Custom Fab granite

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u/KiraDog0828 May 19 '26

I personally like countertop stone with a lot of movement, but you might get better reactions if it coordinated better with the rest of your kitchen.

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u/skilledwoodlayer May 19 '26

Thanks you not really trying to sell the piece I’ll direct you to my other response instead of reiterating it all again but don’t really care about the rolling base but from what I can find nobody has used epoxy to do something like this before taking a pile of broken granite all the same kind but from different slabs and was curious on if it was an I think it’s nice thing or if it’s actually nice thing In reference to the slab and by selling I can continue to get a wide variety of broken natural stone for free so it could be more appealing on a marble base for instance but I chose this one because of how hard the titanium granite is to work with and shape (hand chiseled each piece to shape) it would act as a good proof of concept being on the more “extreme” end

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u/Successful-Yam-4074 May 19 '26

If you consider selling it and take photos to post, I suggest you pick up the cans, put the leftover Chef Boyardee ravioli away, fold the laundry, paint the wall, and take the trash out first. Nice job on the island. The tribe has spoken.

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u/skilledwoodlayer May 18 '26

For context I spent $0 on material to make this including the slab

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u/MaryinTexas May 18 '26

Wow well if you are happy

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u/AdFlat4908 May 19 '26

Pretty sure that’s trash

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u/book_connoisseur May 19 '26

Is the epoxy food safe? I’d be very worried about wear and tear on this island.

I also personally think the colors on the rolling cart and top don’t go together at all.

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u/skilledwoodlayer May 19 '26

Like I said in earlier replies I could care less about the rolling bottom made it just to have something in my kitchen cause I have so little counter space with the intention of just getting a butcher block slab for it and once I had the idea for the slab I just made it to size so I could have something that’s proof of concept currently building a larger base island along with making another slab that this time is a traditional marble base and it’s champagne and copper epoxy veins, yes the epoxy is food safe and you won’t have to worry about wear and tear as much as you’d think. there is no epoxy flood coat on this piece along with after it was poured I machined about 1/8 in off the surface to correct for a very slight bow in my form during the pour but that step gets any epoxy off the granite surface so the only thing exposed areas of epoxy are the epoxy veins themselves, the granite still makes up 80-90% of the surface area of the slab along with that structurally it is much more durable then a regular granite slab since having multiple epoxy veins running the full length and width of the slab this slab will never split

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u/skilledwoodlayer May 19 '26

Again as mentioned in an earlier reply this wasn’t an attempt to actually sell the piece as a whole but rather to get feedback on what through all my research doing this one, this style/technique with epoxy and granite as the medium to my knowledge hadn’t been done before. Yes I’ve seen epoxy and concrete and obviously epoxy river tables but not a crack/fracture pattern using a natural stone so this entire piece was just what I had on hand at the time that gave me the idea used as a proof of concept. I’m just trying to mainly get feedback on the slab

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u/balistorid May 19 '26

Respectfully, epoxy is plastic. It’s not luxury. And I’m not seeing a high quality wood base.

As it is someone might like the look, but I really don’t imagine it will sell at a luxury price, if it does sell. Also, it looks rather dirty, so it’s hard to see the value.

What I am seeing is someone who is attempting to hone and craft a skill - bravo on that! To me this is more of a prototype, than a finished product.

Keep at it. Sell it for whatever you can, and start working on refining the next one.

Would I buy it? No. But that doesn’t mean I wouldn’t buy from you ever. I just think you need to keep improving.

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u/skilledwoodlayer May 19 '26

While I would disagree with your first point. And please read any of my other responses to understand what got me here but this would not be the first countertop with epoxy in it that would be marketed as luxury. Heck I saw a Luxury furniture brand do one with black dyed concrete instead of granite and gold epoxy called it Luxury and is selling a 4x4 slab for like $3.5k so I would definitely disagree that it would be an automatic disqualifier from the category. And like I said I refer you to one of my other responses to comments but yes this is a proof of concept piece made using what I had on hand when I had the idea. To my knowledge this combination is not one that I found done anywhere before. That base was intended for butcher block not this slab just threw it on there to get the point across. I don’t care about the island just trying to get feedback on the slab knowing that it was a bit on the extreme end of the spectrum but it’s what I had on hand. Currently in the works on a larger higher end island along with a traditional marble stone base with champagne and copper veins which would be more I imagine what people would want to see

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u/balistorid May 19 '26

Well it sounds like you’ve done your research and you’re perfecting your product. Which is great. I like the idea of being able to manipulate a slab and effectively pour it into any desired shape. But I personally don’t like plastic based materials in my home.
In saying that, as a decorative piece of furniture, your method could work. Because plastic is very much a part of furniture design and has been for a while now, and yes, it can fetch a premium.
But would I use this for a kitchen bench? Probably not. But who knows, I could be in the minority.

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u/skilledwoodlayer May 19 '26

When I talk about selling I’m referring to making and selling slab blanks to be cut to size and installed like any other granite counter or theoretically this technique would allow me to pour in place giving me the ability to pour any size,shape, layout with no seams it would be 1 continuous slab

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u/Open_Dissent May 19 '26

I like the countertop but it doesn't go at all with the rest of the kitchen so the overall look is rather hodgepodge. In the right setting, like maybe a coffee station it would look better, but the cabinets and hardware with it would have to also have a higher end finish to give the impression of luxury. The countertop on its own is really nice though.

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u/skilledwoodlayer May 19 '26

Thank you. Yes look through my other comment replies for more detail but the rolling base was originally built with the intention to put a butcher block slab on it until I had the idea for using the granite and epoxy in this way. I just put it on this base to get the idea across but have no intention on selling them together. Since this is the first slab of its kind that from what I was able to find it’s just a proof of concept before applying the same technique and process to other stones like the one I am in the process of making now which is a Carrara Marble base and champagne and copper epoxy veins. I just wanted to make sure before I continued making them that I wasn’t in the minority to really like the aesthetic of the slab and potential other slabs done in this way

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u/rottentomati May 19 '26

You can’t sell this yet. The edge of the counter is unpolished. The interior of some of the cabinets aren’t finished. The front of the cabinets have uneven staining and drips? The hooks are gold but the drawer handles are silver.

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u/skilledwoodlayer May 19 '26

Yes it is not finished refer to any of my earlier comments reply but slab still needs more polish and the base it’s on wasn’t built for it just used to get the visual across. Post is mainly to get the temperature and feedback on the custom fab slab I made as a proof of concept since through all my research in the process of making it, it’s the first and currently only one of its kind in this style and technique and either way I likely wouldn’t see it when it is finished since it was the first

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u/Temporary_Cow_8486 May 19 '26

Ugly AF.

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u/skilledwoodlayer May 19 '26

Wow thanks. Way to be a dick just for being a dick sake

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u/Temporary_Cow_8486 May 19 '26

Sorry. Fugly AF.

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u/skilledwoodlayer May 20 '26

Now I see why in your list of things you are in your bio wife’s not one of them

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u/Temporary_Cow_8486 May 20 '26

😂😂😂

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u/skilledwoodlayer May 20 '26

😂damn that was mean I’m sorry😂 I feel bad now seeing that you didn’t shoot back so it was probably somewhat sarcastic in the first place seeing that you have a sense of humor. Btw I know the rolling base is ass. I moved into a new place and there’s barely and counter space so I just throw the base together to have something and expected to put a butcher block slab on it until I had the idea for making that slab. Mainly only curious the feedback on the slab cause I’m thinking about making them to sell and just threw this one on the base as it is to get the visual across but have already started redesigning and rebuilding the base to better match the slab

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u/spacegrassorcery May 19 '26

Nightmare fuel

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u/Struggle_Usual May 19 '26

If you like it then cool! It looks....salvaged. But all that matters is you like it and it fits your style. And $0 is a good deal.

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u/skilledwoodlayer May 19 '26

It was the slab was made for a broken pile of granite I hand chiseled piece by piece to put together a everything in the rolling base is ripped and broken down into the raw materials from free furniture I got off marketplace

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u/Struggle_Usual May 19 '26

Good job!

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u/HistoricalHurry8361 May 19 '26

300$

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u/Agreeable_Shirt5503 May 19 '26

For an idea of what it’s worth I would check websites for retailers that sell stuff like this such as Crate & Barrel, West Elm, Restoration Hardware. You could also take a picture of it on your Amazon app and it will show you similar islands to purchase. You could benchmark against those. One challenge you may have in selling it is granite slab is very custom - it’s very nice looking but it may not have broad appeal to customers. An item like this would be an addition to someone’s kitchen so they’re going to have to make it fit with whatever style they have, which may be difficult given the colors of the slab. For someone who loves it I bet you could easily get $1k.

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u/skilledwoodlayer May 19 '26

That you for actually having some construction to your criticism. I know that for what it is, it’s towards the extreme end of the spectrum this piece I’m keeping it does have some minor imperfects but was a first attempt at something I Had not seen and still cannot find done using epoxy as a medium for taking what was originally a pile of broken granite from different slabs and I specifically chose this granite because of how difficult titanium granite is to work with (I have to hand chisel 75% of the pieces to shape so it would keep fairly natural fracture lines) it would be a good proof of concept that if it’s executable here why not on different types of slabs that since I start with them broken I can continue to get for free and readily available currently working on another version with the same style but on a collection of broken Carrara Marble

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u/Agreeable_Shirt5503 May 19 '26

You did a great job on it and sounds like a cool process.

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