I don’t understand the appeal of quartz

[Anonymous]

The new designs that came out from MSI over the past year are really, really good marble dupes. I agree with you that before that the pattern was obviously not natural

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I guess I get that it is a synthetic solid surface that is durable, but the designs are awful. Veining looks nothing like real stone. Is it supposed to look fake?

Well, there is an easy way to avoid something that you don't like. Just move along and purchase something else. I don't get why people need to yuck someone else's yum all the time. I don't care about quartz one way or another, and I certainly don't care if others choose to use it.

Are you the same person that keeps posting about "yucking someone else's yum"? Please stop, you sound like you spend all of your time with 4 year olds.

+1

There has been a prolific use of "yuk someone else's yum" around here lately and it's pretty jarring.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s low maintenance, doesn’t stain, available in light colors / white.

So what makes it worth the significant cost over, say, Corian or similar products? Or even a plainer granite?

As far as I can tell, quartz is just the latest countertop fad. It may be "harder" than whatever, but for all practical purposes, it doesn't deliver a more functional product than even a standard laminate.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It’s low maintenance, doesn’t stain, available in light colors / white.

So what makes it worth the significant cost over, say, Corian or similar products? Or even a plainer granite?

As far as I can tell, quartz is just the latest countertop fad. It may be "harder" than whatever, but for all practical purposes, it doesn't deliver a more functional product than even a standard laminate.

Well, 15 years later and mine still looks good. Laminate, would not.

[Anonymous]

I’ve always wondered if it will be the equivalent to the Formica countertops I grew up hating. I also feel that way about porcelain tile that “looks” like marble.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve always wondered if it will be the equivalent to the Formica countertops I grew up hating. I also feel that way about porcelain tile that “looks” like marble.

100%

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve always wondered if it will be the equivalent to the Formica countertops I grew up hating. I also feel that way about porcelain tile that “looks” like marble.

Yep! this is a perfect analogy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I guess I get that it is a synthetic solid surface that is durable, but the designs are awful. Veining looks nothing like real stone. Is it supposed to look fake?

Well, there is an easy way to avoid something that you don't like. Just move along and purchase something else. I don't get why people need to yuck someone else's yum all the time. I don't care about quartz one way or another, and I certainly don't care if others choose to use it.

Are you the same person that keeps posting about "yucking someone else's yum"? Please stop, you sound like you spend all of your time with 4 year olds.

S/he has a valid point. Just because you don’t like something doesn’t mean everyone else has to think the same way. Clearly there’s a market for quartz or no one would be selling it.

I didn't say the point wasn't valid, it's their overuse of a childish term. They must have recently picked it up somewhere because all of the sudden I'm seeing it in different DCUM forums. That was my only point!

PP, you're just yucking her yum expression. (I hate it too, goes all the way back to a lecture hall where this one engineering student would just say "yum" at random, hate the word.)

[Anonymous]

The real parallel is to "cultured marble" that was big in the 80s. Powdered stone mixed with resin.

[Anonymous]

the best thing is that you get to choose what you like and others get to choose what they like!

no way it will be trashed in 15 years.

agree that cultured marble is gross.

[Anonymous]

I think many people have terrible design aesthetics and make ugly choices. But, it's really not hard to understand that different people like different things. Have you never met someone who had a different preference than you before?

[Anonymous]

We bought a house with quartz with marble veining. I thought I would hate it and replace it with marble but it has grown on me, mostly because it is so darn functional and easy to maintain. If I had marble, I'd be following my family around wiping up their spills. It's nice to have one less thing to worry about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s low maintenance, doesn’t stain, available in light colors / white.

So what makes it worth the significant cost over, say, Corian or similar products? Or even a plainer granite?

As far as I can tell, quartz is just the latest countertop fad. It may be "harder" than whatever, but for all practical purposes, it doesn't deliver a more functional product than even a standard laminate.

It is far more durable than formica, wood or Corian. Corian and burns easily and is software and will gouge from metal. If you get stains or gouges in your Corian, you have to get a sander or buffer to buff them out and wear down your surface.

It is less durable than granite, but granite is now passe. I prefer granite because it is so much easier to maintain and keep clean. Granite it virtually indestructible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s low maintenance, doesn’t stain, available in light colors / white.

So what makes it worth the significant cost over, say, Corian or similar products? Or even a plainer granite?

As far as I can tell, quartz is just the latest countertop fad. It may be "harder" than whatever, but for all practical purposes, it doesn't deliver a more functional product than even a standard laminate.

It is far more durable than formica, wood or Corian. Corian and burns easily and is software and will gouge from metal. If you get stains or gouges in your Corian, you have to get a sander or buffer to buff them out and wear down your surface.

It is less durable than granite, but granite is now passe. I prefer granite because it is so much easier to maintain and keep clean. Granite it virtually indestructible.

But how often do people really get stains or scratches or burn marks in Corian? People say quartz is so strong but you'd have to go way out of your way to abuse a Corian to damage it. Same with laminate. Sure, it's possible but worth spending double to triple? Probably not. Unless the money isn't an issue then go for it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s low maintenance, doesn’t stain, available in light colors / white.

So what makes it worth the significant cost over, say, Corian or similar products? Or even a plainer granite?

As far as I can tell, quartz is just the latest countertop fad. It may be "harder" than whatever, but for all practical purposes, it doesn't deliver a more functional product than even a standard laminate.

Well, 15 years later and mine still looks good. Laminate, would not.

I don't doubt it but when it comes to functionality most people aren't getting a meaningful difference from a quartz over laminate.