Corian Countertop Chemical Burn. Greensboro, NC.

This Corian countertop was burned pretty badly. Normally this type of burn comes from something you would expect it to come from like acetone in finger nail polish remover or brass and silver cleaners. This one however came from an unlikely source, one of those old drinking bird toys.

The homeowner told me that they had the bird out on the countertop just doing it's thing and at some point during the evening it got knocked over and the spill that resulted was not noticed for quite a while. When she finally did notice it, the damage was already done.




As you can see here, the chemical actually ate into the surface creating an area that you could feel as well as see.


It took a good amount of work to get this one right again but VIOLA!, there it is. Just like new.

Corian Countertop Chemical Burn. Greensboro, NC. Repair performed by Complete Solid Surface Refinishing in Beautiful North Carolina!

Wilsonart Gibraltar Sink Replacement. Winston Salem, NC

Here we have a Wilsonart integral solid surface sink that the homeowner would like to replace with a stainless steel drop in sink.



Like a lot of my customers these days, the homeowner has just decided that she would like a stainless steel sink instead. Usually people decide to do this when there is extensive damage such as a crack or maybe even a hole in the sink that makes it unusable. This time though, they were just tired of this sink and wanted to go stainless steel.





Also, a lot of my customers are going to a large single bowl sink instead of two equal sized double bowl sinks.

FYI, the cabinets do not have to be disassembled in order to replace the sink. They were in the middle of having all of their cabinet doors and drawers refinished.

Wilsonart Gibraltar Sink Replacement. Winston Salem, NC Done by Complete Solid Surface Refinishing in Beautiful North Carolina!

Retro Fab Corian Countertop, Re Use Corian Countertop, Winston Salem, NC

I refer to these types of jobs as a retrofit or a retro fab. Some folks refer to it as recycling Corian. What ever you call it, here it is.

These countertops came out of a house in Winston Salem, NC. They took them out so they could have new granite installed. Obviously they realized that their Corian countertops were still full of life and they decided to donate the tops to their aunt who lived on the other side of town.


Of course, as with any Corian recycling, the countertops need to be reworked in order to fit into the new space. The sink has to be moved, some edges cut off, some edges added, and then of course it needs a complete refinish to bring it back up to brand new. After all, even though these tops are pre owned, we want them to look just as good as the day they first rolled out of the fab shop. Here is the kitchen with it's existing old laminate countertops. On a side note, usually laminate countertops are not that hard to tear out. These were fabricated on site about 35 years ago and hidden nails and screws and lots of liquid nail. Getting these out was about the biggest challenge in this kitchen.

Here is the kitchen before.





Here is the finished kitchen. The aunt loved it and was very thankful to her sister for the new upgrade to her condo kitchen.





Retro Fab, Recycle, Re Use Corian Countertop, Winston Salem, NC. Done By Complete Solid Surface Refinishing In Beautiful North Carolina!