Beckyao - I'm also considering the Polarstone Olympia. What are you going to use as a backsplash? Thanks.

Most likely an off white crackled subway tile. I am waiting to see the slabs to make the final decision.

I am considering the Polarstone Statuary Bianco. Anyone used it?

I am also interested in a non-rep/dealer comparison to Caesarstone Calacutta product.

Can this product be honed? I like the look of honed countertops.

Sorry, I am not sure.

I also prefer the honed look and was told by the distributor that would be a question for my fabricator. Unlike some "in stock" materials where you can purchase only the amount you need for your job, polar stone is only sold by the slab, regardless of how much you will use. At least that's what I'm told in KC.

lisapay8, what material did you go with and are you happy with it? I am deciding between a Polar Stone quartz and an LG quartz. There aren't a lot of Polar Stone reviews out there.

I am having the Polarstone installed in a couple of weeks. I talked to a big distributor that sells @15 slabs a month and thinks it is great...

In the end I went with honed Carerra marble. I just replaced the granite on my very large island and kept the original granite on the rest of the counter. It was quite a bit less expensive than all of the brands of Quartz we looked at and about the same as the polar stone. We are very happy with it as it is very beautiful. We don't have any stains but as careful as we have been there are a couple rings from glasses and some etching. It only shows up in certain light and angles and we have chosen not to be bothered by it. I would still like to give the Polar Stone a try as there Calacattu was very beautiful and much cheaper than other brands.

I had a Polarstone bathroom vanity top installed a year ago. I looked at every brand, and their marble look quartz was by far the most realistic. We got ours through Difiniti Quartz, Evoke Series, Viareggio. It is in our master bathroom, so light use, so far no problems after a year. Other marble look quartz tops looked fake to me, like the veining was printed on them. This one looks very realistic. I hope this helps.

Thank you, it helps and I agree with all your comments.

Polarstone, I was told you are a German company who manufactures in China. Is that true?

To the person that had it installed in St. Louis....I also live there and am getting ready to choose a stone for our kitchen. Could you let me know if you still like the polar stone, if it has chipped anymore, etc. Where did you purchase it?

Polarstone, how many square feet in a slab? I want Olympia but apparently I need 32 square feet more! Yikes. I found this so hard to believe and will talk to my fabricator. Would you be able to sell a half slab?

I had Polar Stone Calacatta quartz installed on my island and backsplash about six months ago. I agree the look is beautiful and realistic but I have many windows in my kitchen and therefore light shining on the surface. After having it for this amount of time, the surface looks blotchy, smeared and does not clean up even after using the company's recommended cleaner. I would appreciate any advice on this issue.

Is there any difference between Polarstone's classic Calacatta Vagli and DuPont's Calcutta Natura products?

We have Olympia polar stone and our island slab is very blotchy. You can see white blotches and these spots have a differ by sheen in the sunlight. We needed three slabs between the kitchen and bath, and unfortunately the island (where it's most noticeable) seems to have it the worst.

Correction... *different* sheen in the sunlight. It's disappointing.

Hi Jmcaruso, could you please tell me where you purchased your material from? Please contact me at maxwell@polarstoneus.com Thank you.

We ended up purchasing Polarstone... will let you know what happens!! Please let me know if your issue gets resolved! I am switching from Corian which has been great with scratches and stain clean up!!!

So I used Polarstone for my master bath, but after much thinking decided to do Zodiac Neve in the kids bathroom, only as a test - to see how both compare in daily wear. We are planning to gut our kitchen in 1-2 years, so I will know by then if the cheaper chinese quartz is just as good as USA made. So far, they both look good and clean up well, I have not had issues. Polastone still looks a better fake to me though, but I am sure the kids won't care ;)

Jmcaruso, did you get your problem resolved? What did Polarstone have to say about this issue?

Olympia.

Would have liked it honed but it's still beautiful. Paint is Benjamin Moore Silver Satin in case anyone is picking paint.

Karen Levy, they asked for pictures and for me to contact the people where I bought the stone. I'm still working on it. Polar stone has been responsive so far; I'm the slow one... The big kids and their extracurriculars and an infant slow me down ;)

I wrote at the end of August that I was frustrated with the smeared and blotchy look of the polarstone calacatta on my island. The update is good - I have been cleaning it periodically with Soft Scrub and that did the trick. I was afraid to be aggressive with the surface but that's what it took. Looks like new again.

I'm a homeowner who needs an ABSOLUTELY BULLET PROOF light colored countertop that can survive renters, personal guests, and kids armed with Sharpies in our summer house. Recently I conducted elaborate stain and heat resistance tests of many brands of quartz as well as samples of white granite. PolarStone and Teltos were great, in contrast to other brands of quartz. (Unsealed Himalayan White granite was great; others, especially the porous Indian granites, were terrible in terms of staining, although sealing might make a big difference.) I'm just not willing to baby a countertop.

Stains: everything (and I tried the worst substances I could imagine) was easy to remove except for Sharpie (which I applied thickly over a good size area) and ball point pen (again scribbled on in a determined way). Regarding Sharpie and ball point pen, many well known quartz brands failed miserably in stain removal but PolarStone and Teltos did FAR FAR better (and I tried everything on all the samples: soap and water, Windex, Mr Clean eraser, Soft Scrub, Goo Gone, rubbing alcohol, nail polish remover, BarKeepers Friend AND the amazingly magical necessary ingredient to remove Sharpie: dry erase marker). Ultimately, Sharpie came out best on the PolarStone and Teltos with application of the dry erase marker followed by scrubbing with BarKeepers Friend. The surface was not affected by this process on PolarStone and Teltos, unlike on another well known brand where the stain came out but the surface was dulled. (In other brands, the stains just wouldn't come out at all.)

All this said, I would not go with the whitest white color if you're concerned about Sharpie but use a multi-colored light color like PolarStone Olympia, because there might be a very faint Sharpie stain left. It's undetectable on the Olympia.

Heat: I also went crazy with testing for heat resistance because I can't count on renters using trivets. Again, the PolarStone and Teltos performed perfectly, with their surfaces completely unaffected by a Lodge cast iron skill heated to 450 degrees in a toaster over for 30 minutes being placed for a long time on the thick samples I had. (I did not test the other brands because I had only thin samples, but most of them had failed by stain testing or the ones that did well in stain testing didn't have patterns as nice as PolarStone and Teltos.)

I think about the only stuff that could harm the PolarStone and Teltos would be battery acid or other really strong acids (muriatic acid? lime remover?) that really have no place on a kitchen counter. Blow torches might be excessive as well. Anything like paint or superglue can just be scraped up with a razor blade (I didn't test for any residual stuff left. "Poultices" using diatatomaceous earth and an appropriate liquid (hydrogen peroxide, bleach, liquid degreaser) might be necessary for that. There's even a poultice for rust stains!)

I have photos of all my experimentation. Just remember that dry erase marker and BarKeepers Friend can work miracles on Sharpie!

Please keep in mind, testing is great, but all quartz is made with resins (flammable), and the sealers we put on natural stone are made with flammable products as well (and if you continuously place hot pots in the same spot will create hazing)--natural stone was created with heat, but the sealers will not withstand heat. I also work with truly man-made solid surface products such as Corian, and truly natural products, such as wood--there is nothing out there that we, as countertop peeps, can safely say to not use trivets on...including stainless steel (warping). Many of my clients and my installers have commented that Bar Keepers Friend is the best for safely cleaning quartz! And use a straight edge razor leaning as far over on its side as possible to gently scrape off built-up lime & calcium deposits left around the faucet that not even the strongest cleaner will touch. =D

I wanted to update that Polarstone reached out to me and arranged to have our blotchy island slab replaced. I greatly appreciate their efforts to make it right, and the new slab is smooth and does not have the blotchy appearance or reflection that the old one did. I'm not sure what was wrong with our first one, but we are pleased with the outcome and really appreciate them reaching out. The new one is the quality we would've expected. Thank you Polarstone!

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We just installed the Polarstone Calcutta Vagli on our island. We did not replace all the countertops in the kitchen, so I was looking for a way to (1) get the look of a thicker slab with a longer skirt and (2) find an edge detailing to coordinate with the existing bullnose on the rest of the kitchen. I ended up with an Ogee edge and a 1" skirt. The problem is the color veins do not run deep enough with this product to get this desired look. What I ended up with is basically an erasure line (about the thickness of a pencil eraser) around the edging disconnecting the vein. I read up on Polarstone's recommendations for edging detail it says "Any edge detail that can be done on natural stone is
acceptable with Polarstone® quartz surfacing." In a mitered cut, this likely wouldn't have happened.

Polar stone do you have a series called Marmi. We have been looking for a white quartz with subtle grey veigning and came across one called Statuarietto Quartz. We were told it was a Polar Stone product, however I can not find it anywhere on your website. Can you please advise?

What is the largest size slab available for polarstone?

We did the Polarstone Calcutta Gold on the island (and leathered Antique Brown granite on the perimeter) in our kitchen. The veining and translucency of the Polarstone is realistic and beautiful. Typically cleans up great with Dawn dish soap and warm water. We get a lot of light in our kitchen, so occasionally have to use Bar Keepers Friend to remove blotchy splotches from more stubborn staining. We don't exactly "baby" our countertops. But we do try to wipe up obvious discoloration quickly and we always use trivets and a cutting board. Overall, we've been pleased.

can anyone give me a price per slab of the polar stone calcutta

i just got a quote of $1750 for a slab of polarstone but it was for statuario blanco. Might be the same price though. Marble express in Anaheim CA

Your stone fabricator can price you on any project you may have with stone material spec'd...=D

we installed the Polarstone Calacatta vagli on our kitchen island and we absolutely love it!! Best decision we made!

Does anyone know the difference between the Statuario Bianco and the Calcutta Vagli? I fell in love with the Calcutta but it’s on back order. Someone suggested the Statuario Bianco but I haven’t seen it in person. Which is whiter? Does the Statuario have any taupe in it, or is it simply grey?

I had Polar stone Michael Angelo installed in my beach house kitchen. Love it is much. Easy to maintain. Just sold house within 20 hours listing it! Buyer said kitchen was the wow factor!

I have it in white Michaelangelo in my kitchen and love everything about it!!

Has anyone used polarstone white opal quartz?

we're looking at the same product, called opal marquette at our slab house.

Can't get a sample of Olympia anywhere - even from company that I plan to have do countertop. Any suggestions?

@wendi4deco amd @Andy Halberg did either of you end up using the opal marquette Polarstone Quartz? Would love to see pictures!

@cvmurillo can you post more pictures of your countertop up close to see the details? Looks beautiful!

Please could anyone who has installed Opal Marquette post pictures/weigh in?. Very interested as is the post above mine.

I’ve heard it is discontinued?

We’re looking at polar stone, Pietra Danae? Anyone have this?

@Ann_Cleator (or anyone else), did you find any pictures of Pietra Danae (now Pure-Surfaces) installed? Did you proceed with it? I'm considering it for my kitchen counters and would love to see some pictures. Thank you.

This is the finished renovation of our small kitchen. We love it. Used pietra Danae as the backsplash, too. And then had it cut into subway style “bricks” for the area behind the stove. (New counter stools are on order).