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As a solid surface repair expert I have
repaired hundreds of counter top cracks that were directly caused by the use of
these convenient yet potentially harmful items. That being said, don’t go throw
your cookers out the door. Simply take some precautions and you can keep on
cooking.
The second step is a Review session where
people are asked to look at the appropriateness of their reactions. During this
session they will come to appreciate that they have a choice about how they react.
This is an important moment; they have a cognition. In other words they begin
to understand the effects and how they occurred. This brings further relief
because they realize there may be better solutions available.The third step is
a Repair session where they are asked to analyze what happened and how they
responded before looking at some of the alternative solutions. Once they have
explored and compared the alternatives they will recognize that there are
better solutions and the choice is theirs.
It is very important to note that a trivet or
cutting board that sits flat on the counter top and has no air flow under it is
just as bad as using no trivet at all. If you go and purchase your own board
you should put small bumper feet on the bottom of the board. A simple clearance
of about 1/4″ is sufficient to provide air flow between the cutting board and
the counter top. Also, I am not a big fan of those thin little glass composite
cutting boards Oakleys Outlet, at least not for heat protection.
Lots of people love to cook with crock pots,
rice cookers, electric skillets, griddles, and other types of electric cookers
that are designed for use on counter tops. While these are very convenient
items for slow cooking, they are also very often the culprit in a lot of cracks
in expensive Corian and other types of solid surface counter tops Oakley Sunglasses On Sale.
It is also important to note that a cloth
potholder sitting on the counter top is not enough protection either. They are
fine for putting hot pots that will cool fairly quickly but even then I would
double them up, just out of an abundance of caution. Never use a pot holder as
the only heat protection for any plug in heat producing gadgets because they
are not enough protection and that would also create a fire hazard Ray
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If you are going to use any electric cooker on
your counter top then you need to protect the counter top surface from the heat
by using a cutting board or trivet that the counter top fabricator provides. If
your fabricator did not provide you with at least one cutting board or trivet
then you need to go and purchase your own. In most cases, a fabricator will
provide you with this at the time of installation. Often times though, someone
may have purchased a home that has had the solid surface counter tops for a
while before the home was purchased. Usually in this case the cutting boards
have moved out with the previous homeowners. People love their cutting boards
and they usually take them when they move.
My personal rule of thumb for protecting my
solid surfaces at home from heat damage is this. If I can’t hold the hot item
in my hand without it burning me then I will not put it directly on my counter
top.
Your counter tops were expensive and they are
durable and high quality. They are not indestructible though and with just a
little precaution they can last and be beautiful for a lifetime. On the bright
side though, you made a very intelligent choice by using solid surface counter
tops because they can always be repaired if they get damaged, unlike some other
types of counter tops.
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