Quartz Kitchen Countertop ? An Ideal Type Of Kitchen Countertop

Posted by Carol Payto on July 1st, 2015

Kitchen is a very important part of a household. Sometimes it is also referred to as the heart of the home. A nice and well maintained kitchen determines the quality of food cooked for the family. And again, the quality of food consumed by the family determines the quality of their health. This is enough to show how vital is a good kitchen for a home. Countertop constitutes a very important part of any kitchen. This is so because a lot many tasks in a kitchen ranging from cutting vegetables to keeping utensils and food articles take place on it. So, a countertop must be conducive to hygiene and convenience of work. Quartz kitchen countertop, which is a contemporary variety of kitchen countertops, is ideal for use in the modern kitchens.

Quartz is a mineral that is found in abundance under the earth’s crust. It is also a very strong and robust material. Quartz is found in nature, not in one but several varieties; each variety or type is suitable for a certain purpose. Some varieties of quartz are used in jewelry as semi-precious stones, some are used for sculpture carving, a certain variety is used in making precision clocks (quartz oscillator is used in such clocks), while there are varieties appropriate for making decoration pieces and utensils. Besides these varieties of quartz, there is a variety apt for making quartz kitchen countertops that are also called engineered quartz countertops.

The quartz surfaces used as kitchen countertops are not 100% natural. They are engineered or fabricated through chemical processes to make them most suitable to be used as kitchen countertops. In this process 90% of ground quartz, which is a natural hard mineral, is mixed with 8-10% resins, pigments and polymers. The resultant product is very durable granite like substance, which is quite elegant in appearance. However, its appearance greatly depends on the type of ground quartz used. Such a quartz surface has an elegant look, glossy finish, high durability, scratch resistance, heat resistance, stain resistance, and requires low maintenance. All these qualities make it an ideal surface to be used as kitchen countertops.

MONT GRANITE INC. is a reputed dealer of high quality Quartz Surfaces in Detroit. They also deal in Antoine Stone, Granite Surfaces, Marble Surfaces, Travertine, Porcelain Slabs, and Recycled Glass Surfaces, to name a few. They are a well known name among the Granite Fabricators in Cincinnati. It is a one stop shop for all your fine surfaces and kitchen countertops requirements. You may browse in their virtual store at www.montgranite.com