Manufacturers of quartz call their products maintenance-free to drive the point home that the HO does not seal quartz like they need to do on a regular basis with granite and marble.
I understand. A lot of manufacturers try to sell products as maintenance free when they should be selling them as low or reduced maintenance to be more honest about them. "Maintenance free" is a term that I've completely removed from my vocabulary because it tends to be misleading.
What maintenance do you do to a quartz top?
EricBrancard said:I understand. A lot of manufacturers try to sell products as maintenance free when they should be selling them as low or reduced maintenance to be more honest about them. "Maintenance free" is a term that I've completely removed from my vocabulary because it tends to be misleading.
Exactly why all the composite decking companies took "maintenance free" out of their vocabulary. Nothing's maintenance free because everything needs cleaned. When you fail to clean things it causes all kinds of issues. The decking companies are using, as you do "low maintenance".
EricBrancard said:That's the reason I hate the term "maintenance free" now. Because I'm sure you remember when Trex was sold to us and the customer under that premise. The best looking Trex and Trex accents decks I ever did are the ones that have been painted since they were put down.
Fortunately they discontinued Accents. :thumbsup:
EricBrancard said:Fortunately, unless you're a mold spore looking for a new home. :whistling
I've never seen a "maintenance free" material before.
I'm holding out for the self cleaning counter.
And there's nothing wrong with marble for a counter, as long as the customer has the correct expectations for it in their home. Europeans have used it for years, but don't expect it to look brand new. Somehow, some Americans get the idea that if they spend a good amount of money on something, it must be absolutely perfect, and remain absolutely perfect for the next 30 years or else they've received a defective product.