A friend asked me to consider polished concrete for my kitchen counter top as it is slowly becoming a popular choice (in the West).
Polished concrete is similar with engineered stones.
Concrete countertops are made by mixing cement, aggregates, color pigments, acrylics & fillers together. This mix is poured over either, steel bars, mesh fiber or fiberglass to help reinforce the concrete when it forms. Concrete countertops are then cured and polished to form a level piece that is ready to be sealed. Epoxy is the most common sealer used as it is very strong and keeps moisture from entering the concrete countertops.
The advantageous of polished concrete is that it is stain & scratch resistant, non-porous and easy to clean/maintain.
The other aesthetic advantage is that it is seamless and can choose different types of finishing from matte, low to super high polish and control the specks of the particles. There are also a variety of colours and tints that one can choose, even creating your very own unique design/pattern.
Unfortunately the place I enquired informed me that they are NOT interested as it is NOT worth their time & effort as they consider my kitchen requirement too small - haiseh man, feeling dissapointed and snubbed (had very high hopes for cream/ivory, darn). :(
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guess what? i like the concept but it's somehow very "artistic" to me from what i see from the showroom at DE KUCHEN, TTDI (same row as Benova).
when we went last time.. the showroom mixed polished concrete w something else.. they even used the OLD OLD tap.. so nice!!! ;)
but i find the concept doesn't 'connect' with the rest of the hse design so din take it eventually.
i too like the concept esp. the seamless part.
Polished concrete is just a substitution for solid surface but probably more resistant.
but since cannot find contrator to do this will have to move on.
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