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Granite
A natural stone with beautiful colors and patterns to choose from. The wide variety of colors typically
requires the customer to go to a slab warehouse to choose their individual slabs. Granite is a
porous material that needs to be sealed yearly, and is extremely hard and durable. Minor damage
to granite is repairable.
Granite Colors - a great site to view many different natural stone colors
Quartz
Quartz is made up of natural stone chips cast in a polymer base. A “man made” Granite. It is a nonporous
material, so it does not need to be sealed and extremely hard and durable. Minor damage
to quartz is repairable.
Caesarstone
HanStone
Glass
Glass is usually used as an accent or protective top over wood tops such as a desk area or reception
counter. It is very durable but can break if hit with a hard object. Tempered glass should always
be used in countertop applications. Glass is not repairable.
Solid surface
Solid surface is the only material that allows for almost invisible seams and integral sinks. It is a
fairly soft material that will scratch, burn and stain. Slight damage to solid surface countertops can
be easily repaired, more serious damage must be professionally repaired.
Corian
Richlite - a “green” material
Metal
The most commonly used metal is stainless steel. It is used mainly in commercial applications and
sometimes in residences. Brass, copper, steel and other metals may also be used to accent a
specific area. Metal is very hard to damage but also hard to repair.
Wood
Wood is most commonly used for desk and furniture tops or as butcher block tops for cutting surfaces.
Wood is easily repairable if it has an oil finish such as on a butcher block top.
Butcherblock
Laminate
Laminate is the most widely used and affordable of all materials. There are hundreds of colors and
many edge treatments available. Laminate is not repairable.
Formica
Wilsonart
Pionite
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