Originally Posted by jyl (Post 12290566)

SS counters then?

Originally Posted by futuresoptions (Post 12290570)

If I wanted the look of a stone sink but without having to worry too much about durability, I would remake the sink out of marine grade plywood, fill any gaps with thickened epoxy (like if you were building a boat), sand, put a coat of epoxy to soak into the wood, while still tacky I would then do something like this. Choose your own coloring.

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Originally Posted by jyl (Post 12290578)

Woah, that is cool! How would you do a sink, though - need to flood all sides, inside and outside, and the pattern would have to make sense.

Originally Posted by javadog (Post 12290572)

Better, (not as soft) but I’d go with something that doesn’t show every scratch. Metal does and it’s a ***** to refinish.

Granite always worked for me.

Originally Posted by jyl (Post 12290584)

I'm familiar with maintaining copper, from all my copper cookware. Twinkle, BarKeep's Friend, or similar. They'd basically end up looking like copper bar tops. If I ever wanted to get them fresh and shiny again, I'd use my buffer. That thing gets my pots to a mirror finish in no time.

I'm not familiar with maintaining stainless steel. I assumed I could use abrasives, pulling with the grain, for light scratches.

Originally Posted by javadog (Post 12290592)

Something like a Scotchbrite pad, in the right grit, can minimize the look of minor scratches. But the way they put the grain into a brushed finish on stainless steel is different.

Any reason you want metal?