Comments on: How can I reuse or recycle … a really big piece of flat slate?

By: johnq

johnq — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:56:25 +0000

lehnerb – I’m wasn’t sure what kind of slate is used for pool tables, until i went to How Stuff Works and looked it up. We had about 30′ of counter top in our last house. With that much surface I learned a few things. We’ve only been in our current house for about year and half, but are planning on using it again. Finding a source in our new town has been difficult, but even in the Metro area we lived in before, it wasn’t easy to find free. I do have pictures and some free advice (worth every penny). If your still interested send a note to jhquinton at gmail and ask me about it.

By: lehnerb

lehnerb — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 03:58:42 +0000

does anyone know what kind of slate is used in pool tables?

By: lehnerb

lehnerb — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 03:58:07 +0000

did you ever do this? do you have a pic?

By: lehnerb

lehnerb — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 03:56:40 +0000

I have been considering this- does it work? do you have a picture of your finished counter tops> I was wondering about using old pool tables as bathroom shower walls too…

By: johnq

johnq — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:46:26 +0000

I used pool table slate for kitchen countertops in my home. Sand them and oil them with minerial oil. They’re amazing and cheap.

By: Bobbie

Bobbie — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:48:20 +0000

If I had a small piece of slate I’d write “Wildflower Garden” on it and place it at the entrance of my wildflower garden :)

By: Teedgeopild

Teedgeopild — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:42:13 +0000

hi fellas
I’m going to buy a new wheels. Wish to have a luxury car, but don’t know for sure what to choose… Can somebody advise me smth?

By: jon gregg

jon gregg — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:45:04 +0000

please check out http://www.greggandgregg.co.uk we could offer your slate an alternative fate

By: DKdesign

DKdesign — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 20:01:33 +0000

I am actually looking for a piece of slate like that to make into a Kitchen countertop. I have never had any trouble with slate marking or staining, actually I have heard on the contrary, they resist staining really well and I would NOT varnish slate.

By: Golden Phoenix

Golden Phoenix — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 22:32:46 +0000

Beware when using slate as table tops, kitchen work surfaces or even floor tiles. (particularly in the kitchen) It is very easiy marked by grease and oils, so unless you don’t mind a spotty table make sure you get it treated with varnish or something similar.

By: Sack36

Sack36 — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 08:06:52 +0000

Use it as a slate bottom in a coy pond or as a small patio. Jack-hammer it into 3 or 4 pieces and turn it into a water feature. Inlay it into a hillside to make seating.

By: punkybub

punkybub — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 04:46:19 +0000

Sell it to be cut into a kitchen countertop.

By: purimhero

purimhero — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 05:45:26 +0000

Large slate slabs like that are often used to fireproof floors and walls so that you can install wood stoves and the like.

By: jill

jill — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 23:07:23 +0000

A slate base could be adapted to make a useful sized out-door table for you garden which, unlike coventional wooden tables, would not rot.

By: Christine Gupta

Christine Gupta — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 16:27:30 +0000

Why not offer it to an architectural salvage yard? They love stuff like that and someone will be willing to buy it for a garden feature or summat like that.

By: Hannah Phillips

Hannah Phillips — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 15:16:23 +0000

Why not paint it or get a friend to paint it and then sell it on ebay. I think it could work really well as a featured art piece in a large old house. (No mine isnt big enough either but you would be surprised what people will pay for)

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 14:29:21 +0000

Get in touch with that Guinness Book of Records – you could have the World’s Biggest Roofing Tile there.