Solid Surface Kitchen Counters for Beginners

Ann Siper
Learning about solid surface kitchen counters is a great option for anyone who thinks they may be interested in installing them in their home. We all love the seamless look of slid surface kitchen counter tops, but looks are not all you are paying for.

What Are Solid Surface Kitchen Counter Tops:

Most likely you have heard of solid surface kitchen counters in their brand names. Products like Corian counters, Abonite Counters, and Gibraltar kitchen counters are all brand names of solid surface kitchen counters.

Seamless kitchen counters are made of less expensive synthetic materials. These synthetic materials are man made, which is what often makes them less expensive.

Each make seamless kitten counters that are designed to look like real stone. This means they can be custom fit, are often less expensive than real stone, and can offer some cool features.

Cool Custom Features of Solid Surface Kitchen Counters

The integral sink is the most popular custom feature most home owners take advantage of when they purchase seamless kitchen counters. There is no grout line or line of demarcation between the sink and the counter.

You can choose a seamless sink in the same color as your kitchen counters or in another shade. Choosing a seamless sink in the same color will cause the sink to visually disappear on your kitchen counters.

Many people opt for a white or cream seamless sink on their solid surface kitchen counters so that is does not blend in to the rest of the counter.

The look is sleek, easy to clean, and very much in demand in modern kitchen design.

How to Clean Solid Surface Kitchen Counters

One of the main reasons seamless kitchen counters are so popular is that they are user friendly when it come so to cleaning. Simple water and non abrasive cleaning agents can be used to clean solid surface kitchen counters.

If you seamless solid surface kitchen counter surface does become stained you can use a scouring pad and more abrasive cleaner to buff the problem area out. Please only do this using the instructions provided by your manufacturer for yoru specific seamless kitchen counters.

How Much Do Solid Surface Kitchen Counters Cost

The money question is always first and foremost on most homeowner's minds when remodeling their kitchen. You can expect to pay as little as $90 a square foot for yoru custom seamless kitchen counters to as much as $150 a square foot.

These numbers include installation, which is why seamless kitchen counters made form synthetic materials are still less expensive than granite.

Published by Ann Siper

Ann Siper is a web writer who has written for online sites such as Demand Studios, ehow.com, Goodhousekeeping.com and Overstock.com. She writes on a variety of topics, including holidays, health and fitness,...  View profile

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