Gloss kitchen worktops

happyindebt

Any opinions on gloss laminate kitchen worktops - heard mixed reviews about them so just asking a wider audience for opinions.

We're choosing a new kitchen and like the gloss worktops but am suspicious of their reistance to scuffs and scratches.
All help and advice gratefully received!

DayDreamerandGeneralWaster

What have you tried to get the marks removed first?
 Houses are lived in, would the newbies have even realised the counter top was pristine. You might make a claim while they are planning to change it. 

I wouldn't say anything to them though. It's just a mark on a worktop, it's not as though water has poured through the ceiling. 

GDB2222

Your insurance may not cover it, and you'd have the excess to pay anyway.

What sort of batteries, and what have you tried to remove the stain?

sammyjammy

try this?  Pour a bit of the baking soda-water mixture on the stain. Cover it with a plastic wrap and let it sit for a few hours. This will create the heat that will pull out the stain out of your quartz countertops. 

GDB2222

I think I'd say sorry to the buyers, and offer them £100 off the price of the house. If they're planning to change the kitchen soon, they'll be chuffed. If they're not, then at least it's a gesture in the right direction.

Depending on the kitchen layout, it can be an easy job to replace some worktop. I've done a couple.

GDB2222

https://www.worktop-express.co.uk/information_guides/repair-chip-laminate-kitchen-work-surfaces-nutshell-guide/

Is this any help?

Flugelhorn

Real nuisance when something like that happens, I once bought a house that had a recently renewed kitchen and on viewing had some mats on the worktop either side of the cooker . when we moved in we discovered that someone had put a hot pan down and damaged the surface on one side, hence the mats to cover it up. We just got some mats of our own  to cover the mark and carried on

FreeBear

There are companies out there that specialise in repairing damaged worktops - I can't vouch for any of them, but the damage should be repairable for a lot less than 2K.

Mickey666

FreeBear said:

There are companies out there that specialise in repairing damaged worktops - I can't vouch for any of them, but the damage should be repairable for a lot less than 2K.

That would be my starting point as well.  Perhaps contact the company that supplied the worktops?  They may not be able to help directly but may know of specialist cleaning companies that could.

Falafels

Is this any help? https://www.hunker.com/13423360/how-to-remove-bleach-stains-from-a-countertop

AdrianC

happyindebt said:

Picture of the 2 stains above. The texture of the stains is rough (while the rest of worktop is smooth) and as you can see, the alkaline batteries bleached it...

The texture change says it all - that's not just a stain.

The leaking alkaline battery has started to corrode the surface of the stone. That's not going to clean off. It's going to need polishing and possibly the surface building back up. The stone-worktop-repair companies can do a good job, and aren't ridiculously expensive - but don't expect absolute perfection.

We had a chip in the edge of the stone worktop at our old place - it was filled, and was hard to see unless you knew where to look, but it was definitely still there.