Quartz Heat Test: Granite VS Quartz Part 2. Which is Best and Most Durable?
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2019
- This video is part 2 of Granite Vs Quartz Heat Test. I tested the heat resistance of a large slab of Quartz (AKA Caesarstone or Silestone) with a plugged in curling iron, cast iron pan, pot of boiling water and a smoking cast iron pan filled with oil.
I researched endlessly trying to find the best countertop for my home. I've decided to help contribute to the online community with my videos, since I've benefited so greatly from it.
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Even though you're one of a million scientists on UA-cam, I acknowledge your significance and thank you for your contribution towards education. Good job my fellow curious human.
Best video about heat on quartz countertops ever.
Thank you for the test! Very useful
Awesome test love it
Moral of the story keep the hot pots on the stove. I'll learn from your mistake thank you so much for doing this
Thank you for this!
Great videos regarding granite and quartz.
And thanks for your videos!
Bro... Thanks for Uploading
Great demo. Thanks.
Thanks Stephen!
Thank you so much.you saved us ..
Thanks for all the videos! Very educational and great visuals. Bigger plus that you're also from Hawaii! 👍
Aloha Kaity! :)
Good series. I would like to see how the slabs are supported, as that would affect the stresses in the slabs.
Thanks Brian, I’d imagine if the slab was glued down with a significant amount of adhesive, it would act as a small heat sink and might increase the fracture resistance of the countertop. It would be an interesting video to record.
Will you do a video on how best to fix that crack on the quartz countertop?
Great Video Now granted That whole frying pan hot oil deal was quite extreme But when you showed the underneath view I noticed no support to the right of the crack Which raises the question of weather the weight combined with the heat had a hand in causing it to fail Just a thought
good video!
Thanks for this demo. We've installed quartz and the other day my Mrs put down a boiling pan for "just a second" and it left a ring, but we determined it was due to the soup, containing turmeric, boiling over. We eventually got rid of the turmeric stain by repeatedly letting bicarb paste dry on the stain and rubbing off.
Mahalo! I’m glad you got the stain out, that kind of stain would have drove me crazy if I had to see it every day!
Do you mean baking soda will work too? 🙏🏼
Thrifty Tani Me too! I’m deciding on light granite vs light quartz at the moment.
Hi Tani. Which one you suggest to go for it.. quartzite or granite
Thanks a lot for the tips that was very helpful, we were going to updated my countertop to guartz but now I’m confused.
Hey Fino, Thanks! I have both quartz and granite in my house. The light colored quartz has light brown stains from mildew, and it doesn’t have the same high gloss shine as when I first bought it. I liked the color and pattern, but it’s not as stain resistant as I thought. My dark granite still looks exactly the same and is naturally stain resistant due to the color and has the same shine to it.
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Good Video About Granite and Quartz Compare. In fact, different materials with various advantage
Thanks!
Awesome video! Thanks
Thank you Candice! :)
I have white quartz and there is discoloration around stovetop. It took many years to develope but one of drawbacks to quartz.
When I read quartz can be damaged by heat, I thought they meant discoloured lol
Can I use kajaria full body 800x2400 for kitchen countertops for rough and tough use
I would hazard a guess that a specific point heated up to the point where it changed form causing it to crack ~ A- B (probably)
Can you try to remove kimchi stain?
I always read granite was better at handling burns then quartz, so this is really surprising!
Yeah but you have blocks underneath so the edge had an overhanging wait and where you put the hot pan was just on the outside of the support had you placed that panned in between two supports. If you had put the pan on the inside of the support you might has a different outcome. Weight of the pan and the weight of the overhanging countertop Edge compromise the Integrity of the slab and that's where it cracks just passed the support
bro please show how to diy a quartz counter top tq
Do you have a video on Quartzite?
I appreciate the demonstration. I had been about 99.999999% certain that I would use granite for my kitchen remodel. Thank you for providing the final infinitesimal.
The problem with quartz is that it is crushed powdered quartz made into a solid using epoxy resin polymeric and recycled products. It yellows and stains overtime. It doesnt have much issues with products sticking to it or staining it, BUT if you dont want the shiny stuff and get honed, it will stain, as the epoxy is not as much on top layer protecting the surface. What is bad is that if you put hot items on it the epoxy will yellow. If you have windows with direct light(UV rays), it will yellow over time. It also can chip on the edges. Most granite have less issues. Some sellers title a stone granite, yet they are not, and many have mixed types of stone in the granite. Granite is MUCH more resistant to heat as well. I have had granite, and hardly ever used a hot plate, and have had zero issues on a medium light to gray tne granite. It will not yellow, while epoxy in quartz will surely yellow.
What is more interesting is that Ceasarstone and many other makers, or even cleaning products have videos up with the comment section turned OFF, so they dont get customers posting all the negative experiences they have had. The sad part is that many quartz companies charge MORE than the natural stone price for a product that is literally made by byproducts! Lots of MAJOR marketing has gone into launching quartz as the "best product for a kitchen, and this is simply false.
If you are doing a remodel and KEEPING the house, vs selling it soon after, a natural stone will add value and give a longer lasting product. Keep in mind that you can always polish or resurface natural stones, AND seal them if you want to add some security of stain or wear resisntance. You can also use an impregnating sealer for those radon gas worriers.
Something to think about.
I have researched this topic pretty deeply, and read many of the feedback from quartz owners of LONG TERM use and experience...I have now decided NOT to use quartz in my house.
I took a torch to my quartz, couldnt damage. A slight flaw in your test is that the counter top is installed on a flat piece of plywood rather than 2x6, which could have accelerated the cracking, and possibly slight differences in heat transfer. Thanks for doing this.
A hot pan is more realistic than torch.
What brand and who is doing 3/4"?
I like these worst-case scenario demonstrations. I don't know just how useful they are in real life though. Who in their right mind thinks that they will immediately take a near burning cast iron pan of oil taken directly off of the flame (2,000 degrees), exceeding the temperature of 450 degrees for the oil and the cast iron pan itself which is probably well over 650 degrees, and think, oh yeah, probably nothing will happen to the counter. I wouldn't do that to a granite, marble, or quartz countertop. If you think you need to do that on a regular basis, you need to put in stainless steel countertops.
anything is possible when cooking if you're getting burnt you won't be thinking abt fragility of your counter top haha
We have porcelain countertops, I can put anything on them and they don’t crack, I take everything out of the oven, off the grill, burning hot oil you name it, and put it on my porcelain and it doesn’t do athing to it, my husband and I put it on 20 years ago. Sadly, we are now redoing the countertops, only because they were porcelain floor tiles, 1 ft.², with grout. I Dremeled the grout out several years ago, and regrouted, but the grout is chipping out again, and it’s a grout nightmare so I am looking for a solid surface. what I am finding is that there’s probably nothing as durable as my porcelain, and even today’s solid porcelain slabs aren’t as durable as the floor tiles, so I guess I’ll go with granite🥺
I have quartz countertops and just got a large air fryer/toaster/convection oven. Do you think a silicone mat under the unit would protect the countertop sufficiently? The unit does not sit directly on the countertop, it has feet and is raised up about 1.5 inches or so. Any advice would be appreciated.
We have an air fryer and it also has little legs… we sit the air fryer directly onto the granite and it’s never hot under there… my kids have quarts and they sit their air fryer onto the counter as well and it never burns - it’s not hot… we have different air fryers but they both came from Costco… maybe it depends on the type of air fryer one gets?
Hi :) I have a white and grey calcatta and my housekeeper used clorox and stained my quartz. Any ideas how i can repair it ?
Sebastian Moradi Good to know! No Clorox 😬 Did you get it resolved?
I put a hot saucepan on my quartz worktop and it has left a very slight brown /orange circular Scorch mark is there anything I can do to try and get rid of this ?
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good experiment. I'll put a warning sign on my quartz countertop to remind my wife.
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We love our granite never put hot things on any countertop.
Use granite composite countertop, it's 3 times harder than the natural granite or quartz.
Wait so which marble-like hard countertop is the best for high heat?
If both Quartz and Granite cracks, should we get concrete perhaps?
My quartz slab broken when my wooden cutting board fell down accidentally due to breeze.
It would be stupid to put a hot pot on the countertop.you need to put something under it not directly.
That is 2 CMS ,most of the counter tops are in 3 CMS
I appreciate the science... but I would never put any hot item on ANY finished surface regardless of what material it is... it is bad practice and you don't want to get into a habit of doing it because you might be cooking in a place that doesn't have heat resistant surfaces and accidentally damage them.
Can you try on a black beauty granite I think it will not crack!
yes, the granite he used is not even a true granite. Stone sellers actually sell a lot of slabs under the granite name while they have 50% granite in it. Try any virginia mist, or any real granite, and dont use a elevated piece on your test...it may crack, but less likely. Cracking is not the main problem with quartz, it is the yellowing over time. ANY epoxy is going to yellow with direct sunlight. this is why you can use granite outdoors, but NOT quartz.
So which one do you recommend? I really like quartz slab's white colour which I won't get in granite.... Should I get quartz or granite?
They do have some granite tops that have a lot of white in them. If you like mostly all white quartz all the way. Extremely durable surface!!
I'm going with granite
So what should I put as countertops
quartz is very nice with a matress put underneath. However porcelain is the trend with much better heat resistance. Check out JW QUARTZ facebook.com/JW-Quartz-by-JW-STONE-100572315166575 and Lingbiao Porcelain facebook.com/Lingbiao-Technology-104765624758672/?notif_id=1606644252747628¬if_t=page_fan&ref=notif.
Honestly I worry about any countertop and don’t leave hot items on it
Porcelain slabs are more resistant than quartz and granite, all around, and no maintenance. Check out LAMINAM, made in Italy.
Check the porcelain slabs in Triton Stone, from Italy and amazing product
Fool who? Porcelain slab is the worst among all.
You should try this same test with 3cm quartz. Because that's what most people use.... not 2 cm.
Hi Bikram I’ll try and get my hands on some 3cm quartz, and repeat the tests with the cast iron pan with oil. I bet it’ll be more heat resistant since it’ll take more energy to bring it up to temperature.
My quartz counter cracked just from the heat of my air fryer.
i have a wood burning camp stove, would granite survive the heat from the stove? i don't want to burn the grass. looking for a base to use the stove on. thanks.
I think it’ll work fine as long as it’s a relatively small piece of granite so it can heat up evenly.
@@thriftytani46 thank you.
Thickness of slab in mm
20mm
I don't care what kind of countertops I have. Granite, Concrete.. it isn't an inconvenience to put down protection for hot pots and pans. Even if it's scratch resistant, I'm not sliding metal around on it.. that's just not how you take care of nice things.
I agree, no countertop is truly scratch, crack or stain proof. It’s just a matter of which one is less likely to be damaged.
@@thriftytani46 yes yes. You're right.
I am thinking about upgrading from Formica to granite or quartzite. Currently I can put hot stuff down but it isn't as pretty as granite.
I would never put anything ultra hot on any countertop material. That's just dumb. Put it on your stove grates. SMH
Talk about an expensive test
This test is irrelevant. You used a 3 CM (1.24 ") thick granite vs 2 CM 3/4 ") thick quartz. The quartz is 50 % thinner even though it appears thick. You can see in your video that there are 2 x2cm pieces laminated together. Do another test with a 3 CM piece.
Laminate!!!! Do laminate
Quartz is bad