What material do you use for your kitchen countertops? Quartz stone, marble, stainless steel, slate, which is better?

In kitchen renovation, from plumbing and electrical remodeling to tile laying and ceiling installation, to the selection of countertops and sink faucets, and finally to the customization of cabinets and the purchase of kitchen appliances, each link is very critical, and together they determine the quality of the kitchen renovation.

If you ask,low silica benchtops among so many renovation aspects, which one has the greatest impact on the appearance of the kitchen and our cooking experience? The choice of kitchen countertops definitely counts. However, there are a variety of kitchen countertop materials that have different characteristics that many people don't know how to choose.

Kitchen Countertop Materials

There are five common types of kitchen countertops:artificial stone countertops, natural stone countertops, stainless steel countertops, wood countertops, and tile countertops. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each of the different material countertops? In kitchen decoration, which countertop should we choose? Next, let's talk about these issues.

Artificial stone countertops

Artificial stone countertops, as the name suggests, is an artificial stone production design made of countertops, common quartz stone and acrylic material two.

First, quartz stone

Quartz stone is a kind of quartz crystal and resin synthetic stone, the vast majority of home kitchens use quartz stone countertops. Because quartz stone has many advantages, wear-resistant, scratch-resistant, heat-resistant, long service life, high hardness, texture like natural stone, style, high appearance, but also very important point is cost-effective, not expensive.

Disadvantages:Quartz stone is not a one-piece molding, concave molding ability is slightly worse, can not seamless splicing.white quartz benchtop The gap between the crystals when it should be easy to seep color, seepage, seepage of oil, which also means that the quartz stone countertops are difficult to clean, usually have to pay very close attention to cleaning.

Therefore, if we want to buy quartz stone table, the key is to look at the density. The higher the density, the smaller the quartz crystal particles, the denser, the smoother the surface, the fewer the spots, the better in terms of color, water seepage, oil seepage ability.

Second, acrylic

Although acrylic is also artificial stone, but it is made of acrylic and ultra-fine aluminum hydroxide, commonly known as "plexiglass". Acrylic also has a lot of advantages, good wear resistance, scratch resistance, high temperature resistance (slightly worse than quartz), long service life, but its greater advantage lies in the high toughness, easy to concave molding, seamless splicing, so it is not easy to seepage color, not easy to water, not easy to oil, easier to clean and handle.

As for some of the disadvantages of the main aspects of the acrylic market information is mixed, fake and shoddy as well as more products, and for the price to compare the cost is expensive. Therefore, we should pay more attention when buying acrylic countertops, the quality is getting better and better acrylic countertops, the more gentle the performance, the texture is closer to the Chinese plastic, the worse the quality, the colder the surface, the texture is closer to a stone.

Natural stone countertops

Natural stone countertops, as the name suggests, are kitchen countertops made from natural stone, such as granite, marble, jade, etc. Simply put, it is the nature of the stone that is used to cut and piece together and then made into kitchen countertops.

Natural stone has a beautiful natural texture, so it has a high value. In addition, natural stone is hard, wear-resistant, scratch-resistant and heat-resistant. In principle, natural stone is perfect for kitchen countertops. But the disadvantages of natural stone countertops are also obvious. Because natural stone needs to be cut and spliced, there are many gaps between the stones. These gaps will not only harbor bacteria, but will also bleed color, water and oil, which is very inconvenient to clean and take care of.

One more point. Although natural stone is hard, the toughness is very poor. Countertops are easily broken under impact.quartz benchtop In addition, natural stone is very maintenance-oriented. Every 1-2 years, we should do a closed maintenance, otherwise the countertop will become more and more expensive, the color ooze out, and the oil seepage will become more and more serious.

Stainless steel countertops

Stainless steel as a countertop has many advantages, wear-resistant and scratch-resistant, heat-resistant, corrosion-resistant, the use of a long life, easy to clean staff to take care of, but also anti-bacterial properties