodel. My wife and I both like the
>>look of a copper countertop. We also like the fact that it ages and changes.
>>We could go with granite but love the look of the copper and don't mind the
>>added maintenance....
>
> Good luck. Copper's awfully soft, and scratches very easily.
>
I'd be more worried about the getting too much copper into the
body.

That and the fact that while copper looks nice when all bright and
shiny, it doesn't stay that way for long. I was about fifteen before
I realized all those green church roofs were actually copper, and simply
hadn't been cleaned. I thought that sort of torquoise I saw on the
roofs was "normal".

Hence unless someone is willing to clean the tarnish on a very regular
basis, one has to actual put some sort of clear covering over the well
cleaned copper so the air can't get to it.

Michael