Countertop Refinishing and Repairing
Types Of Countertop
Countertops are expected to look great day in and day out for a decade or more, and remain fashion forward enough to appeal to changing tastes in home design through many seasons.
Your kitchen countertops are among the hardest working surfaces in your home: they're exposed to high temperatures, potentially damaging substances like high acid lemon juice or wine, and food ingredients that can stain, like mustard. They're also on the front line for food prep where they're repeatedly whacked with meat mallets, scored with knives, and otherwise used and abused. They're expected to do more than survive the onslaught, too.
Not every countertop material sold on the market is up to the task. Actually, no countertop available today is impervious to all types of damage. There are, however, some that are great at withstanding assaults from different threats, like, say, surviving the impact of a 32-ounce can falling from the pantry or absorbing the heat from a stove-hot pot.
The following list of popular residential countertops will give you a good idea of what's out there, together with a sense of how the material stacks up to everyday use.
Stone
When you want luxury and durability, stone sounds like a great bet... but there are some important exceptions when it comes to stone countertop products.
Marble
Although beautiful, marble is one of the least durable stones you can use in your interior design. It's liable to stress fractures and it's easily scratched. It also will begin to deteriorate when exposed to acidic substances like lemon juice or vinegar. It is somewhat heat tolerant, but not enough to make it a no-fuss choice near a stove or grill. Think of marble as strictly decorative (and it can be lusciously decorative), and keep it in low traffic areas like guest bathrooms, or light use areas like bake stations.
Quartz (Engineered Stone)
Quartz is one of the hardest minerals in nature. Countertops made from it are very strong and durable. Quartz countertops aren't solid stone, though. They're a manufactured composite made up of quartz embedded in a hard drying epoxy. The resulting material looks like stone and wears better than any other countertop material on the market. Engineered stone products get top marks for scratch resistance, heat resistance, and easy maintenance.
Tile
Tile is a classic countertop material that lends itself to lots of design styles. From a ruggedness standpoint, it's a mixed bag. Tile is heat and mar resistant, but it's prone to chipping and cracking. Discolored and deteriorating grout can cause difficulties, too. You can avoid some of these problems by sticking with quality ceramic and porcelain tile manufactured for heavy duty use and opting for a narrow-grout tile design, or a layout that uses dark instead of light grout.
One growing trend is to tile over an existing laminate countertop to give a kitchen a fast makeover. It's a low cost option that can work for enterprising DIY-ers with tiling experience.
Solid surface synthetics
Acrylic countertops blend functionality with an attractive appearance. They can look like stone, but for a price that's just a bit higher than a high end laminate. If a solid synthetic surface is upbraided or scratched, it can be re-polished. Unlike a laminate that has a thin surface "finished" layer, solid surface countertops have a continuous thickness that can be buffed and resurfaced as needed. Look for brands like Samsung Staron and Corian.
Laminate
Easy to install and available in lots of colors and patterns, laminate is a versatile and budget friendly countertop choice. It has other advantages, too. You can find seamless designs nowadays that look great, and laminate countertops are heat and scratch resistant.
Source: SheKnows
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Types Of Countertop
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