1. Artificial stone countertops
Advantages: It refers to the acrylic stone mesa, which has the advantages of seamless stitching, changeable modeling, diverse colors, easy polishing and repair.
Disadvantages: artificial stone table hardness is slightly poor, placed tableware if you do not pay attention to, or directly drag the pot on the table, a long time will leave scratches. Long – term placement of overheated POTS will also make the table tarnish. If there is dark liquid (such as soy sauce, vinegar, etc.) spilled on the table, not timely cleaning, for a long time, stains into the table, it is difficult to erase. When placing heavy objects on the table, if the force is uneven, it is possible to make the table crack. When cutting vegetables, especially chopping meat, the use of a small chopping board will also cause local stress. In addition, if the table pad is wooden, should also pay attention to moisture-proof, one side of the wood swelling, will also produce the uneven stress on the table, resulting in cracks.
2. Quartz table top
Advantages: Quartz stone is a kind of more than 90% quartz crystal plus resin and other trace elements artificial synthesis of a new kind of stone. It has the characteristics of hard texture, dirt resistance, wear resistance and high temperature resistance.
Disadvantages: quartz table density and hardness is higher, knock damage and other problems, not easy to repair.
3. Natural stone countertops
Advantages: All kinds of natural texture of granite, marble and other natural stone hard texture, good wear-resisting performance, beautiful texture.
Disadvantages: there are pores on the surface of natural stone, easy to accumulate oil scale, not easy to splice, insufficient elasticity, easy to break.
4. Stainless steel countertops
Advantages: stainless steel table with not afraid of hot, anti penetration, good cleaning, no discoloration, no cracking and so on.
Disadvantages: The surface of stainless steel is easy to scratch and easy to oxidize with air.
5. Fire board countertops
Advantages: Fireproof board has the advantages of light weight, high strength and fire resistance.
Disadvantages: Fireproof board used as a cabinet table has been very few, the main reason is poor moisture-proof, table easy deformation. Improper process, installation or use, resulting in table, joint damage, table water, deformation.