Cutting Granite With Kerosene?
Hello Tom,
I have been most interested in the questions you’ve been receiving regarding problems with green granites. Could you please tell me if Canadian granite, “Adobe” color is a green granite (my monitor does not show me if it is really green and tan) and whether it, and “Tunas Sea Green” from Brazil will have any “staining” problems? Also, I have read somewhere that some companies cut their stone with kerosene instead of water and that the residual kerosene perks to the surface, staining the stone. How can you be sure that your green granite selection has been water cut?
My thanks for your expertise,
Merr
Hello Merry
I do not believe that anyone in the USA uses Kerosene for cutting. It is just too much of a health hazards and very few even know that it reduces the wear on diamond tools. Would the fabrication plant in Canada use it? Yes, perhaps but I don’t think so. Large slabs are cut with what is known as a Gang Saw, along with corundum shot and a large volume of water. Cutting with Kerosene would be more common in very shorter slabs which are cut with a diamond wheel saw.
Anyway, the Adobe granite is very good stone and I recommend you see local samples to understand the true color. Best wishes!
September 24th, 2008 at 5:02 am
I am remodeling a relatively small kitchen (12×12). It is an open floor plan that opens to the family room on one side and the dining room on the other side. The color scheme in both rooms is burgundy, sage green and tan. I am installing maple cabinets with a ginger glaze. The floor is 13×13 tiles, dark mottled tan color. I have been looking at a granite call California Sunrise.
I have two questions: Will this granite make my kitchen look too homogenous? Secondly, can you please recommend a coordinating tile for the backsplash?
The last thing I want to do is to spend money remodeling only to have a boring kitchen. I’m not really good at coodinating colors.
Thanks,
Rose N
January 22nd, 2009 at 10:20 pm
Hi Tom,
I have purchased pompeii granite for installation in my kitchen. I love the stone but could only find it with one particular fabricator. I would like your opinion on a few things they are telling me.
I have an island that measures 36 x 50 inches. The 36 inch width includes a 10 1/4 inch overhang. The fabricator told me I do not need any support (only required on overhangs of 12 inches or more). Do you agree? I am concerned because of the information I have read on your site regarding the pompeii granite. It is weaker than other granites, true?
Also, I have a L shape that is approximately 112 inches long and 25 inches wide with a standard sink cut out near the mid point. The bottom of the L (perpendicular piece) starts at amount 88 inches and extends about 12 inches (total width of 37 inches). The slab I have selected is 120 inches yet the fabricator wants to put a seam at approximately 84 inches (just to the left of the sink). They said this is their procedure… My friend has a similar layout with no seam – her granite is black galaxy. Is fabrication of the pompeii with no seam a reasonable request? Or is there a concern that a L shape of this size would be too difficult to fabricate in the pompeii stone? Should I be concerned that the stone would crack?
I have enjoyed exploring your website and appreciate the fact that you have shared your knowledge with beginners like me…
Thank you,
Laura