OMG! can it get any better

[Mark's Girl]

Has anyone used these?

www.applianceart.com/Instant_Granite_Film_s/104.htm

reviews, thoughts, concerns?

[aweilba]

Oh my. "You'll never be able to tell it's not granite." Yeah... sure.

[Mark's Girl]

May 22, 2012 17:18:02 GMT -5 aweilba said:

Oh my. "You'll never be able to tell it's not granite." Yeah... sure.

Well I am sure you can tell but how much different can it be to use the Rust-o-Leum kit? and less work :Y:

[aweilba]

May 22, 2012 17:33:42 GMT -5 Mark's Girl said:

May 22, 2012 17:18:02 GMT -5 aweilba said:

Oh my. "You'll never be able to tell it's not granite." Yeah... sure.

Well I am sure you can tell but how much different can it be to use the Rust-o-Leum kit? and less work

That's true. I mean, from far away it could be believable.

[mrs.jacinthe]

I like the idea, in theory. But I just feel like applying what is, essentially, contact paper, to your countertops or appliances is kind of icky. I'm hard on my countertop and that would be scratched and ugly in no time, not to mention unsanitary. Also, did they address the stickum so it's not attractive to roaches like contact paper is? That would be a big concern to me.

[5thofjuly]

Gross! How on earth would you wrap the corners well, and, well, just ick.

[annadala]

May 22, 2012 17:37:53 GMT -5 mrs.jacinthe said:

I like the idea, in theory. But I just feel like applying what is, essentially, contact paper, to your countertops or appliances is kind of icky. I'm hard on my countertop and that would be scratched and ugly in no time, not to mention unsanitary. Also, did they address the stickum so it's not attractive to roaches like contact paper is? That would be a big concern to me.

Roaches like contact paper? Well, I'm traumatized now.

[vanillahip]

May 22, 2012 17:33:42 GMT -5 Mark's Girl said:

May 22, 2012 17:18:02 GMT -5 aweilba said:

Oh my. "You'll never be able to tell it's not granite." Yeah... sure.

Well I am sure you can tell but how much different can it be to use the Rust-o-Leum kit? and less work

TOTALLY different from the rustoleum kit! Glossy contact paper < a thick adhesive paint + solid vinyl chips + silicon epoxy protective coating! Sticky paper doesn't even come close to the same durability and overall functionality of the rustoleum system!

[mrs.jacinthe]

May 22, 2012 17:41:46 GMT -5 annadala said:

May 22, 2012 17:37:53 GMT -5 mrs.jacinthe said:

I like the idea, in theory. But I just feel like applying what is, essentially, contact paper, to your countertops or appliances is kind of icky. I'm hard on my countertop and that would be scratched and ugly in no time, not to mention unsanitary. Also, did they address the stickum so it's not attractive to roaches like contact paper is? That would be a big concern to me.

Roaches like contact paper? Well, I'm traumatized now.

Yep. From NY Magazine: "And don’t line cabinets with contact paper: Roaches will eat the glue and use the area between the paper and the shelf to breed."

[emjacobs]

May 22, 2012 19:12:16 GMT -5 vanillahip said:

May 22, 2012 17:33:42 GMT -5 Mark's Girl said:

Well I am sure you can tell but how much different can it be to use the Rust-o-Leum kit? and less work

TOTALLY different from the rustoleum kit! Glossy contact paper < a thick adhesive paint + solid vinyl chips + silicon epoxy protective coating! Sticky paper doesn't even come close to the same durability and overall functionality of the rustoleum system!

That and the fact that the paper only comes in rolls of 3' x 30" so your going to have seams EVERYWHERE, my peninsula area is huge I would have seams going both directions if I did this.

[duckduck]

May 22, 2012 19:20:41 GMT -5 mrs.jacinthe said:

May 22, 2012 17:41:46 GMT -5 annadala said:

Roaches like contact paper? Well, I'm traumatized now.

Yep. From NY Magazine: "And don’t line cabinets with contact paper: Roaches will eat the glue and use the area between the paper and the shelf to breed."

Where's the vomit smiley when I need him?!

[treedimensional]

May 22, 2012 17:40:20 GMT -5 5thofjuly said:

How on earth would you wrap the corners well.

This. Wrapping it around the corners and undersides would be REALLY hard. Plus, it's a sticker. It can't function as a real counter surface. It won't resist heat or liquids or stains or knives....