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Our Solid Surface worktops are a unique and affordable alternative to solid stone that doesn’t compromise on quality. These surfaces are an excellent choice for your kitchen, bathroom or utility room that will last for years to come thanks to their hard-wearing solid construction.

What are Solid Surface Worktops?

Solid Surface worktops are created from a blend of man-made acrylic resins and colourings to develop a robust solid surface.

What are the Benefits of Solid Surface Surfaces?

Solid Surface worktops are the ideal surface for any home due to their solid construction, offering incredible durability, longevity, and are able to withstand life in the toughest kitchens. These countertops are entirely waterproof and can endure high levels of humidity, making them suitable for any room in the house. These surfaces also require little maintenance to keep them looking their best.

All of our Solid Surface worktops also come with a 10-year manufacturer’s warranty to give you peace of mind when you’re purchasing.

Style and Finish

Our selection of designs offers versatility and style, with each décor enhanced by a premium smooth finish in matt, satin or gloss. When it comes to installation, these luxury worktops can be fitted with almost inconspicuous joints, creating a beautifully sleek look in your kitchen.

Customisations

There are many customisation options available via our bespoke cutting service, including cut-to-size, drainage grooves and more. As well as our bespoke options, you can complete the look by pairing these Solid Surface Worktops with matching Solid Surface upstands for a seamless appearance and practical alternative to tiling.

Aftercare and Maintenance

To protect your Solid Surface countertops from damage, we recommend using a heat pad when placing hot pans or heat-generating appliances on your worktops and a chopping board to prevent scratches from appearing. Keeping your surfaces clean is also essential for maintaining a hygienic area to prepare food. For everyday spills and dirt, use a damp sponge and a soft, dry cloth for a quick and easy way to clean your worktops. For more information on keeping your Solid Surface worktops looking their best, visit our cleaning and maintenance guide.

You will have seen our solid wood and laminate worktops, but we offer another type of surface that deserves your consideration. Our high-quality Earthstone worktops will look fantastic in your kitchen and provide many plus points – including a seamless, luxurious appearance, feeling cold like real stone, and requiring little maintenance.

Thanks to their construction, solid surface worktops are hygienic and easy to keep clean – making them perfect for high-use kitchens in family homes.

Regularly cleaning your worktops is very important for hygiene – a collection of the world’s leading virology, microbiology and infectious disease scientists have found that a kitchen worktop can be one of the most contaminated areas of the house. Cleaning is vital to ensure that bacteria cannot multiply in food preparation areas.

How to Clean Earthstone Worktops

• Spills and dirt can be cleaned with a clean cloth and soapy water or kitchen spray.
• Stains and dried-on dirt will need a stronger, natural cleaning solution.
• Make this cleaning solution with two small cups of water, ¼ of a cup of white vinegar and a tablespoon of washing up liquid.
• Decant the mixture into a clean spray bottle, and spray your whole worktop.

Leave for a few minutes and then wipe the spray off with a paper towel or microfibre cloth. Lemon juice can be used in place of vinegar if you would like a pleasant-smelling cleaner. However, you may have to rinse off the solution with water as it could become sticky.

Keep your beautiful Earthstone worktops looking their best by regularly wiping and cleaning the surface. Always use a chopping board when preparing food to avoid scratches appearing, and use a trivet, heat pad or route our hot rod sets into the worktop to prevent burn marks from hot pans. If your surface is damaged, please read our nutshell guide to repairing Earthstone countertops.

Persistently pouring boiling water down your Earthstone sink may leave it at risk of damage or deformation. You can prevent this by running the cold water tap for a few seconds after you have poured the hot water down it.

For more information about our stone-effect worktops, please visit our Earthstone information guides. Here, you will be able to find detailed information about Earthstone worktops and in-depth repair guidelines. Have you upgraded your kitchen with these stunning surfaces? Send us pictures on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.

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Earthstone worktops nutshell guide

How to repair Earthstone surfaces

Our range of Earthstone worktops are a superb alternative to solid stone surfaces, imitating the look and cool-to-the-touch feel of granite or marble. Besides their affordability, the main advantage of Earthstone worktops is that they are easier to customise and repair.

In this information guide, we’ve put together some kitchen worktop repair guidelines to help you learn how to fix Earthstone kitchen worktops with confidence.

Earthstone Kitchen Worktop Repair

If your Earthstone kitchen worktop becomes scratched or has a light gouge in it, the surface can be easily repaired if you have the right equipment at hand.

The beauty of these worktops is that they can be sanded back to a smooth finish and re-polished, totally removing any light damage. As the solid acrylic surface is 6mm thick, this not a practice that can be carried out infinite times, as you will have to sand a large section of the worktop to bring back a smooth, flat surface.

For the best finish, we recommend using an orbital sander with increasingly smooth grades of sandpaper. After this you will need to follow these polishing guidelines to achieve a rich, high-quality finish:

Apply Countertop Magic (or a similarly suitable worktop polish) and allow it to soak into the worktop for 10 minutes. Apply another coat of polish and buff the surface until it has fully absorbed. Finally, polish the surface with a dry microfibre cloth to remove any excess and create a streak-free finish.

Countertop Magic is available as part of our Earthstone Installation Kit

Fixing Earthstone Surface Damage

For fixing more serious Earthstone surface damage, the process is a little more involved, however you can still achieve a great finish with access to the right equipment.

Using a handheld electric router, cut into the surface around the damaged area, ensuring that enough space is left around the affected area to blend in the replacement. It is advised to create a precise template that can be used to cut the worktop, and then to cut a matching section of replacement Earthstone acrylic.

When cutting into the surface, ensure that the electric router is adjusted so that a minimal amount of the worktop’s core is cut away.

Once cut, the replacement should be glued to core material using a matching Earthstone worktop adhesive to ensure it stays firmly in place, whilst allowing it to project just above the level of the existing work surface. You should ensure that enough adhesive is applied so that it oozes out on all sides.

Once dry, the excess adhesive and replacement surface can be sanded down to match the previous finish. Additional sanding using increasingly fine grades of sandpaper will be required, after which you should polish the entire worktop area to bring back a uniform finish.

Matching Earthstone adhesive is available for each of the decors in our range:

Black Star Earthstone Adhesive – Coffee Earthstone Adhesive – White Earthstone Adhesive – Mocha Earthstone Adhesive

For further details on the maintenance and repair of Earthstone worktops, please refer to the guide provided with your worktops. You can find out more general information about these worktops in our dedicated guide: ‘All About Earthstone Kitchen Worktops’.

Earthstone is the latest addition to our expansive range of kitchen worktops. These attractive solid surfaces join our collections of solid wood worktops and laminate worktops to provide a stylish and practical alternative to quartz or granite.

STYLES AND FINISH

Our new range of Earthstone worktops offers a range of decors to suit every taste and interior style.

These composite surfaces are intended to replicate the look and feel of a quartz or granite worktop, but are both easier to fit and lower in price. Earthstone bridges the gap between laminate and granite, and are engineered to meet the demanding requirements of a hectic household.

The designs in our collection suit a vast range of kitchen styles, whether you need a paler surface to reflect natural light, or are looking for something a little more dark and luxurious. Each worktop features a matt finish that is an ideal low-maintenance choice for busy kitchens, though Earthstone can be polished to create a more glossy appearance, should you prefer.

COMPOSITION AND MANUFACTURE

Earthstone kitchen worktops are available in a variety of sizes up to 3.6 metres in length, or up to 900mm wide – ideal for creating a kitchen island or breakfast bar.

The surfaces are constructed by bonding a 6mm acrylic layer to the top and front edges of a 28mm chipboard core. This creates a hygienic, hard-wearing and impact-resistant surface that can be seamlessly installed to create smooth surface without obvious joins.

These acrylic surfaces can be sanded and polished, and are easy to work with when on site, as no templating is required. Coordinating jointing adhesive allows exposed edges to be finished with matching edging strips that are easy to cut to size.

Most of the Earthstone kitchen worktops in our collection feature a 3mm edge profile that creates a soft, subtle rounded look that’s ideal in busy homes. Some decors feature a bevel profile instead, which creates a premium look that replicates the design often seen on real granite worktops.

A moisture-resistant barrier on the underside of each worktops helps to protect the composite core from moisture ingress, meaning that Earthstone worktops can be used above “wet” appliances such as fridges, freezers and washing machines.

Softened Edge (Top and Bottom)

This is the most common edge profile for Earthstone worktops and features a soft, slightly rounded edge on both the top and bottom edges along the front of the worktop. Breakfast bar options (900mm wide surfaces) also feature this profile on each side of the work surface, so the edge profile continues the entire way around three edges of the worktop, with one end left unfinished and ready for fixing in place. The acrylic top layer covers the front side of the work surface and a moisture barrier meets this on the underside of the worktop to ensure it is protected against liquids.

Chamfered Edge Profile

A chamfered edge profile provides an extra level of realism for an imitation of a natural stone surface, such as quartz or granite. Chamfered edge profiles have a flat, 3mm thick edge that runs at a 135° angle from the top and side edges of the Earthstone worktop, with a square bottom edge. For 900mm wide breakfast bar options, the edge profile is on the top edges of both sides and one end of the work surface so it can be used in any orientation. At the bottom of the worktop, the moisture barrier meets the 6mm thick acrylic to ensure protection against liquids.

MATCHING ACCESSORIES

Coordinating upstands and splashbacks can also be purchased alongside our Earthstone countertops. These Earthstone accessories include upstands, which are a sophisticated alternative to using tiles all the way down to the work surface, and will give your kitchen a seamless look. These upstands also create a hygienic join between the worktop and an adjacent wall, helping to disguise any small gaps behind the work surface.

Our Earthstone splashbacks are another great choice for coordinating with matching worktops in your new kitchen. These splashbacks are ideal for protecting walls behind hobs and sinks, and can be easily wiped clean.

Matching edging strips are also available for finishing any exposed edges, which can be easily attached using the specialist adhesive.

AFTERCARE

These Earthstone worktops are constructed from an acrylic composite that requires very little aftercare once installed, but – as like any kitchen surface – they will undergo a vast amount of wear and tear from constant use, so the following instructions are intended to keep the worktops in great condition and have a long life.

• Remove everyday spills and substances immediately with a cloth and soapy water, though if a stain has dried, it may require a more abrasive cleaner.
• Remove any harsh chemical marks using a non-abrasive cleaner and the scouring-pad side of a kitchen sponge.
• Scratches on the surface can be removed by using a coarse sandpaper followed by wet & dry sandpaper, after which we would recommend polishing to bring back the shine of the worktop.
• To keep Earthstone worktops looking shiny and stain free it is recommended that solid surface worktops are regularly cleaned using an anti-static glass cleaner or solid surface polish.
• If you have an Earthstone modular unit with sink, it is recommended to occasionally fill the sink half way with bleach and dilute with water. Leave the mixture for 15 minutes and then rinse off.
• To prevent damage to the Earthstone surface, do not chop or cut directly onto the worktop. Use a worktop protector, cutting mat or our one of our solid surface chopping boards.
• Instead of putting hot pots or pans directly onto the surface, use a heat pad or route hotrod grooves into the surface.
• To prevent scratches from appearing, use mats under ceramic ware and avoid dragging heavy items across the surface.
• It is suggested to always run the cold water tap if tipping boiling water into an Earthstone sink as persistent high temperature may deform the surface.

PRICE

Worktop Express purchases all worktops in bulk, allowing us to offer the most competitively-priced Earthstone kitchen worktops on the market. All worktops are kept in stock wherever possible, allowing us to deliver directly to customers across England, Wales and Scotland in a quick and efficient manner via our in-house 2Man delivery service.

Our innovative online stock-ordering systems enable us to reduce the amount of unallocated stock that we hold, whilst our direct-to-public model means that we are able to maintain lower prices than our competitors.

Prices start from just £260.

WHY BUY EARTHSTONE WORKTOPS FROM WORKTOP EXPRESS?

When you buy Earthstone worktops from Worktop Express, you can be assured that you are investing in a quality product. What’s more, our Earthstone surfaces are sourced a suppliers holding the FIRA Gold Product certification, which offers our customers the peace of mind of knowing our worktops comply with all the relevant legislation and meet

the highest standards set for the industry.

PERFECT FOR…

Thanks to the broad range of decors we offer, there is an Earthstone worktop to suit every style of home interior. Whatever your taste, we are certain you will find a worktop that is the perfect fit for your kitchen at Worktop Express.

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