kitchen worktops

Dave_liverpool

Evening all,

Started to source a new kitchen and need some advice please. We have looked at Howdens units but not overly keen on their worktops. Am looking for a black high gloss with added glitter (for the wife) now friends tell me conflicting opinions of the high gloss finish shows the wear and tear quicker/the glitter effect doesn't show the marks!

Any helpful ideas?

Also where to source (and costings) of either plain high gloss/ glitter gloss, we need 2 x 3mtre runs and 1 x 4metre run.

Then its onto wall tiles and flooring!

McKneff

Your friends are right, high gloss does wear and tear easily, scratches show more.

I do have a high gloss worktop but wish I hadnt. I have virtually every surface with mats on it or glass to protect the worktop.

my daughter has an ordinary one and still looks perfect after a good few years

Very high maintenance but have no idea whether the glitter ones are better.

Dave_liverpool

Afriens said that the glitter deflects the eye from the scratches, I do use boards for chopping as much as I can, when the guy came round to measure up and prepare the new layout he was impressed at how my worktops had held up to 10 years.

phill99

Most worktops are only 3 metres in length. There is one company, Duropal, who make them in lengths up to 4.1metres. They also do a wide range of colours. They are a very high quality product. See here http://www.duropal.co.uk/

beaney50

My sister had a gloss worktop & it was a nightmare with scratches etc.
I had star galaxy granite in my last kitchen which looked amazing but as soon as you put a cup on it you had to get out the microfibre cloth.
Have now got flashblack laminate from duropal which doesn`t show scratches & is SO much easier to live with,

Ionkontrol

These are top of the range laminates

http://www.lechner-ag.de/index.php?language=en

victor2

Will cost more, especially in the sizes you want, but have you considered granite? There are lots of different styles available - you won't get a high gloss black, but it's extremely hard wearing, will take hot saucepans placed directly onto it and can be used directly for cutting or chopping should you wish, does blunt the knife though! Only thing to watch is that you don't get oil onto it as it absorbs it, leaving a stain which is very hard to remove.