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Counter Intelligence: Durable, Easy-Clean Soapstone

doradoadminstone — Fri, 03 May 2013 20:56:57 +0000

Give bacteria the boot and say sayonara to stains with this long-lasting material that’s a great choice for kitchen and bath countertops

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Counter Intelligence Durable Easy Clean Soapstone

doradoadminstone — Fri, 03 May 2013 20:50:43 +0000

Give bacteria the boot and say sayonara to stains with this long-lasting material that’s a great choice for kitchen and bath countertops

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Dorado Tough Tops sample sets – ready to ship

doradoadminstone — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:50:44 +0000

Dorado Tough Tops sample sets are ready to ship. Call or email to request your sample set. (512) 444-8600 or counsult@doradostonedist.com.
Dorado Tough Tops are industrial-grade work surfaces ideal for residential and commercial use. Dorado Tough Tops are made from the same material as black laboratory tops commonly found in educational and science facilities. Though Tops have a smooth, low glare surface that is easy to clean and maintain. Tough Tops are uniquly suited for interior surfacing application in garages, worksurfaces, mud closets, sporting equipment & garden supply closets, laundry closets, childrens play areas and more.

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Noire Soapstone – Limited Supply Left

doradoadminstone — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 18:20:42 +0000

Noire Soapstone, One of the best varities of Soapstone, Is in limitied Supply. Noire is a naturally Gray Soapstone that turns to a Black Soapstone once oiled. Dorado has only a couple bundles left of the Noire Soapstone for the next couple weeks. Get your Noire Soapstone today, while Supplies Last.

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South By Penn Field Party Tonight, Presented in Partnership with Dorado Stone Distributors

doradoadminstone — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:38:18 +0000

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New Shipment Arrival, Porto Alegre

doradoadminstone — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:56:42 +0000

New shipment of Porto Alegre Soapstone just arrived in Texas. Porto Alegre is a Brazilian Soapstone with a black background, subtle green veins and vibrant white quatrz veins. Porto Alegre is a traditional Soapstone, ideally suited for anyone interested in a typical East-Coast looking soapstone. These slabs are avalible for viewing in either our Austin, Tx or Dallas, Tx locations.

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Beleza Soapstone is Back!

doradoadminstone — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:45:00 +0000

Beleza Soapstone, one of Dorado’s most attractive and popular Soapstones is back. Beleza Soapastone is a traditional soapstone with a black background and subtle black and green veins. Beleza Soapston is a medium to hard Soapstone. Beleza Soapstone is known as the black soapstone from Brazil.

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New Noire Soapstone in Stock

doradoadminstone — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 22:38:36 +0000

Brand new Noire Soapstone in stock from Dorado Stone Distributors. This Talc Shist Soapstone is a wonderful blend of black back ground and white veins. Similar in look to the Minas Soapstone, this new Soapstone is harder and offers slightly more protection against ware and tear.

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Soapstone Whiskey Rocks don’t melt, nor do their fans.

doradoadminstone — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:03:12 +0000

WHEN whiskey stones first showed up on store shelves five years ago, they seemed destined to be another fleeting oddity, perhaps an upscale version of the Pet Rock fad of 1975.After all, it’s tough to persuade drinkers they need soapstone rocks — stored in the freezer — to chill their whiskey instead of ice, which eventually dilutes it. Purists think single malts should be savored neat or with a splash of water. The stones have never caught on in bars, either. “It’s idiotic,” said Dale DeGroff, a noted mixologist who is partial to Glenlivet 12 with big square ice. “You won’t see them at the bar unless they are making fun of them.”Even so, the fad is proving remarkably resilient, and even expanding, with more than a dozen competitors promoting their unique artisanal twist. There are Sipping Stones and Chilling Rocks, and different sizes of cubes and disks, and one-upmanship over whose stones are the best.“I have no idea what the counterfeiters would be saying to you, if they are being honest, other than ‘we copied that guy,’ ” Andrew Hellman wrote in an e-mail. His Teroforma Whisky Stones are cut and tumbled in Vermont by a bearded craftsman named Glenn Bowman, and are now sold by more than 1,100 retailers nationwide.Some makers of soapstone countertops even turned to fashioning cubes for imbibers when their home-remodeling businesses slowed. In 2010, Barry Dresen of Brookings, Ore., started shaping scraps from kitchen countertops that his business installs into what he called Italian Ice. He sold imported soapstone for $16.95 for two bags of nine cubes on Amazon. Soon, his leftovers weren’t enough to keep up with demand, and he bought full slabs.Last year, he started sourcing his soapstone from a quarry in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, changed the name to Ice Breaker, and increased the price by a dollar. “I sell a lot to military bases,” said Mr. Dresen, who dreams of giving up countertops in favor of making stones exclusively.Jesse Billin of Chocorua, N.H., has already reached that goal. “I wish I had done this 20 years ago, and saved myself 20 years of chiseling stone on my knees,” he said. After decades as a high-end masonry contractor for multimillion-dollar homes, Mr. Billin began selling Hammerstone’s Whiskey Disks two years ago. He started making the disks, which resemble elegant hockey pucks, only for relatives. “It was a family thing,” he said. “No one thought we could sell these things.”That was before Mr. Billin attracted more than 7,000 followers by tweeting bon mots like “Let your pour of whiskey be bigger than your fear” and posting ads to their Facebook pages that said, “Ice is the enemy. Defend yourself.”Last December, Maker’s Mark even started selling hundreds of disks emblazoned with its brand in its bourbon distillery in Loretto, Ky., and online. Craft distilleries have shown interest in branded disks, too, including Chattanooga Whiskey, which plans to give them away at its debut party on Friday.Joe Ledbetter, a co-founder of Chattanooga Whiskey, said the disks are a bet on the future. “There’s a huge younger generation who don’t see whiskey as an old man’s drink; they see it as the new craft beer, and that’s the group just on the edge of buying whiskey disks really consistently,” he said.But John Hansell, the editor of Whisky Advocate, a magazine for whiskey enthusiasts, said he had never heard anyone — not even his fishing buddies, who drink bourbon and ginger ale — complain, “Oh geez, there’s too much water in my whiskey.” And for experts, drinking Scotch at room temperature with a bit of water “is still the gold standard — that hasn’t jumped the shark,” Mr. Hansell added.That said, plenty of well-meaning gift-givers are convinced that whiskey rocks are right for every hard-to-buy-for man like fathers-in-law, bosses or Mom’s new rebound beau who is coming for Christmas. Mr. Hellman often fills large orders for retirement communities, wedding parties, hedge funds and law firms, some of whom get specially monogrammed muslin bags.“The phrase we’ve always used is, ‘Ice melts. Whisky rocks,’ ” Mr. Hellman said, adding that for custom orders, he replaces the word “whisky” with a company name.Sparq Home even markets its soapstone for use in any liquor: “Anything you drink straight at low volume, since at higher volume, the cube will lose its ability to chill,” said Justin English, a founder of Sparq Home. Soapstone can also help keep liquids warm, he added. His site recommends microwaving the rocks, popping them in coffee to keep it warm for an hour.It may be a stretch, given that a cup of coffee is a lot of liquid for stones to keep hot. Nevertheless, on Nov. 30, Woot, a daily deal site, sold nearly 50,000 sets of nine stones for $5.99 plus $5 shipping.

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Check out our new Anasazi Inventory Soapstone! Absolutely Gorgeous.

doradoadminstone — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 16:19:44 +0000

This Gorgeous Brazilian Soapstone has a dark rich black and green background with stricking white veins throughout. This Talc Shist Soapstone is one of the harder Soapstones making it a excellent combination of both durabity and luxury.

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