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Truth About Honed Finish Quartz

A few years ago, starting with Ceasar Stone, many of quartz brands started launching honed finish quartz. The very first ones were to mimic architectural concrete. I loved the look the first time I saw them, but have shied away from using them, not knowing how they will perform in many of our multi-family housing projects with abusive tenants. This year, we have a project I really wanted to specify the honed finish quartz with the concrete look, so we put them to various tests.

We tested three different quartz from Pental with the honed finish:

1. BQ21025S Belgium Blue Satin

http://pentalquartz.com/products/belgium-blue-satin/

2. BQ277H Santenay Honed

http://pentalquartz.com/products/santenay-honed/

3. BQ278 Paloma Honed

http://pentalquartz.com/products/paloma-honed/

TEST #1

Mustard, ketchup, soy sauce, Tabasco

 I had to go out of town for a business trip, and ended up leaving them over the weekend.

But with one warm water wish, they disappeared with no trace.

TEST#2

Wine got left on overnight - still, with one warm water wash, it disappeared.

TEST #3

Expresso got left on overnight - still, with one warm water wash, it disappeared.

All three quartz countertops with honed finish performed great. I would not hesitate to specify these for any projects from now on.