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Silestone is a sturdy, compact, extraordinarily rigid, non-porous homogeneous slab created artificially. These engineered slabs are predominantly quartz as they are manufactured by bonding 94% natural quartz crystals with resins and adhesives.
Silestone is suitable for a wide range of interior applications like stylish kitchen worktops, bathroom worktops, vanities, countertops, splashbacks, upstands, window sills, work tables & benches, floor & wall claddings, etc. Through a special process, it can be moulded to create kitchen sink units, washbasins, shower trays and more, making it a delightful reality for all designers.
The primary material, quartz, used in the manufacturing process of silestone deserves most of the credibility for awesomeness of the silestone worktops. Quartz is the fourth hardest mineral in nature amongst the ones discovered until now, with a Mohs hardness of 7. It is defeated by diamonds that's a 10, corundums on 9 and 8 topaz. On the same scale, the marble worktops have a score of 3-5 and the steel used for knives has a score of 5.5. You see, the Silestone worktops are much harder than the knife. The resin used in it is baked with its patented antibacterial formula, which is derived from silver ions that actively kill bacteria and other microbes. Silestone worktops are the only ones with this characteristic thus making them a popular option for customers of residential as well as commercial settings as they make hygienic options for use in places like residential kitchens, food industry and healthcare.
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