The countertops of other people’s homes have remained as bright and clean as new for ten years. Whether it is a simple light-colored countertop or a calm and elegant dark-colored countertop, the key to whether it is stain-resistant is not the color, but the material. From 2012 to 2019, in these years, many people recommend buying quartz stone countertops, and the reason is very simple. As a countertop, quartz stone is stable, wear-resistant, anti-leakage, and the price is very reasonable.
In contrast, stainless steel countertops are cold and uninteresting, and the craftsmanship of wood countertops such as fireproof boards is not mature enough.
But the biggest problem with quartz is that it is ugly. No matter how it is designed, the dull texture will make people not have a little bit of waves. I have seen too many family kitchens, and everything is done right, except that the quartz countertop is awkward. In 2017, or should have been a little earlier, slate entered the market, but the price remained high, which discouraged many people. Slate is the future trend. In the pursuit of quality home improvement, good quartz stone still has a place, and with the improvement of cost performance, slate will gradually put down its body and become the mainstream choice.
Slate VS Tile
Slab and tiles are actually a family, and they are all products of “sintering”. The difference is that the slate has undergone a high pressure of more than 10,000 tons, simulating and restoring the production process of marble, which is a whole body. The ceramic tile has not undergone such high-intensity pressing, and has an embryo bottom, which is not whole after glazing. Although there are many opinions on the Internet, I think this is the fundamental difference between slate and ceramic tiles, which is why small factories cannot make slate-because there is no such a big press.
Slate VS Quartz Stone
Slate is very different from quartz stone. Quartz stone is not sintered, but “cured” by heating quartz sand, resin, etc. We used to joke that quartz stone is made of white cement mixed with broken glass and glue – a joke, but the basic principle That’s it. There is no obvious advantage in basic properties such as hardness and wear resistance, but it has risen to a new height in terms of toughness, heat resistance, leakage resistance and impact resistance. And the slate will not produce toxic substances like quartz stone during installation – those who have experienced the on-site installation of quartz stone must have a deep understanding.
Slate vs Marble
We all know that marble is good, but marble’s delicate and fragile characteristics, high price, and cumbersome maintenance make it difficult for marble to become the first choice for kitchen countertops. The slate has the shape and characteristics of marble, and it is not so squeamish, which gives us the opportunity to no longer just covet the marble countertops in foreign kitchens, but to use snow white, fish maw white, jazz white, and gray sandstone for ourselves. …
In previous years, slate was expensive, even more expensive than marble, which is notoriously expensive. In recent years, as domestic ceramic tile companies have joined the battlefield, they have launched a variety of slate products, and the price has been pulled to a relatively reasonable level. The price of entry-level slate is almost the same as that of mid-to-high-end brand quartz.
Post time: Dec-30-2022