What material is better for cabinet countertops? Comparison of various cabinet countertop materials

There are many common cabinet materials in the market, such as stainless steel, quartz stone, fireproof board, natural stone, etc. So, which material is better for the countertop? Let's take a look at it below.

Stainless steel

The stainless steel countertop is a thin stainless steel plate on the surface of the high-density fireproof board. The stainless steel countertop is bright and clean. , Easy to clean and take care of, ranked first in anti-bacterial regeneration ability, environmentally friendly, no radiation, long service life, durable, easy to clean, always bright as new, and strong practicability. But at present, the stainless steel countertops of the whole cabinet have long been ignored by people, and the market occupation rate is gradually decreasing.

Disadvantages: not resistant to scratches, permanent scratches cannot be repaired; strong metal feeling, giving people an overall feeling of coldness; lack of rationality in some parts of the design, not suitable for civil kitchen pipe crossing.

Quartz stone

Quartz stone countertop is a derivative of artificial stone countertop, unique performance and high cost make it The price is higher than ordinary artificial stone, it is a brand-new artificial stone product. It is a decorative panel made of natural quartz crystal ore as the main raw material under high temperature and high pressure. Without any radioactive elements harmful to the human body, the super hard environmentally friendly composite quartz plate produced by the most advanced technology. The surface of quartz stone is as hard as granite, the color is as rich as marble, the structure is as anti-corrosion and anti-fouling as glass, and the shape is as perfect as artificial stone. It is the most ideal material for kitchen and bathroom cabinet countertops in the world.

Disadvantages: Quartz stone countertops for integrated cabinets have strong hardness and are not easy to process; the shape of quartz stone countertops is too single and there are fewer modeling styles; the price of quartz stone countertops is the highest among the four stone countertops.

Fireproof board

Use MDF as the base material, and the surface is covered with fireproof board, which has better resistance to Impact resistance, abrasion resistance and scratch resistance.

Disadvantages: The materials used in the manufacture of fireproof board countertops in China are mostly low-priced density boards, which cannot provide effective guarantees in terms of performance and environmental protection.

Since the fireproof board has the same length limitation as natural stone, it is impossible to realize the overall perfect seamless splicing. These gaps are naturally a 'hotbed' of bacterial contamination.

Natural stone

High-grade granite in natural stone is the traditional raw material for cabinet countertops. High density, hardness and wear resistance.

Disadvantages: The length of natural stone cannot be too long, and it is impossible to make a full-length overall countertop. The two pieces cannot be spliced u200bu200btogether, and the gap is easy to breed bacteria. Natural cracks that are invisible are easy to crack when the temperature changes sharply.

Although there are many materials that can be used to make countertops, such as marble, stainless steel, wood, ceramic tiles and artificial stone, etc., the most common Or artificial stone countertops, but in terms of antibacterial properties, stainless steel is better.