To Gloss or not

[jean2579]

We are due to have new kitchen benchtops put in. I have found the Laminex of my dreams, it is a high gloss white marble surface.

We have a very small kitchen with limited natural light.

The kitchen maker says that gloss benchtops are a very bad choice and I should opt for a matt finish.  They are nice but deadly dull and boring.

I asked OH for his views and he said that as long as the food continues to come out of the kitchen he is not interested. Big help!

Any views for or against gloss tops.

[cherry*135]

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@azureline** wrote:

I have found the Laminex of my dreams,

it is a high gloss white marble surface.

We have a very small kitchen with limited natural light

For those who missed it........................

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Didn't miss that. Does that mean if you have a white bench and it gets dull and scratched and shows smears, you won't be able to notice those things, because of low light?

[cherry*135]

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i-need-a-martini wrote:

But on saying all of the above, laminate tops are cheap and can be easy to replace. Just make sure they tile the splashback BEFORE they put the benchtop on (They don't like doing this but you can insist).

That way if the benchtop is a disaster it is simply a case of uncrewing the top, removing it and replacing it with a new one. The average kitchen costs around $500 to replace.

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to replace the benchtop in a kitchen, as that is what that paragraph is specifcally referring to.

[amber-eyed-girl]

Gloss.

otherwise you will be unhappy looking at it every day.

your words say it all, deadly dull and boring...you will try to convince yourself you like it, but you won't.

[azureline**]

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@am*3 wrote:

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@azureline** wrote:

I have found the Laminex of my dreams,

it is a high gloss white marble surface.

We have a very small kitchen with limited natural light

For those who missed it........................

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Didn't miss that. Does that mean if you have a white bench and it gets dull and scratched and shows smears, you won't be able to notice those things, because of low light?

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I wasn't referring to your post 🙂 but if she gets a Nowex kitchen cloth.... no smears and no dullness.........and if she uses a chopping board, no scratches........... if she doesn't wear glasses and it's low light, she won't see much

[jean2579]

This work is part of an insurance job that was supposed to be done last year. They replaced all cupboards, drawers and the complete floor down to the joists but for some unknown reason decided that the bench top had not been damaged.

A few weeks ago we heard a crash and found that the benchtop had collapsed into the cupboards and the sink and taps were only being held upright by the plumbing.

The insurance co and builders blamed each other, but have decided to finally replace tops. We have to buy new sink and hotplate but I can live with that.

We were told by insurance co to find laminate veneer we liked.

[jean2579]

Azurline, almost blind as a bat ATM. But when the second cataract is done, will be able to see all.

[amber-eyed-girl]

Then if money is no object, as you are to choose, maybe they do not want you to get the one you want because of the cost.

in case it is harder for the installer to get the money out of the insurance company.

that is not your problem and they have mucked you about.

get the one you want 🙂

[jean2579]

It is quite amazing the huge amount of damage was caused by a flexible hot water hose on a flick mix tap that blew off and sprayed a full hot water tank of boiling water all over the place. The ins co said that the hose was only a few dollars but the claim amount was quite large. Apparently this is becoming common with the use of cheap imported taps.

[i-need-a-martini]

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@am*3 wrote:

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i-need-a-martini wrote:

But on saying all of the above, laminate tops are cheap and can be easy to replace. Just make sure they tile the splashback BEFORE they put the benchtop on (They don't like doing this but you can insist).

That way if the benchtop is a disaster it is simply a case of uncrewing the top, removing it and replacing it with a new one. The average kitchen costs around $500 to replace.

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to replace the benchtop in a kitchen, as that is what that paragraph is specifcally referring to.

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Thanks am for clarifying.

Obviously my post was referring to benchtop only. You would have to be pretty stupid to misunderstand what I meant.

[i-need-a-martini]

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@am*3 wrote:

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i-need-a-martini wrote:

But on saying all of the above, laminate tops are cheap and can be easy to replace. Just make sure they tile the splashback BEFORE they put the benchtop on (They don't like doing this but you can insist).

That way if the benchtop is a disaster it is simply a case of uncrewing the top, removing it and replacing it with a new one. The average kitchen costs around $500 to replace.

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to replace the benchtop in a kitchen, as that is what that paragraph is specifcally referring to.

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Oops. Posted twice. Not sure why.