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jeffspicole
that stove costs more than a car.
mrl1432
This is Absolutely Gorgeous kitchen!!! You did a Magnificent job!! Love your Style!!!! ♥️✝️🙏💐🇺🇸💯
dakta
Soapstone is far too soft and far too porous to make a sink. It will easily scratch, chip, and gouge from handling pots and pans in the basin during washing. This will lead to divots that collect stagnant water and grow slime.
Soapstone is also far too porous for a sink. When used for counters, soapstone is like a butcher block cutting board and is “sealed” with mineral oil. It requires continuous maintenance and re-application. Eventually, over a long enough time period, you can effectively saturate the stone and it becomes somewhat easier to maintain. But in a sink you have constant exposure to detergents, hot water, and acidic foods which will dissolve the mineral oil. This will quickly lead to staining.
And because it’s so porous it’s harder to clean when unfinished and harder to sanitize. So I hope you don’t process raw meat in your sink ever. And because it’s so soft you can’t put a hard finish on it because that finish will bear significant impact damage if you ever drop or scrape anything on it.
Soapstone is a terrible material to make a sink out of. It’s actually worse than raw copper, which is a great accomplishment.
Very pretty kitchen though.
HatchPatterned
If my lottery numbers ever hit, this is pretty much the kitchen I’ll build. Yes, the soapstone will nick, but ten seconds with sandpaper and a wipe of mineral oil bring it right back. Pop a rubber mat in the bottom for heavy pot days and you’re fine. Those skinny shaker doors with the brass pulls are chef kiss, and that range probably cost more than my first car but I’d still take it. Whole space feels warm and lived in instead of showroom perfect. Love it!
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[Designer website with more pics and information](https://artichoke.co.uk/projects/kitchen-victorian-country-house-south-coast/).
Image is of a UK house on a hosting site that has been banned in the UK.
that stove costs more than a car.
This is Absolutely Gorgeous kitchen!!! You did a Magnificent job!! Love your Style!!!! ♥️✝️🙏💐🇺🇸💯
Soapstone is far too soft and far too porous to make a sink. It will easily scratch, chip, and gouge from handling pots and pans in the basin during washing. This will lead to divots that collect stagnant water and grow slime.
Soapstone is also far too porous for a sink. When used for counters, soapstone is like a butcher block cutting board and is “sealed” with mineral oil. It requires continuous maintenance and re-application. Eventually, over a long enough time period, you can effectively saturate the stone and it becomes somewhat easier to maintain. But in a sink you have constant exposure to detergents, hot water, and acidic foods which will dissolve the mineral oil. This will quickly lead to staining.
And because it’s so porous it’s harder to clean when unfinished and harder to sanitize. So I hope you don’t process raw meat in your sink ever. And because it’s so soft you can’t put a hard finish on it because that finish will bear significant impact damage if you ever drop or scrape anything on it.
Soapstone is a terrible material to make a sink out of. It’s actually worse than raw copper, which is a great accomplishment.
Very pretty kitchen though.
If my lottery numbers ever hit, this is pretty much the kitchen I’ll build. Yes, the soapstone will nick, but ten seconds with sandpaper and a wipe of mineral oil bring it right back. Pop a rubber mat in the bottom for heavy pot days and you’re fine. Those skinny shaker doors with the brass pulls are chef kiss, and that range probably cost more than my first car but I’d still take it. Whole space feels warm and lived in instead of showroom perfect. Love it!