[Magdalen] Appliances was Medical update (& honestly, getting' a little scary).

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Jay, did you know that Formica can be sprayed with a kind of epoxy paint and 
it does provide an excellent finish and holds up really well. I've known 
several people who have had this done with outdated solid colored Formica 
with great results.

Lynn

website: www.ichthysdesigns.com

When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck
 "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk 
by Richard Rohr

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From: "Jay Weigel" <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2016 9:53 AM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Appliances was Medical update (& honestly, getting' 
a little scary).

> Well, mine has kind of mauve-ish ceramic tile FLOORS that extend clear out
> through the dining area, 12-inch tiles that I hate with a passion because
> they show every speck of dirt. AND the countertops are teal formica 
> without
> any pattern! Plus the fact that the island, which I otherwise love, does
> not square with the line of the floor for some reason.
>
> The house was built by the contractor who lives across the road, 
> apparently
> with materials he, um, appropriated from building sites where he was
> working. Also apparently without use of a plumb line. Nothing is *quite*
> square. It's a beautiful house, but it has some serious peculiarities, 
> most
> of which I love, but a few of which drive me crazy.
>
> On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 10:33 AM, Marion Thompson 
> <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Mmm.  My kitchen area features lots of fake granite counter-space, rather
>> swell after the inherited pinkish formica or whatever it was that I 
>> endured
>> for nearly 25 years in Whitevale. It shows nothing. :-)))  What with my
>> stainless steel appliances and all, my kitchen would give you the 
>> jim-jams.
>>
>> Marion, a pilgrim
>>
>>
>> On 5/7/2016 9:43 AM, Jay Weigel wrote:
>>
>>> I use that, but in two shakes the stuff is nasty again. I absolutely
>>> DETEST
>>> stainless appliances! There, I've said it. Oh, and you can have granite
>>> countertops, too. There are none in our kitchen and never will be.
>>>
>>> On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 12:39 AM, Molly Wolf <lupa at kos.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> White vinegar is the answer to almost everything except "what is the
>>>> meaning of life?" (42).
>>>>
>>>> Molly
>>>>
>>>> The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in 
>>>> no
>>>> other way. -- Mark Twain
>>>>
>>>> On May 6, 2016, at 11:47 PM, Sibyl Smirl <polycarpa3 at ckt.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On 5/6/16 4:31 PM, Jay Weigel wrote:
>>>>>> We have stainless, purchased before I moved here or we wouldn't. I 
>>>>>> hate
>>>>>>
>>>>> the
>>>>
>>>>> stuff. It's impossible to keep clean in a hard water area.
>>>>>>
>>>>> White vinegar.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Sibyl Smirl
>>>>> I will take no bull from your house!  Psalms 50:9a
>>>>> mailto:polycarpa3 at ckt.net
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>