I have a stacked edge and it's virtually invisible. My Caesarstone is more mottled than having movement, but it's a rather consistent mottling. I have seen well-done miters and others not so good (this forum has examples).

The edge of my peninsula from a few inches away. The camera has better near vision than I do. :)

Quartz is very forgiving either way, laminated or stacked. There are still many fabricators that do not do miters, so stacked may be all they offer.

Our bathroom edge is mitered and it's amazing. The material is CS organic white.

Here's my mitered edge, laminated edge. I had to go this way to save another inch in the aisle. It is 1" of overhang versus the standard 1.5". I have a little bit of patterning in mine. The seam is just about invisible at the edge; they can round it a bit more to better resist chipping but my is spec and warranty compliant.

thanks for the responses.

linelle, that's a nice looking stacked edge.

sjhockeyfan and gooster, any issues with your mitered edge chipping?

kevdp, our GC said his fabricator had done mitered before but he recommends stacked for quartz (and I wasn't able to get an explanation from him, just that they had had "issues").

From an aesthetic perspective, I prefer the less visible mitered edge, but I'm wondering about chipping/durability.

We've had no issues but a) it's a bathroom vanity not a kitchen counter and b) it's only been in for 3 months, so who knows?

It has been about ten months and there is not a single chip or dent anywhere. However, I do have a farmhouse sink the main cleanup area, which reduces the number of exposed edges in a high "collision" potential zone. In contrast, my raised shelf behind the sink, in Carrara marble, has a dent from a vase being set down too quickly.

I never had any problems with my mitered edge...I have a real aversion to the stacked edge mostly because I have always chosen granite or marble. The patterns of each make it more visible if you stack versus miter. Perhaps the quartz has more mottled of a pattern, but IMO, why take the chance of looking non-matched? If your fabricator has the talent, then I would miter.

kevdp4- It is interesting to me that you bring up that many fabricators do not do miters. I am finding our fabricator is very resistant to mitering. When I brought it up her excuse was- "well it's too expensive so nobody does it so we don't do it". Yeah. I'm a bit frustrated. Our kitchen is a new construction build so I'm fairly locked in to this fabricator as our builder's preferred vendor. I'm more than a tad nervous, however my designer insists that they've never had a problem with this fabricator in the 6 years she has been working with them.

They were also resistant when I brought up (after Trebuchet's advice) doing a 1/2 radius on the sink edges to reduce chipping. Same response about "too expensive, we don't do it" Well that's crap because a 1/2 radius is a STANDARD edge option with them. So I don't get it. Is that kind of edge option really hard in a sink vs on the counter edge? How does a positive reveal of a sink affect doing the 1/2 radius at the sink?

What a great post! Both edges seem to look nice to be in pictures so I guess I need to see them in person. I love Linelle's stacked counter edge but I also love Gooster's Mitered edge!

hi illingirl, do you happen to have any photos of a 1/2 radius edge or can you link that thread? I tried googling it but couldn't seem to find it.

Pipdog-
It was a thread called "quartz owners- a little survey"

here's the link:

Here is a link that might be useful: quartz survey thread

thanks illinigirl!

If your fabricator is comfortable doing a mitered edge, then you'll probably get a better finished product. However with many patterns the difference may not be that noticeable. As others have posted, I think the biggest issue is that many fabricators aren't comfortable doing a mitered edge and may steer you to do a stacked one instead.

i am trying to decide between a mitered edge and a laminate edge. I have pure white ceasarstone. Can you see the seam on the mitered edge? The fabricator said he can do either. anyone have a picture of pure white laminated stacked or mitered edge?

@Jill Oster i know this tread is old, but what edge did you end up picking? Can you post a picture? I am in the same dilema and am thinking about ceaserstone pure white too. thanks

Yes, you can see the seam on a mitered edge. How inconspicuous it is or isn't is up the fabricator's skill level.

Stacked or mitered depends upon the thickness, color, particulates, and movement in any given slab.