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TRESPA for countertops???

13 years ago

Only saw one posting for this here with a google search. I saw a friends's new kitchen yesterday and she introduced me to this material as a countertop. Has anyone used it or know anyone who has? She adores it, but it's always nice to have a variety of opinions! Thank you.

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  • 13 years ago

    I do not own it, but similar materials (solid high pressure laminate) are used by high-end European kitchen brands like Boffi.

    I don't know how popular it is in the USA, but here in Europe this material has been used for years to build showers or fitting rooms partitions in public swimming pools, for lockers doors in gyms and for table tops in cafés and restaurants.

    It is self-supporting, completely moisture-proof and very tough. It does not require edgebanding.

    I love the Polyrey version with the white core (instead of black), "Polyrey Monochrom Compact"


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  • 13 years ago

    Thank you barthelemy! I had heard of it for building panels, exterior, but kitchen counters was new for me. I guess if they work in a lab environment they might be ok in a kitchen. Mine has been the site for a few experiments...

  • 13 years ago

    Shamelessly bumping! I'm thinking in a bathroom for sure, but the kitchen?

  • PRO
    10 years ago

    We use Trespa commercially, and there are 2 types: Athlon and Toplab. Both are black cores, and mostly used with black faces as well. It's a VERY dense material, much heavier than a standard "plastic laminate" counter with a pb core. Also as mentioned above it's completely impervious to moisture. It requires no sealer like a natural stone slab and it's tough stuff.


    On the down side it doesn't seam well, so there would always be a gap between your countertop and your backsplash. Most installers use a 2-part epoxy to join the splashes to the counters and also to join the counters together if there's more than one piece. Additionally although the material is tough against scratches it does not resurface well, meaning if you do scratch the material it will stay scratched. (That's different than Corian-type acrylic materials that can be buffed out.) And the material is usually supplied as 3/4" or 1" thickness which is a lower-profile solid edge detail that most people are accustomed to.


    Plus, it's expensive and difficult for a DIY installation. But if you can get your hands on the material it would be great for a patio/gazebo/pool bar counter and would work just fine as a kitchen top.


    You can request samples of the material from a local Trespa distributor near you, and even hire a fabricator to size and ship whole counters ready for installation, with the epoxy included! We have used AGR Fabricators in Florida, and even with shipping it's often less expensive than sizing and polishing whole sheets of Trespa here at our shop in San Diego County.

  • last year

    Can you seem this material like corian?

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