I would advise you avoid doing business with AZ tile and Dean Jessup specifically. We had a horrible experience with them. Don't expect them to act with integrity or stand behind their product. We used a fabricator that was a personal referral from him. When we had discoloration and fingerprints that wouldn't come off of our Della Terra quartz he informed me I must have "scarred" it by cleaning with a paper towel. ( I called him within an hour of the fabricator leaving). We paid beyond stone to buff it with a cleaner at their recommendation. It mostly resolved the issue although as a result of the buffing the gloss and sheen no longer match our perimeter counters. Best we can figure out the fabricator applied turtle wax or something similar to disguise striations around the sink cutout. Which is why fingerprints couldn't be cleaned off. We still have some smudges. Bottom line rather than try to help us resolve the issue he was hostile and accusatory. He said the fabricator (a friend of his apparently) said it was fine so we must have done something. Do business with them at your own risk.

Hoping this thread is still alive. I just had 4 slabs of Silver Maccabus Quartzite installed. Literally can’t set a single thing down on it without getting marks. Some don’t come out Fabricator came out to reseal again with Tenax (which is what they originally used). At the stone showroom, I explicitly told the salesperson that I actually COOK in my kitchen. I have four kids/teens who use the kitchen. I purposely wanted quartzite for it’s durability. I’ve had quartzite before and it was indestructible. Now I have this and I can’t even set a glass of water down. How is this ok? Why are people (stone showrooms, fabricators, designers, GCs) even recommending this to customers? $25k just for the stone…for a kitchen I can’t even cook or eat in. Is there ANY option or cleaning solution that people have found to actually work so they can live with their kitchen? Thanks in advance.

@SashaDog, Would you mind posting a photo of your kitchen/countertops?. I am so uncertain about what to do. The fabricator my builder uses for stone, quartz and sintered stone is not open to the public now. I have sent away for samples of Neolith and Dekton but have not received them yet. I have a 2” x 2” sample of Glacier White Corian but can’t visualize how it will look installed., I am considering it for its durability. I have an L shaped perimeter run (about 30’) and a 4’ x 7’6” island. It is rare to hear anyone say that they have used Corian. Have you been satisfied with your choice? @Trish Walter, I love your choice — the Bavarian Alps slabs are beautiful. Can you cut $$ on something else instead? I forget who mentioned that they will not seem too busy when they are installed. I think that’s right.. If you are standing right over the slab and looking down at it, you won’t be seeing much hickory, and if you are standing back from the island so that you see the hickory, you won’t have a full head on view of the slab. These slabs go right to the heart of your design. As to the bits of blue (or lack thereof), IMHO, I think that’s more psychological than aesthetic. Probably, you would be the only one to notice the bits of blue unless you pointed them out! Then, your guests would nod and agree that it the blue is very cool! If I were in your shoes, I would also want those lovely blue flecks, but don’t give up on the beautiful slabs just because they are missing. I think you’ll be sad if you don’t go with the Bavarian Alps. What does your gut tell you at 3 a.m. when you are up thinking about this? (Also — whoever advised to see how the slabs will be cut and installed Is correct).

I am doubting quartzite's ability as a countertop. Complaint after complaint after complaint about catastrophic edge bleed and other mishaps. Head over to www.stonefabricatorsalliance.com and hear 6 different complaints over three pages. Never, ever, heard this crap about Corian.