Now everyone likes to pursue "texture" in decoration. At first glance, it looks ugly, and I want people to look it up carefully before I find out, "Wow, is this XX expensive?" I am ecstatic in my heart: "Someone knows the goods!"
If you want to upgrade your kitchen, as the "facade" project of the kitchen-the countertop, you must also choose good materials to decorate this position. At present, the common materials on the market are: natural stone, artificial stone, quartz stone, stainless steel, and fireproof board, but almost 8% people still choose quartz stone countertops.
why do 8% people still choose quartz stone countertops?
I have to boast about the advantages of quartz stone countertops here.
Durability: The filler of quartz stone is Shi Ying with a content as high as 99.9%, and its physical hardness is second only to that of natural diamond, so it is not easy to deform. The service life of quartz stone countertops is as long as several decades, and the maintenance cycle can even be extended to 2-3 years.
Easy to maintain: Quartz stone contains antibacterial agents, and the quartz stone countertop has almost no pores, so there is no need to worry about oil penetration and it is not easy to change color. It only needs to be wiped with clean water every day without careful maintenance, and it is still as bright as new after years of use.
no radiation: because the main component of quartz stone countertop is silicon dioxide, it has no radiation hazard and feels smooth and cold.
it can be regarded as the best of all kinds of stone materials, and it is very dominant in the beautiful and textured light-emitting surface. If we have to find a shortcoming for this material, it is the problem of high price of quartz stone countertops. The reason is also very simple. The hardness of quartz table top is too strong, the shape is too simple, it is not easy to process, and the price is rising.
Other materials also have their own advantages and disadvantages. You should decide the material of the countertop according to your own actual situation.
how to tell if the quartz stone countertop is true or false?
the simplest and rudest way is to look at the price. Because of the high quality of quartz stone, its price is doomed to be not low. Although it is said that the cost of materials needs to be controlled in the process of decoration, it is an eternal truth to remember that the law of buying and selling in the market is always a penny.
At present, there is a great disparity in the quotations of many merchants in the market. For example, some quartz stone countertops can be bought at a price of more than 1 yuan, while some high-priced ones can cost as much as thousands of yuan. Generally, the ex-factory price of quartz stone should be at least 4 to 5 yuan. If a merchant offers you one or two hundred yuan, you have to stay awake and refuse it directly.
Now I'm going to talk about some serious methods for testing quartz stone.
judging method 1: Look
It is very important to judge the quality of quartz stone by its smoothness, because the smoothness represents pollution resistance. The easiest way is to draw a picture on the quartz stone with a marker to see if it can be erased. If it can be erased, it means that it has strong anti-fouling, and if it can't be erased, it means that it has poor anti-fouling. The composition of this quartz stone is problematic.
besides, the quartz stones produced by regular manufacturers are all painted on the back, so pay attention to the signs.
judgment method 2: stroke
note that the judgment method here is to stroke with a steel knife, but it doesn't work with a key. The steel knife cuts across, leaving a white mark of fake quartz stone, because the hardness of the plate is not as good as that of steel, and the surface cut by the steel knife will reveal the white inside. The pure quartz stone is scratched by a steel knife, leaving only a black mark, which is caused by the steel knife not scratching the quartz stone, but leaving traces of steel.
Judgment method 3: Burning at a temperature below
3 degrees Celsius will not have any influence on quartz stone, that is, it will not deform and break; Gangshi contains a lot of resin, so it is particularly prone to deformation and charring at high temperature.
press the lighted cigarette butts on the table, or burn them directly with a lighter. Those without traces are genuine goods, while those with charred traces are fakes.
judgment method 4: acid
pour a spoonful of white vinegar on the countertops of artificial stone and quartz stone. After 3 seconds, if many tiny bubbles are generated, it means that it is fake quartz stone. Because calcium carbonate in fake quartz stone will react with white vinegar to produce bubbles. This kind of mesa is low in price, easy to age, crack and absorb color, and has a short service life.
this quartz stone has no bubbles after soaking, which means it is the real thing.
of course, if you can buy a strong acid solution, it can also be used for testing, such as hydrochloric acid.
It is said that the decoration materials market is mixed, and unscrupulous merchants always set traps for you when you are unprepared. I believe that after reading my introduction today, you have a lot of clarity. When you buy quartz cabinets in the future, you must polish your eyes and identify fakes!