white quartz countertops and staining
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Comments (44)I had a feeling it was Chinese. The Chinese use a different manufacturing method than the Breton Technology used by Cambria, Caesarstone, Silestone, and the other big manufacturers. When I bought my Pentalquartz, which is Breton-made in Vietnam, the warehouse manager told me that the owner of Pental, which is a big west coast granite company, went to China to see their manufacturing facility, and he wouldn't buy it. He said the resins are cured at lower temperatures for shorter time periods. So there's the cost-savings, but it's not as durable. I've read here of surface pitting with Chinese quartz. That's unheard of with Breton quartz. So now we see your water marks, which is ridiculous. I would have them take that junk out and buy a reliable brand of quartz myself. I'm saving your photo to show others what can happen when they buy Chinese. They never believe me that Chinese quartz can have problems. They just look at how pretty it is and how much money they save....See MoreHELP! cant decide on countertops for espresso & creme kitchen
Comments (31)Mrs.Hanson--We are doing the opposite from your color scheme--our island & hood will be dark stain and the perimeter cabinets will be the off white. Like you, I really liked the marble, but with all boys in the house, I just don't think it's practical. So after hours and hours in the heat for 2 days in the granite yard lugging around our cabinet door samples, we came up with a compromise. We chose River Valley granite for the island to go with the dark cabintery--it's quite white with gray veining and just a bare hint of cranberry mixed in with the veining. For the perimeter, we went with San Gabriel Black to go with the off white cabinets. The guys at the granite yard were great--they pulled out the River Valley slab and carted it over to all the darker granite slabs section by section so we could compare the 2 different granites with coordinating cabinet doors side by side! You may want to take a look at the River Valley and see if it would work for you (I ran a google image search for it, but all the photos had way more movement in them than ours did.) Definitely take your cabinet doors down to the granite yard & make sure you're good with your combinations. Can't wait to see your finished kitchen!...See MoreMarble countertop from Home Depot?
Comments (8)I had HD install a granite vanity and sink and they did a fine job. It could not have been done any better. Please be sure that you really want carrara marble. I have carrara marble for the floor and vanity top in a powder room, done about 20 years ago. They are worn and scratched and will be replaced next year for other reasons. At year 19, brown/yellow stains appeared within th stone which I have since learned is some kind of oxidation or rust. Theory is there is/was some water leaking. Also, I had Vermont Danby marble counters installed in my kitchen reno, 5 years ago. There are scratches, tons of etches but not one stain. Also, little white divots. If that's your cuppa, fine. Just be aware....See Morecountertop 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 Moreagk2003
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