IrvineRealtor - 24 March 2009 05:42 AM

tmare - the Tide “bleach pen” is your friend (gets the grout and doesn’t oxidize the finish on your tiles).

-IR2

I second the bleach pen - it’s my buddy, especially around the stove!

To answer the 1930’s home with tile counter top question. I would not recommend an all white ceramic tile counter top with white grout. Here is my solution: create a back splash by using some Malibu tile accent and take the buff color from the accent tiles and apply solid buff color tiles to counter top and also use beige color grout. Most staining is beige anyway so there is no need for bleaching.

I’m going to use a garage door for my countertops.

irvine_home_owner - 24 March 2009 09:18 PM

I’m going to use a garage door for my countertops.

resawn finish works great. The splinters will grip the sashimi while you cut.

bkshopr - 25 March 2009 12:12 AM

irvine_home_owner - 24 March 2009 09:18 PM

I’m going to use a garage door for my countertops.

resawn finish works great. The splinters will grip the sashimi while you cut.

LOL!!! You funny, BK.

irvine_home_owner - 24 March 2009 09:18 PM

I’m going to use a garage door for my countertops.

Better yet use the hood of your car as a grille when your motor is still hot. 3 minute for medium rare and 15 minutes for well done. I just added another use to your fantasy garage.

Fantasy is want you really really really desire and can’t have.

Your 3 car garage in Irvine is like this water on this road:

Astute Observer - 24 March 2009 09:57 PM

aluminum or good old wooden garage door?

Aluminum… it’s lower maintenance.

Are you going to mount it on a track, so that with a push of a button, it will roll up, dump the trash and unroll a clean countertop?  Kewl!

That’s a good idea.

I should go register www.garagenite.com for my new countertop business.

Donald,

Please set aside one lot with extra 10’ width and 16’ depth and build a home with a 3 car garage with full driveway. I need to end my IHO misery.

BK

Concrete

xoneinax - 08 April 2009 12:53 AM

Concrete

See my post about EcoSlabs.