Kitchen worktop

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anyunusedpassword · 19/11/2020 15:02

Hi, I’m at the last stage of picking my new kitchen and thought I would have a quartz worktop. However, having looked at old threads on Mumsnet now worry this is not so stain resistant as I thought. Any advice on durable work surface really appreciated.

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isseywith4vampirecats · 19/11/2020 16:48

we went for duropal laminate from DIY as our kitchen was in the £3000 range wasnt going to spend more on posh worktops than the kitchen cost am very impressed with mine they are 40 mm thick the edging wraps round right underneath quick spray and wipe and they look clean again no matter what i spill on them, if my kitchen had been in the 10 -20 k range would have probably had somethng more expensive

justgeton · 19/11/2020 16:51

We have Corian. I love it.

GreyishDays · 19/11/2020 16:54

We have silestone. I think it’s stoney stuff all squished together? Looks like marble sort of thing and feels cold to the touch. It seems hardwearing, we have no stains.

Shouldbeworkingnotreadingtalk · 19/11/2020 17:03

We also have Corian. Cheaper than quartz, and you can't see the join. Hubbie is a kitchen fitter. To the next person who says "Corian stains" it absolutely doesn't. What it needs to be is sanded (polished) with 2000 grit paper. When people say it stains, it's actually the worktop that isn't smooth enough and the dirt gets trapped in the (impossible to see with the human eye), raised bits. .... I know nothing about this myself, but have heard him say it 1million times.

justgeton · 19/11/2020 17:33

@Shouldbeworkingnotreadingtalk

I cook a lot and ours is pale..

Red wine, beetroot, curry, it's all been on it and not a mark...

We had a knife mark they came back and polished out and it completely disappeared.

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