Is it better to use quartz stone or acrylic for cabinet countertops? If you want to know what kind of cabinet countertop is good, you must at least have a simple and clear understanding of these two cabinets. Quartz countertop cabinet is made of quartz sand and broken glass and other raw materials, and the raw material of acrylic countertop cabinet is acrylic plastic. There are many owners do not understand, acrylic in the end what is a concept? In fact, the popular point of acrylic is actually a special process of plexiglass. It has a history of 100 years.
The advantages of quartz stone countertops are: high hardness, health and environmental protection, no radiation, high density, no penetration, and high temperature resistance.
Disadvantages: Because the quartz stone table, hardness is too strong, not easy to process, if there is a need to splice places, stitching can not be completely avoided. At the same time, some of the shapes to be done can not achieve the perfect effect.
The countertop composed entirely of acrylic resin and aluminum hydroxide powder is called pure acrylic countertop: well-known brands have DuPont Corinet, Samsung, LG, etc., in the ordinary resin to add a trace of acrylic resin to adjust the resin performance, is the so-called composite acrylic, this composite resin is technically meaningful, but there is no way to detect. Now the general cabinet business countertops that contain 20% acrylic refers to the acrylic resin composition added in the ordinary resin is not more than 40% of the domestic usually at most 20%-30%
So choose the table, regardless of whether he uses acrylic or other polyester colored stone, as long as the surface finish is high, the tightness is good, and the hardness is difficult to wear.
The acrylic countertop can be seamlessly bonded to any length, and the adhesive of the same material will be polished after the two pieces are bonded to make them a whole. Quartz stone countertop more or less will have seams.
The shiny surface of quartz stone is through a complex polishing process, will not be scratched by the knife, will not penetrate for liquid substances, will not produce yellowing and discoloration and other problems, daily cleaning only need to wash with water, simple and easy. Even after a long time of use, its surface is as bright as the newly installed table, without maintenance and maintenance. However, if the table is stained with difficult to remove stains, quartz stone is more difficult to decontaminate, because there is no special equipment is difficult to polish and polish, and acrylic table stains can be polished with fine sandpaper to decontaminate.
Natural quartz crystal is a typical refractory material, its melting point up to 1300 degrees or more, 90-95% natural quartz made of quartz stone is completely flame retardant, will not cause combustion due to contact with high temperature, but also has artificial stone and other countertops incomparable high temperature characteristics. Acrylic countertop should avoid overheating objects placed, so as to avoid cold and hot shrinkage and discoloration.
The most afraid of the two is the rust water, but the acrylic can be polished off, but the quartz stone can not be absorbed (natural granite marble is also the same). Many people have concerns about radiation in the choice of quartz stone countertops, in fact, high-quality quartz stone uses selected natural quartz crystal minerals, the content of SiO2 exceeds 99.9%, and in the manufacturing process to purify impurities, raw materials do not contain any heavy metal impurities that may lead to radiation, 94% of the quartz crystals and other resin additives make the quartz stone without the risk of radiation contamination.
At present, the acrylic countertops used in the market are divided into composite acrylic, pure acrylic and so on. The composition of acrylic in composite acrylic is generally about 20%. Cheap countertop calcium carbonate is high in composition and easy to crack.
