Solid surface VS Ceramic basin
For the past several decades, ceramic and porcelain sinks have been widely accepted, and most people were used to selecting porcelain basins for their bathroom vanity. But nowadays, acrylic solid surface sinks have become more and more popular among hotel project designers and home designers because there are more advantages of solid surface bathroom sinks than ceramic bathroom sinks.
Let’s see what features solid surface bathroom basins have that ceramic bathroom basins do not:
- Material
Unlike ceramic which is made of clay, solid surface basins are made with an acrylic solid surface material (premium acrylic resin plus aluminum powder). This versatile material is widely used in kitchen counter tops and bathroom vanity tops and its flexibility allows designers to create ingenious designs with a modern style. For example, contemporary bathroom designs can require straight edge square basins with almost 90 degree corners. This is easily possible with solid surface sinks; however, you may seldom find a very straight angle ceramic basin as they are difficult to produce. - Surface hardness difference
Normally, the surface of a ceramic basin is harder than a solid surface basin and is much more scratch resistant. However, solid surface basins Barcol hardness ranges from 50-62 depending on quality, the harder, the better. Compared with ceramic, solid surface is slightly softer and can be scratched occasionally, but fortunately these tiny scratches can be buffed off by sanding and polishing.
- Solid surface material is good for making extra large size vanity basins
Public bathrooms usually require extra long integrated vanity basins ranging from 1.5m to 1.8m or whatever length is required. Solid surface basins can be made at any size, whereas with ceramic it will be very difficult and expensive to make a large size vanity basin.
- Seamless jointing with counter tops without grout
Unlike ceramic bathroom sinks, solid surface wash basins can be seamlessly jointed with solid surface counter tops without the need of grout seams. Therefore they are easy to keep clean and mold cannot breed in the seams.
- Ceramic bathtubsare fragile and prone to crack during transportation
In general, ceramic bathtubs are very fragile and must be wrapped very car But solid stone bathtubs are not easily to break during transportation with its particularity of the material.
- Solid surface bathroom sinksare more suitable for modern decoration.
In style, ceramic bathroom basins are relatively conservative and solid surface basins are tightly connected with modern, sleek design. Besides, compared with the glossy surface of ceramic bathtubs, the matte surface of solid stone bathtub looks simpler and more elegant, which makes it more popular among the younger generations, high-end hotels and room decorating designers.
