Our Buyers Guide to Acrylic Solid Surface Benchtop Materials

Most Acrylic sheet manufacturers recommend that Kitchen Benchtop surfaces are finished off to a Matt or Satin, but it is possible to buff Acrylic Polymer to a gloss finish. These gloss finishes can however easily become scratched, requiring constant maintenance by the owner. With this Acrylic being a solid material that has its colour and pattern all the through its thickness; if your benchtops do become scratched over time, they can be readily brought back to their original new condition.

Extra caution is needed with Acrylic Polymer Benchtops when using heat-generating appliances, particularly portable appliance types placed over a Bench top’s joint because Acrylic Polymer is not heat or burn resistant, nor is it resistant to damage by strong solvents or to cracking under load; where it is not recommended that you do not stand on these type of benchtops (like when painting your kitchen ceiling for example).

Despite these, the great features of Acrylic Polymer Benchtops are those of being able to make near invisible joints. As part of this these manufacturers also make a range of Acrylic Sinks which can be seamlessly integrated into your Benchtop deck though most sinks are manufactured in white. Corian however make some sinks in some matching colours and also have Stainless Steel inset bottoms. The Stainless Steel, improves the sink's durability.

Adding Style and Value to your kitchen renovation is important and to that end, these Acrylic Solid Surface sheet manufacturers fully back their products, where Corian, Meganite, Everform, Mirostone, Staron, Freestyle all offer a Ten-Year Limited Warranty whereas Hi-Macs provides a Fifteen-Year Limited Warranty.