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Update: Kitchen B/A on Budget- Cust. Service
So I spoke with the customer service and they were super helpful! They're sending me a whole other kit and all we have to do (well, DH has to do, since I'm pg and can't be in contact with the top coat) is sand the topcoat to remove the gloss with 600 grit sand paper and then apply the minerals again (she recommended lighter dabs and closer together rather than farther apart).
Sooooo.... looks like what was supposed to be a one weekend project is turning into a 2 weekend project (and likely doing the cabinets in a few months as well)....
I'm just glad we don't have to use paint thinner, or prime it again... if we did- we probably would have just dealt with it! lol.
I'll be sure to post pics on Sunday!! My DH sure is a trooper for dealing with all this and helping so much!
Re: Update: Kitchen B/A on Budget- Cust. Service
I'll admit I'm kind of wimpy...I didn't reply to the first post because I thought it looked bad, but I also thought it was set in stone and you couldn't do anything about it so I thought it would be kinder to say nothing at all. I'm so glad other ladies on here were more honest, and that it's not a big deal to change it.
I'm so glad the company is working with you...and honestly, I know it's hard to get negative feedback, but I think in this case you'll be much happier that you went back to fix it.
IMHO, I think one color in particular -- the light brown color -- was contributing the most to the patchy look. I'm not sure if it's because it's the color you put on last, or if it's just applied more heavily than the other colors, or if it's the least similar to the other colors and that's why it stands out or what, but I think if you used a MUCH lighter hand with that color in a very irregular pattern it would look much better.
See the parts in the green ovals? I would try re-doing it without those, or at least with those being much lighter and scattered in a much less regular pattern. The parts I put in the red boxes I think look really good, if you can make the whole countertop look like that. I would look at some pictures of real granite and get a sense of how the colors are distributed, so you know what you're trying to reproduce.
Here's an example of someone's painted countertop that I think looks really natural, and she described how they did it:
http://westwooddrive.wordpress.com/2012/03/09/bathroom-countertop-transformation/
Good luck!
Like I said, the big parts on top weren't what bothered me, it was the edge where there was multiple parts of the dark showing through to make it look really fake so blending that in more will help. I agree with Dr.GF, the red spots she highlighted = fabulous.
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The parts that are in green ovals are actually supposed to be the bottom "layer" of sponging- so it shouldn't be that noticeable at all... basically, when I redo it, there won't be much black at all showing, and you (hopefully) won't be able to pick out any "splotches" of a particular color.
I'm not sure how it turned out so differently than upstairs, since I THOUGHT I did it the same way- but I think the problem was that I didn't do that bottom color (that is circled) very close together.
So, what are the actual colors you have to apply -- light brown, white, gray, and black? I'm thinking if you take the lighter -- white or gray or whatever you you have -- and just go over the brown spots you may "soften" them and they'll blend in better. I would maybe try that as a first step rather than trying to start from scratch.
I'm so glad they are working with you. I was going to feel awful if I sent you to the customer service and they just said, "too bad!" LOL. I think I mentioned in my previous post that I had done Giani on my countertops a couple of years ago. I used the Sicilian Sand kit and here's a close-up of mine if it helps you. I don't think I used much of that dark brown color at all.
This looks awesome! OP, I think yours was done almost too perfectly - the dots were all very uniform, even though I know you said you had different sized sponges. This looks much more random (and therefore more natural) to me.