I would rather use high quality 12x12 porcelain. I believe more resistant to stain but to each his own. Use a backer board, high quality thin set and stain resistant grout. At Menards I found a grout, cost about $40 per quart that has held up over three years, without sealing, on a often messy counter without any staining and it also was certified for food surfaces.
Draw out your tiles on the backer board before starting the project. We added a wood edge to the counter but do that before installing the tile. The wood was covered with a five or so coats of high quality polyurethane before installation and it also has not shown any water stains.
As a comparison, we have a large counter area with non-standard sizes. To have a professional cover the counter with a formica laminate would cost about $1,300. The porcelain cost about $250 as a DIY project. But the tiling takes planning and a good layout. Do not seal the porcelain - I don't know if you should seal granite.
Have fun and save a lot of money -
Gene
--- In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com, Dave Uebele wrote:
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> Just using the 12x12 granite tiles with very small grout lines.
> Much easier for DIY or one person to handle the tiles than a
> whole slab.
>
> Doing granite as tile works well. Make sure the thinset or
> mortar bed is for natural stone. Normal stuff for tile
> might stain the granite. For the small grout lines,
> make sure to use unsanded grout. Have your bed as level
> as possible. you want all the tiles as much as possible to be
> in exactly the same plain to get close to a single
> surface.
>
>
> On 02/20/2013 01:17 PM, Bob Davis wrote:
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> >
> > Has anyone ever done this as a DIY project?
> >
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> Dave Uebele (daveu@...)
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