Does quartz come in matte finish
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Matte-finish Floor Owners: Your Opinion is Needed
Comments (7)"Film forming finish" = polyurethane. The liquid things that are actually a layer of plastic sitting ON TOP of the wood. Hardwax oils (penetrating oils) will not sit on top....they will seep into the wood. I've yet to see a matte finish (in polyurethane/urethane) finishes that do NOT turn hazy. If you have HIGH amounts of natural lighting, the haze is going to be the opposite of the satin....the haze could drive you to drink. Hardwax oil finishes will move away from that. They can be 'polished up' to a very soft luster (with plenty of elbow grease). A low gloss sating finish will look FRESH AND SHINY for a few weeks...and then slowly DULL DOWN! That's the fun with satin. The first 3-4 weeks of life will feel more like a semi-gloss. But as it cures up and gets WALKED ON....it dulls down to the proper satin that it advertises to be. It is easier to go DOWN in gloss level than it is to go UP. Many finishers will use 2 coats of semi-gloss and then finish with either satin or matte. By doing this, they can reduce the haziness of the lower gloss finishes. The haze in the matte finishes are because the gloss level is produced by adding CHEMICALS that deflect light so it looks "less glossy". Those chemicals sit INSIDE the finish. Once the haze appears, you can't do anything with it other than recoat. If you finish with a low-gloss satin (slightly lower sheen level but still ranks as a satin) you can be assured it will become DULLER as it ages. All floor finishes do this. As you wear them down, they become dull. So if you do not like the gloss on the satin, all you have to do is wait a while = Zero $$ spent....See MoreMatt effect quartz (Silestone/caesarstone)
Comments (34)At my last house I had Caesarstone Raven which is a smoky gray with hints of misty white running through it. It was beautiful and I loved it so much I'm actually thinking about getting it again in my current house. I compared it with a lot of different colors, and the color is just right- not too brown not too cold. However last time I made the mistake of getting it honed and it smudged constantly. I did wash it multiple times a day but it was ridiculously difficult to get smudges out. Everything made it smudge. After trying mfg recommendations, I constantly ended up having to do something the manufacturer said not to do and use other solvents to try to get smudges out. It was really bad when the Sun lit up the area. Now I'm actually thinking about getting Caesarstone Raven without a matte finish in my current home but I'm wondering if I would be better off trying to find a Silestone equivalent color. So far I haven't been able to do that. I like the charcoal soapstone in silestone but it has blue undertones and looks a bit too cold. Any good recommendation for a smoky gray that's not too cold or too warm so it ends up looking brown?...See MoreBona Traffic HD - Matte vs Satin Poly finish?
Comments (12)i just got the matte finish on plain old (new) white oak in my kitchen remodel. They used amber stain because they said it would match rest of house best (old white oak floors that have yellowed). Even though I might have preferred lighter I was OK with that. But decided to hold my ground and asked them to use the matte finish which the floor guys were sort of against. I love the finished product!! It's super smooth, no shine and makes a more modern clean look. It dried nearly instantaneously and they did the whole thing in a day from sanding to top finish. Amazing what new products and technology have done to transform floor finishing. (I last had floors done in around 2001 - big mess). I sure hope this stands up because I love the look. I recommend it. And no smell at all after it dries (same day!)...See MoreSanding solid oak table, seeking matte finish which will not darken
Comments (41)Thank you for the brand name! I used a water based matte seal on the underside of a leaf and didn’t like the way it yellowed the wood. It’s just the nature of the wood. So, I’ve been experimenting with stain layering and I’ve found a combination that I’m very excited about. Hopefully I’ll have the staining process done by the weekend. Busy week ahead with the kiddos! I’m going to look into that stripper you mentioned - doing the chairs (staining seats, painting the rest) is seeming like an increasingly interesting project. I’ll need stripper for that!...See MoreStacy Lawrence
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