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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Corian is a better product than granite. It was out before granite.
It has a lot of colors and you can get it to look like granite.[/quote]

Ugh.  Disagree.  My friend's mother installed Corian and hated it.  She said that if you looked at it wrong, it stained.  Basic cooking stained it frequently including tomato products, wine, vinegars, and many other food products.  She said she spent a ton of time keeping it clean.  Also, the surface is very soft and scratches easily.  She found that is you weren't careful with good knives, they could nick and cut the Corian because it was so soft.  Moving knives and other metal around the sink could scratch the surface and after even a year, it was much rougher than the counter.  We have Corian in our bathrooms and it is soft.  We've had people put heavy bags with metal buckles, etc on the counter and pull them off and leave scratches in the surface.  I have one gouge that we have no idea how it happened in our least frequently used bathroom and we have to find the time to sand it down and then repolish the surface to restore it.

Corian is only good if you are an infrequent or non-cook.  If you use your kitchen frequently (or have active kids around your kitchen) then it isn't a good surface for you.[/quote]

I've had Corian for 10 years and cook every day and I disagree with EVERYTHING you have said.  Ours stays clean easily and doesn't stain.  After 10 years it has some light scratches in places but it doesn't scratch easily.  We could get is sanded down to remove the scratches but I've not bothered to do that yet because they are not very noticeable.  We have a dark green color and I still love it.  I've certainly never had "heavy bags with buckles" cause any kind of mark at all.  Are you sure you and your friend's mother have Corian and not another product?[/quote]

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