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How to Choose Cabinet Doors

  • Feb. 01, 2018
  • Star Kitchen Cabinets

The cabinet mainly consists of cabinet, metal, countertops and door panels, while the countertops and door panels are exposed face (table) and clothes (door). There are many kinds of door panels, which are roughly divided into flat panel doors (such as double finishes, Modeling doors (such as solid wood, plastic, covering, etc.), how to choose depends on your decoration style and financial status. My decoration for the modeling door, so need solid wood, plastic, coated door choose one, the final set is Bohui cabinet coated door.

In addition to solid wood doors outside the shape of the door are basically the MDF for the collection, because only the MDF has a good engraving ability, you can carve out a variety of shapes, and solid wood or particle board (common wardrobe closet board material, Also known as particleboard) are not this ability.

Covered door and plastic door appearance similar to the actual big difference, coated door similar to the upgrade of plastic door. Simply speaking, coated door is equivalent to the carved MDF wrapped with PVC film, both front and back have PVC film, also known as 6-coated or 360 degrees coated.

While the plastic door panels are also wrapped with PVC film, but to the left side (back), the left side of the surface through a similar way to deal with putty putty and then spray paint treatment. PVC film can be understood as a non-breathable film, you can control the release of formaldehyde evaporation, because the PVC film wrapped in different ranges, the amount of control of formaldehyde release is different, coupled with plastic spray paint on the back of the door is certainly still easy to produce Solvent-based paint new pollution, plastic door to a certain extent, did not cover the green door, which is why there is a lot of cabinets, one of the reasons to open the door pungent taste. This is one of the reasons why I finally chose Parker's coated door, and why it is even more environmentally friendly.

Of course, environmental protection can not rely on the door alone, as well as cabinet plate. At the same time, the cover door belongs to the door frame and the core material are respectively covered, and then spliced ​​together through the groove, so the level clear, angular, strong sense of three-dimensional. Coated door panels and core can also choose different styles, such as core grid. PVC film with imitation solid wood effect to do when the door is almost impossible to judge is not a real wooden door, but the price must be cheaper than real wood, and the most important thing is that it does not crack.

The plastic door it is the whole door covered with a layer of membrane, rounded edges, although far and covered the door almost, but near the difference is very large, this is the case from the Parker cabinet model comparison can see come out. Relatively plastic coating process is more complex, belongs to the coating process of an upgrade, so the cost is much higher than the plastic process. But blister has the same benefits, that is, its PVC film than the coating thickness, more resistant to scratch, not afraid of bump. As for what kind of personal needs to choose.

Stones for Counter Tops and BackSplash

  • Jan. 23, 2018
  • Star Kitchen Cabinets

There are three aspects to compare artificial stones and quartzite:

First

The current market mainstream counter tops are man-made products, but the inherent deficiencies of artificial stone countertops will certainly have a better material to replace artificial stone.

1, poor hardness of artificial stone, wear resistance is not strong: the hardness of artificial stone is only greater than wood and hard plastic, iron is easy to scratch the surface, which resulted in artificial stone countertops in use for some time, the surface There will be a lot of scratches, you need to re-polished and polished to restore the original appearance.

2, poor heat resistance artificial stone is another constraint on the vitality of artificial stone: man-made stone countertops cannot be heated for more than 70 degrees for a long time, heat resistance is only over 100 degrees, the cooking process of the unintentional hot pot Placed on the table will cause serious damage to their use must be more concerned about more carefully.

3, artificial stone surface and other chemical substances prone to chemical reactions, resulting in local discoloration: colored plastic bags on the wet countertops, the color will react with the surface of the table, resulting in color attached to the table cannot afford to clean up; Timely clean-up, the theophylline inside will react with the countertop; if tap water on the countertop dry naturally, it will leave white traces cannot be cleaned; visible artificial stone is more vulnerable.

4, artificial stone processing and installation of dust is another drawback: the current man-made stone processing, very few use of water saws and water mill, the processing of dust particularly large, even if workers with masks and other protective tools, still cannot Preventing dust, which is a serious damage to the health of workers, is not conducive to the development of man-made stone industry; in addition, in the cabinet installation process, the site will also polish and polish a lot of dust.

Second

the shortcomings of artificial stone decided artificial stone cannot go further, science is progressing, society is developing, new materials are also emerging, and there will be a new material to replace artificial stone. The emergence of quartz stone, to the artificial stone countertop market mainstream status has brought challenges! Look at the characteristics of quartz!

1, quartz stone high hardness, highly scratch-resistant, wear-resistant; blade, wallpaper knife, steel ball and other iron cannot be scratched.

2, extremely high temperature, fire resistance: natural quartz crystal is a typical refractory material, the melting point of up to 1300 degrees above, 94% quartz made of natural quartz completely flame retardant, will not burn due to contact with high temperature, but also with man-made Stone and other countertops cannot match the high temperature characteristics, hot pot will not affect them.

3, quartz stone has a better stability: strong acid, corrosion resistance: the product can resist the erosion of concentrated sulfuric acid and alkali, not to mention the use of the kitchen environment!

4, quartz dust processing, the basic dust-free installation can be realized: quartz stone processing water jigsaw, greatly reducing the dust; installation process, without a large area of polishing, through accurate measurement, in addition to stitching finished all The process is completed in the factory, greatly reducing the dust of the installation site, the basic realization of the clean installation.

Quartz stone in addition to the above significant features, and artificial stone with the same environmental performance, but not without its flaws, at present, quartz stone has no way to achieve the same perfect as the artificial stone splicing, although the seamless splicing, but still can See stitching traces. But as technology advances, it will perfection.

Third

The quartz stone completely replace the market position of artificial stone to become the mainstream desktop products, there is still some way to go.

1, the price has become the main reason for limiting the quartz stone: Compared with artificial stone, the price of quartz stone is still much higher, most consumers cannot accept this relatively high price of the product, but as the market continues to expand In addition, the intensified competition will force manufacturers to cut prices. Especially with the localization of quartz stones and the increase of manufacturers, let us see the hope of a drop in prices and the rapid popularization of the market.

2, the maturity and popularity of processing technology has also become a limiting factor in the development of quartz stone: quartz processing requirements of the process is relatively high, and now there are not many workers to master the processing technology, which also limits the development of quartz.

There is no doubt that with the passage of time, quartz stone will gradually occupy more market share, and gradually become the mainstream of the table, let's wait and see!