I thought you did a great job on your video. Thank you for posting. I sell Natural Stone in the Dallas Fort Worth area, and I am using some of the information that you shared to educate myself and my customers.
Thanks for taking the time to share with us. I am looking at flooring and found your review of Flooret. Did you use it, and have you made any more videos about flooring? Again, thanks.
I really wanted to use the Flooret flooring, but in the end, being it was 2020 when we built, and in the middle of the Pandemic, there was no supply. So we did a lot more research and ended up going with GemCore flooring. It has the same environmental specs, is 6.5mm, and has a 28mm Wear Layer. It is really very good flooring, and after 4 years it still looks like new. I might do a review of it. I have around 3 unopened boxes of it still! Hope that helps. Thanks for watching.
Don’t forget you have to be able to get it in the house also ! 120x65 is about as big as you can get . Get ready for price shock with quartzite!! But it’s the best stone !!
At 3:30 you mentioned water creating stains. I wasn’t prepared for that on mined !!! Simple as spilling a water bottle will leave spots .. have you resealed? Any particular sealer you recommend?
They're not stains, they're water spots. Just like if you leave your car out in the rain and it dries. It doesn't actually stain, it just evaporates and leaves behind the minerals from the water which looks like a 'spot'. You can just wipe them off. He's just saying that water spots look very obvious on quartzite.
I sold quartz for Caesarstone for over eight years and water stains on quartz are a thing. What it boil later down to is the micro ridges in the quartz hold on to any sort of residues in its micro ridges and that is what grabs hold of any sort of water creating those water rings. If it’s thoroughly cleaned, it will stop doing that. It’s possible that quartzite is doing the same thing. Just a thought.
I’m struggling with that right now. The water create stains and I don’t like it. The spots were noticeable from weeks after installation (like six months ago). I don’t know if it is because it was not properly sealed and we waited 72 hours after the sealer application with the kitchen completely closed. It is very frustrating after paying a lot of money.
@@mara.stgo119 my installer also put a sealer .. I wasn’t happy with my issues after … I found one that an installer friend of mines in Arizona recommended.. I would highly recommend it now as well Dry-treat impregnating sealer .. quart sells for 75 on amazon .. I applied to two full slabs worth of stone and have half left over… clean with acetone first then apply with microfiber sponge in sections .. you’ll see it bubble
@@mara.stgo119 use Bar Keepers Friend to “remove the residue” from your quartz. You will be basically taking it back to factory finish. Be sure to square off you counter in sections to start the process. Use BKF to make a paste and apply in a circular motion and rinse with clean water. Repeat the process until it comes clean. You will know you have achieved your goal once the water rings no longer appear. Hope this helps.
We have spilled coffee and Red Wine on it, and no stains. We have sealed it, but I doubt it would stain even if it was not sealed, but of course we have never been able to verify that. Hope that helps.
Just a personal choice. We wanted tile, and we would have had to purchase another slab of stone to do that anyway, which was not really feasible at the time.
Beautiful. What kind of material is your kitchen sink made from? We had chosen HanStone quartz. Our installer showed us a piece of TajMahal quartzite in similar coloring that was absolutely beautiful. It was a larger slab, so he was able to fit all our counter tops on one slab instead of two for HanStone. No seams. He actually SAVED us money. We close July 1st. Can’t wait to see how it turns out. Love the sink. We are getting a Farmhouse sink. We said porcelain, but I like yours better. I love your Quartzite color, but probably too late to change.
I thought you did a great job on your video. Thank you for posting. I sell Natural Stone in the Dallas Fort Worth area, and I am using some of the information that you shared to educate myself and my customers.
Pantry?! You mean kitchen #2? haha Great video, thank you
Thanks for taking the time to share with us. I am looking at flooring and found your review of Flooret. Did you use it, and have you made any more videos about flooring? Again, thanks.
I really wanted to use the Flooret flooring, but in the end, being it was 2020 when we built, and in the middle of the Pandemic, there was no supply. So we did a lot more research and ended up going with GemCore flooring. It has the same environmental specs, is 6.5mm, and has a 28mm Wear Layer. It is really very good flooring, and after 4 years it still looks like new. I might do a review of it. I have around 3 unopened boxes of it still! Hope that helps. Thanks for watching.
Thank you for all the great information. It helped us make a decision. What is the sink that you put in? It looks great with the slab.
If you dont mind me asking what is the color & name of your backsplash? It compliments your countertops beautifully
I have the same question love it
What is the depth of your wall base cabinets at both cooktop and beverage bar?
Beautiful! How long is your island? Trying to figure out what the longest span is without using seams
The island is 117 x 45 inches. Thanks for watching!
Don’t forget you have to be able to get it in the house also ! 120x65 is about as big as you can get . Get ready for price shock with quartzite!! But it’s the best stone !!
At 3:30 you mentioned water creating stains. I wasn’t prepared for that on mined !!! Simple as spilling a water bottle will leave spots .. have you resealed? Any particular sealer you recommend?
They're not stains, they're water spots. Just like if you leave your car out in the rain and it dries. It doesn't actually stain, it just evaporates and leaves behind the minerals from the water which looks like a 'spot'. You can just wipe them off. He's just saying that water spots look very obvious on quartzite.
I sold quartz for Caesarstone for over eight years and water stains on quartz are a thing. What it boil later down to is the micro ridges in the quartz hold on to any sort of residues in its micro ridges and that is what grabs hold of any sort of water creating those water rings. If it’s thoroughly cleaned, it will stop doing that. It’s possible that quartzite is doing the same thing. Just a thought.
I’m struggling with that right now. The water create stains and I don’t like it. The spots were noticeable from weeks after installation (like six months ago). I don’t know if it is because it was not properly sealed and we waited 72 hours after the sealer application with the kitchen completely closed. It is very frustrating after paying a lot of money.
@@mara.stgo119 my installer also put a sealer .. I wasn’t happy with my issues after … I found one that an installer friend of mines in Arizona recommended.. I would highly recommend it now as well Dry-treat impregnating sealer .. quart sells for 75 on amazon .. I applied to two full slabs worth of stone and have half left over… clean with acetone first then apply with microfiber sponge in sections .. you’ll see it bubble
@@mara.stgo119 use Bar Keepers Friend to “remove the residue” from your quartz. You will be basically taking it back to factory finish. Be sure to square off you counter in sections to start the process. Use BKF to make a paste and apply in a circular motion and rinse with clean water. Repeat the process until it comes clean. You will know you have achieved your goal once the water rings no longer appear. Hope this helps.
Does it stain easily?
We have spilled coffee and Red Wine on it, and no stains. We have sealed it, but I doubt it would stain even if it was not sealed, but of course we have never been able to verify that. Hope that helps.
why didn't you put the same stone for the splashback ?
Just a personal choice. We wanted tile, and we would have had to purchase another slab of stone to do that anyway, which was not really feasible at the time.
@@GOATbro_Australia ok thanks 😄 great video 👌🏼
Beautiful. What kind of material is your kitchen sink made from?
We had chosen HanStone quartz. Our installer showed us a piece of TajMahal quartzite in similar coloring that was absolutely beautiful. It was a larger slab, so he was able to fit all our counter tops on one slab instead of two for HanStone. No seams. He actually SAVED us money. We close July 1st. Can’t wait to see how it turns out.
Love the sink. We are getting a Farmhouse sink. We said porcelain, but I like yours better.
I love your Quartzite color, but probably too late to change.
Price.