Liquid Stone worktop for the kitchen: embodiments, manufacturing

Modern psychologists say that people who successfully leading an active professional activity, to Indeed, mentally have their place of residence is not your house or apartment, and oddly enough, their work. After analyzing data on the average amount of time that people spend in the workplace, social circle of working people, the content of their mental Activities during the day, experts have almost paradoxical conclusion: people are living at work and home is a place for rest and necessary recuperation.

But even without this information it is clear that the kitchen takes absolutely special place in the overall device, apartments and houses. This is the holy of holies for the housewives of all ages. Here, young girls make their first cooking test, accepting congratulations from his father and older brother. Prepare wife, knowing how important it is for a family, healthy, homemade food. Working grandmother, putting their love for their grandchildren, in pastries and sweets.

That's why natural desire of any person to equip the kitchen as much as possible by providing, as far as possible, with all necessary furniture and other interior accessories. Nature has arranged the human body so that timely food intake is extremely important to him.

Worktops in the interior

People are trying to buy for your kitchen comfortable chairs, to provide its high-quality seating and all the necessary utensils. Illuminate the room bright, warm light of spotlights or chandeliers. At all times, he occupied a special place and worktop. She was always perfectly cope with the surface of the function to install all the necessary kitchen appliances, placing her cutlery and cooking utensils, cutting board.

What is a liquid artificial stone?

The half-century history of successful use of artificial stone is widely known. The technology of its production is based on the ability of the molecules of rock dust to enter the high-quality unbreakable bond with the molecules of synthetic resins. In this case the resulting material due to the mixing of such subsequent surface treatment, both in its internal properties, and on the external characteristics very similar to the polished granite.

Year of creation of the material is considered to be 1967 minutes, when the experts of the French company Dupont, first introduced the product of artificial stone in the European market.

Advantages of the use of the kitchen liquid stone countertops

1. Hygiene.

Due to the special treatment the material becomes active antibacterial properties. This treatment gives it a completely smooth surface, which in turn makes it stagnate organic substances, such as, for example, food particles or traces of animals.

1. Easy to care for furniture.

Any cooking process is inevitably accompanied by the formation of a small impurity. Spilled ketchup, chocolate, or sunflower oil... It is with such countertops are very easy to remove. And needless to say, after that it leaves no trace?

1. Resistance to damage.

Countertops made of liquid rock hard somehow damage or spoil its appearance.

Recall that the material has nearly all the properties of the polished granite. And so he did not have disadvantages, with which have a wood and plastic. It is impossible to leave a scratch with a sharp object.

It is worth to mention the disadvantages.

• Using artificial stone as the manufacture of kitchen countertop material, care should be taken in the during the use of its surface, such heavy items as: a kitchen ax, or hammer beating.
  
  

  Direct consequence of weighty impact may be the formation of small chips.

• Second, it is impossible to ignore, it is the relatively high price of the stone.
  
  

  However, it is consistent with its high quality characteristics.

Varieties liquid stone

Depending on what material is used as a binder, and the share of which it is directly quartz chips, artificial stone is divided into two types: quartz and acrylic a rock.

Quartzite (agglomerate)

The structure includes:

1. TOvartsevaya chips (not less than 9/10 of the total mass fraction);
2. TOrasyaschie pigments (of combinations thereof with quartz chips tint varies final color tabletops);
3. Poliefirnaya resin as a link.

Such high content of the mineral component is achieved through a complex manufacturing process - the compact high vacuum components. This is realized extremely durable structure material. Worktop not exposed to high temperatures that may be encountered in everyday life.

And it is clear that this option countertops can be made yourself at home. Details of general construction can not be bonded. They dock as a result of an accurate dimensional fit.

Acrylic liquid stone

The composition of this variety of artificial stone has a high content of acrylic resin as a binder, and consequently a small proportion of a mineral filler.

In the material also has its pluses and minuses.

• By virtue of the fullness of the composition of acrylic countertop will be less "afraid" of chips.
• Low thermal conductivity creates heat effect to the touch.
• Accidentally left sharp object scratches easily eliminated by sandpaper and sanding GOI paste.

Buying liquid stone

When planning to buy good-quality item that will serve more than one year, with well-presenting the required dimensions, the style and the material from which it is made, will be quite a bit - to find somewhere a real embodiment of all this. And what would be a disappointment if it is at this final stage we will fail suddenly. What to do then? To accept the inevitability of the proposed choose? Of course not!

There are at least two ways out of this situation. The first - to order kitchen worktops as you imagine it, directly to the furniture producing company. Second - do it yourself with your own hands.

Production of liquid stone countertops. The method of spraying polyester acrylic.

1. Form prepared from chipboard with the expectation that the stone cover 5 mm in each side surface.
2. In the creation forms part of an ideal part of its flatness, for example, wide glass. It mounted a kind of formwork cut chipboard.
   
   

   The cheapest option - to make the most of the formwork particle board. You can also find a polyurethane or silicone mold industrial production.

3. The entire inner surface is greased wax mastic in order to create the necessary insulating layer.
4. From the gun, one after another are applied acrylic layer 3 without dye. With each successive layer is applied as long as no previous polymerized.
   
   

   The work should be performed as gently as possible since it affects the appearance of the edges of the future product.

5. Next is the preparation of the base mixture. 3 parts acrylic kneaded 1 part of mineral aggregate and a necessary part of the dye. Mineral aggregates must be pre-rinsed with water and allowed to dry. The hardener is in the last instance, anticipating direct application.
6. The mixture was then brush applied to the inner surface of the mold. Be sure to evenly and in several layers.
   
   

   All components are mixed in strict accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations.

   

   On drying the mixture needed per day.

7. Getting reinforcement. The shape glass mat is pressed fit and to which glue is applied (1: 1 polyester resin and calcite) in admixture with a hardener. Embedded DSP pre-prepared form. Placed on top of the load.
8. Finally, the last poured layer of adhesive (1: 1.5, and calcite polyester resin) in a mixture with the hardener.
9. After final completion of the polymerization (about 4 hours), particle board blank is removed, the product is finally trimmed and polished.
   
   

   The finished product is sanded, polished, mounted on the frame of the headset.

Today, not all people can afford to buy expensive trendy items of furniture and accessories of the situation. Not everyone can afford the services of professional interior designers, with their offerings decor Red Book species of wood.

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