Corian Creativity and Colour Constraints for Kitchen Worktops.
Granite, Timber, Quartz, Laminate, Ceramic and Glass are all long standing favourites in the great british kitchen for worktop choice. But each material has its individual strengths and weaknesses and all of them suffer from having both a ridged structure and a lack of versatility. This leaves massive opportunity in the market for products such as Corian, Staron, Hi-Macs and other exciting acrylic materials with their ability to take on a huge variety of forms, colours and appearances.
Of all these acrylic materials Corian is by far the leading brand in the world. Presented onto the market by the massive DuPont corporation in 1967, its popularity and appeal has rocketed ever since, and it wasn’t until 1999 that the well known Korean LG company created serious opposition by introducing their own Hi-Macs acrylic range into Europe, and followed a little later by Samsung with their Staron offering.
Over the past, especially in the North of England, the most popular colour for a worktops has been black – or colours close to black – but quite often including a little variation in the form of a sparkle here and there or a sometimes a contrasting colour fleck. Now perhaps the most significant problem with Corian, from a consumer or manufacturers perspective, is that the majority of the black/dark colours in the Corian range are what’s know as ‘disclaimer colours’. This basically means that they are not recommended by DuPont for use in an area which will be likely to have a heavy level of use.
The reason for this is that the Corian, being an acrylic material, is prone to scratching, and in darker more pigmented colours, these marks from daily use are more obvious and make the worktops look ‘tired’ quicker. Although the scratches and other marks which will be visible in the worktop can be polished out relatively easily, and the surface be brought back up its original appearance – the cost of this work is not included in the warranty, and is chargeable. Many fabricators will request that a disclaimer is signed by the end consumer before they commence manufacture if any of these specific colours is intended for use as a worktop.
Is it any wonder then that over the past year that there has been a change in the preference of customers in terms of colour choice. The colour in demand for Corian Worktop at the moment is unquestionably white! The trend first started in the South (doesn’t it always!) and has slowly worked its way up the country. Glacier white is the premium white corian colour and is far and away the most popular. This is a significant plus point for Corian as this colour also happens to be in the cheapest price band – which is a sharp contrast to its competitors in the quartz world, for example, who position their Pure White alternatives in the highest price ranges! Sinks are also available in Corians Glacier white which gives customers a seamless, elegant finish – a feature which is just not available with alternative materials.
The future of Corian Kitchen Worktop is certain to be white!
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