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Post by wireholic on Oct 24, 2013 21:44:15 GMT -5
Anyone in Central Coast CA want some counter sized marble slabs? A friend is moving next week & has to get rid of them. I have not seen them myself but they are cheap, probably free. She's in Marina, Monterey County.
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Post by The Dad_Ohs on Nov 11, 2013 12:23:39 GMT -5
Are these still available or too late?? If they are available I wil send tyou the money to ship them to me in a LFRB and if you have to break them in half to ship that's ok too... I would be cabbing them anyways. Let me know please.
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Post by wireholic on Nov 13, 2013 22:48:33 GMT -5
Sorry - they're gone. Or at least my friends moved and left them behind. They wouldn't fit in a box anyway - they were 8 ft long!
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Post by The Dad_Ohs on Nov 16, 2013 23:44:24 GMT -5
Sorry - they're gone. Or at least my friends moved and left them behind. They wouldn't fit in a box anyway - they were 8 ft long! 8ft!!! oof!! that a frieght shipment, but what I could do with that much marble !!!!!! Oh well, thanx anyways. |
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Post by wireholic on Nov 17, 2013 14:43:59 GMT -5
look in you local yellow pages for custom counter manufacturers. A lot of times you can pick up pieces they've trimmed off or circles from the hole saws for nothing
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Post by mohs on Nov 17, 2013 17:40:16 GMT -5
I'm always stopping in to stone countertops companies
and getting samples. I scan for labadorite & onyx
mostly
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Post by The Dad_Ohs on Nov 17, 2013 23:18:09 GMT -5
look in you local yellow pages for custom counter manufacturers. A lot of times you can pick up pieces they've trimmed off or circles from the hole saws for nothing unfortunately the nearest place to me, read that only place near me !! uses silkstone and is only now getting into marble counter tops and will sell you the pieces they cut out, but won't give anything away and they want good money for the cut outs too!! |
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Post by marinedad on Nov 17, 2013 23:40:25 GMT -5
I could stop in a marble counter top shop and see if there are any scrap free or cheap Mario.
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Post by wireholic on Nov 18, 2013 11:31:06 GMT -5
I'm always stopping in to stone countertops companies and getting samples. I scan for labadorite & onyx mostly They make countertops out of lab? I want!!! I'd never get any cooking done though & I'd kill the first kid that banged a pot down on it -- maybe a backsplash would be safer LOL |
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Post by mohs on Nov 18, 2013 12:36:43 GMT -5
your right!! I just scanned for it never said I found any  although I did get a 2" thick about 6" across slab of lab from one of those places not sure what they used it for? Ed |
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Post by The Dad_Ohs on Nov 18, 2013 14:54:48 GMT -5
I could stop in a marble counter top shop and see if there are any scrap free or cheap Mario. that would be cool if you could and I'd pay ya for them, for your trouble and shipping too !! check into it and let me know... ad before you ask, not fuzzy on color or material or any of that right now... just something to try first... then I can go crazy !!!! LOL  |
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Post by The Dad_Ohs on Nov 18, 2013 14:56:15 GMT -5
your right!! I just scanned for it never said I found any although I did get a 2" thick about 6" across slab of lab from one of those places not sure what they used it for? Ed How are you scanning for LAb??? just checking to see if it turns blue? or do you have an actual scanner? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2013 15:16:03 GMT -5
yeah, they sell labradorite slabs for counters  |
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Post by wireholic on Nov 18, 2013 15:54:45 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2013 16:00:38 GMT -5
Karen, that slab is 3/4" thick and 6 feet by 10 feet or so, roughly I mean.
I have seen them with single crystals as large as a jumbo pizza (18" or so)
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Post by wireholic on Nov 18, 2013 16:08:09 GMT -5
backsplash material for sure! I want it in purple! Counters need to be made of something I dont mind spilling on & can handle a few dings & scratches
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Post by mohs on Nov 18, 2013 19:42:12 GMT -5
scan & you shall find!
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Post by The Dad_Ohs on Nov 18, 2013 20:59:09 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2013 14:59:57 GMT -5
backsplash material for sure! I want it in purple! Counters need to be made of something I don't mind spilling on & can handle a few dings & scratches There ain't nuthin' in your kitchen gonna harm labradorite. It'll ruin your knives. All standard kitchen liquids will not effect it, I cannot think of a single thing in your home that could harm it. Ohhh maybeeeee an overheated flaming boiling pot of deep frier oil.......... you'd never do that, right?!!!!! Comet claims to not scratch marble, but not safe on glass..... hmmm.... The MSDS shows it is calcium carbonate, no problem. I found a paper using xray diffraction to show Ajax is Quartz don't use that. The same paper indicates that soft scrub is calcite, no problem. |
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Post by wireholic on Nov 19, 2013 15:47:53 GMT -5
backsplash material for sure! I want it in purple! Counters need to be made of something I don't mind spilling on & can handle a few dings & scratches There ain't nuthin' in your kitchen gonna harm labradorite. It'll ruin your knives. All standard kitchen liquids will not effect it, I cannot think of a single thing in your home that could harm it. Ohhh maybeeeee an overheated flaming boiling pot of deep frier oil.......... you'd never do that, right?!!!!! Comet claims to not scratch marble, but not safe on glass..... hmmm.... The MSDS shows it is calcium carbonate, no problem. I found a paper using xray diffraction to show Ajax is Quartz don't use that. The same paper indicates that soft scrub is calcite, no problem. Obviously you have never met my family! I almost burned the house down last weekend with a pot of soup I left on low - couple hours later when I got back from errands that ran overtime - smoke alarm is screaming - dogs are howling - smoke boiling out the door as I opened it!! My poor dogs! The neighbors never noticed a thing! |
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