I just love the concrete bench top. There are not a lot of comments around about practicality though. What are you going for?

ksangus there is a big difference in the two colours. We assume your black is streaking, fingerprinting and looking patchy... .This happen with all quartz no matter the brand. Caesarstone jet black, night sky and especailly vanilla noir do exactly the same. In fact Vanilla Noir is nortorious for chemically etching from anything caustic especially glass cleaner etc Use the correct cleaning products and you will love it as much as your white colored quartz Stone & Quartz Care, Cleaning Essentials We also suggest you view our cleaning videos to make life easier to care for them

Hi Tanya, kitchen designers do mix Splashback materials from time to time, especially when this is what a client likes. All types of materials can be blended; you just need to consider their serviceability for their position, their colours to compelment the overall design and then plan their junctions beforehand so these all look and work best together. The distinct advantage of Glass splashbacks are that they have no course grout lines and so are not there to stain and discolour whereas Glass Splashbacks are really easy to keep clean and always looking their best. I know this is not what you asked but have you considered using all Glass where Glass with its benefits can also be printed on the back (instead of just a solid colour) so can be printed to look like tiles, but can also look like timber, stainless steel or even marble or granite; and done at a much lower cost to these later materials. Hope this helps, Regards. Malcolm

Hi Tina, Granites are non-pourous and really easy to maintain. When they are installed you should wipe them over with a liquid sealer; something like Rainstop and this will just give it an added protection, but you should not be concerned about staining (not sure where you heard this because it really is not a problem with Granite). The sealing process can be done once a year and it really is as easy as wiping your tops over with Rainstop, which is a thin liquid consistency like Terps, leaving it to dry for around 15 minutes and then wiping this over again with a dry clean cloth; it's that simple. Hope this information helps, regards Malcolm.