What are the differences between artificial stone and quartz stone?

What are the differences between artificial stone and quartz stone?

1, the difference of raw materials

Artificial stone is a kind of mineral filled polymer composite material made of natural mineral powder, acrylic, high performance resin and natural pigment by vacuum casting or molding.

Quartz stone is made of about 93% quartz crystal particles, plus pigments, resins, glues and antibacterial agents, and then made under high temperature and high pressure under vacuum.

2, the difference of plasticity

Artificial stone can almost be said to have no design restrictions, and can be freely used in modeling design.

Quartz stone with a higher content of quartz crystals as the main structure, so its texture is more hard and compact, so it is not easy to do special modeling, in terms of plasticity is lower than artificial stone.

3, the difference in heat resistance

Artificial stone is not heat resistant, not high temperature, so it is recommended not to put the heating utensils directly on the surface of the artificial stone countertop, it is best to use a heat insulation pad.

Although quartz stone is more heat resistant than the general material, in order to extend its service life, it is recommended not to place the heating utensils directly on the surface of the quartz stone countertop.

4. The difference in repair

After the damage of artificial stone, it can be repaired by repairing, grinding, polishing and other ways to extend its service life.

Because of the hardness of quartz stone, once damaged, it is not as easy to repair as artificial stone.

5. The difference in price

The price of quartz stone countertops is more expensive than that of artificial stone countertops.

6, the difference between stain resistance and scratch resistance

Artificial stone is easy to produce scratches, easy to permeate color, and special attention needs to be paid to maintenance when using.

Quartz stone has other materials can not match the wear resistance, scratch resistance, anti-penetration and other characteristics.