Are white quartz countertops a fad?
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countertop color to hide dust...-white or marble looking quartz
Comments (23)We have Corian ... it's around forty years old and looks pretty much the same as ever. It's not plasticky, but it certainly doesn't feel like the granite on our island either. It's a nice, smooth, non-porous surface and super easy to clean. We even had accidental sharpie bleed through, and it came off with SoftScrub; you'd never know it ever happened. There might be a few marks where the point of a knife hit, but I couldn't tell you were those are. You shouldn't cut on your countertop, anyways; it's terrible for your knives, but yes, there's always a chance the knife runs off the edge of the cutting board or something, so it is something to consider. Corian can be sanded or micro sanded to remove cut marks if they're not too deep; we've never had to. Our Corian is white with cream marbling (no names back then ... you just picked white, cream, or white/cream marbled), and it doesn't show dust; it will show crumbs and such. The polished black granite island shows everything, especially fingerprints. I don't mind seeing dust and crumbs, since we'd rather know they're there to be cleaned up, but the fingerprints are annoying. We have the same Corian in one bathroom (counter and sink) that looks great and cleans great there, too. The other bathroom has white Corian, it has a dent from where something fell, but other than that no issues with it either. I'd get Corian again. My sister's granite counters are classic cream and brown speckle, and they always look great despite toddlers and cats and whatever they knock over. They have to be cleaned constantly (toddlers, cats ...), but a quick wipedown is all it takes. If you get on just the right angle you might find some toddler prints, but the pattern seems to hide them....See MoreZeus White Extreme quartz countertop - can walls be off-white?
Comments (7)Cutting or increasing a colour by a percentage is open to a great deal of interpretation. So it’s kind of a clunky approach unless you have actually seen the results of a specific colour being manipulated from a specific store and liked it. Does it mean somewhat lighter - but the same degree of colourfulness? Does it mean both lighter + less colourful? Whichever it is - you end up with a new colour - which you may - or may not like. You can however, create an effective palette layering white & off-white tones together. The secret? Ensuring the two ’whites’ look deliberate, by having enough contrast so neither looks dingy or dirty next to the other. This can be done by managing their difference in Chroma. (degree of colourfulness) And if they aren’t too close together in Hue, nor too far apart either, this also adds to the degree of contrast. As Colour Guru Lori Saway explains ,if two white surfaces ’have a minimum difference in Chroma of at least 0.2 then neither will appear dingy or dirty alongside the other.’ #huefamilies #white #chroma...See MoreWhat color quartz countertop would go with Ikea Bobdyn Off-White?
Comments (4)Thank you for sharing your pictures. It helps me make a decision. Beautiful color!...See Morehelp identifying white patch on hanstone aura quartz countertop
Comments (1)It does look like resin pooling in Quartz. If it is resin pooling, the manufacturers exclude it from their warranties as it is considered a normal part of the manufacturing process. We have seen on this forum much worse examples of resin pooling than what you show. On occasion if the resin pooling is enormous, you can get a replacement counter. It might be a tough battle. The only way to avoid resin pooling is either to see the Quartz slab before fabrication, which is not commonly done (unlike natural stone counters where that is commonly done), or notice it as the fabricators are bringing the counters into your home and refuse their installation. Most slabs do not have it, but many do....See Morewizardnm
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