PENMART01 wrote:
>> "Christopher J. Webster" says:
>>
>> While formic is not particularly indestructible, it's cheap enough
>> to replace every 5 years.
>
>
> And that's exactly what I do, gives my kitchen a fresh new appearance
> for very little money, and other than for futzing with the sink I can
> remove the old and install the new myself with little more than a
> screw driver.

I thought it took a bucket of contact cement and a router. Or do you
mean a prefab countertop and you replace the whole top?

> I really don't see the point in spending what amounts to a year's
> worth of groceries on a stone countertop just to impress the
> neighbors...

It's so you can break dishes and cups whenever you sit them down too
hard or they tip over.

> Hopefully in about a week my kitchen will look like this:
> <http://www.woodfloors.org/consumer/designStudioInteract.asp?action=post&rm1=ki&sp1=bc &di1=ve&rm2=dr&sp2=ac&di2=ho>
>
Looks nice (but dark). What kind of finish does it have?

Regards,
Bob