Superwhite Quartzite: Leathered vs. Polished

5 years ago

I am rehabbing an entire 1965 house on the water and I have spent an agonizing amount of time over my kitchen design, mainly because price is a huge factor, hate it when that happens! 😅 I have decided on standard white paneled cabinets and superwhite quartzite countertops but I CANNOT DECIDE between leathered or polished!!! I’m going mad over it lol! I was thinking about maybe leathered for the perimeter and polished for the island? To get the best of both worlds?! Has anyone done a mixture of both??? I know the quartzite vs marble discussion out there too, and I don’t want to be a crazy person when entertaining over the “polished island” possibly showing more scratches than leathered. Just don’t want to make the wrong decision!! Please help!!!!

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Jules M

5 years ago

This shows a better view of the perimeter counter edge.

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Patricia Colwell Consulting
5 years ago
IMO leathered or honed surafces just open the surface to more chance of staining and with white no way would I risk it. IMO a polished granite would be the best of all worlds
megs1030
5 years ago
I would do honed, not leathered. But no matter what you choose, I’d choose one and one only for your entire kitchen.
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Jules M
5 years ago
My Superwhite is leathered and we love it! The veins are very slightly raised and everyone that sees it reaches out to touch it, it’s really beautiful. It has made no difference at all in cleaning. The leathered is on the island and the perimeter.
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Original Author
5 years ago
Jules that looks beautiful, thanks for sharing!! Did you do pencil bullnose around perimeter and that is the bullnose on your island?

Same cleaning but have you found the leathered ”hides” any damages better?
Jules M
5 years ago
I believe it is an ogee edge on the island and an eased edge on perimeter. I’ll see if I can find a better pic of the perimeter edge. I don’t know if the leathered hides flaws better since I don’t have experience with the polished, but the veining and slight color variations in this color definitely hides damages. And I really like the matte sheen better than the polished. I went with a shinier backsplash to make up for it.
Gordon Sinclair
5 years ago
Very nice Jules ,I'm considering this option I've noticed some warehouses call this hard marble or dormite ,this has become so popular their is a price increase and its hard to find the prem designs. But its worth the wait.
HU-393016513
Original Author
5 years ago
Jules it’s gorgeous, I love your kitchen. I am considering running the stone up the backsplash too but still haven’t decided. As someone with the counters in your kitchen, what do you think???
C Y
4 years ago
Love the look up the backsplash but definitely adds to the cost.
stiley
4 years ago
I just finished shopping for quartzite. We're doing a honed Taj Mahal because I fell in love with the slabs, but I also really loved the leathered. They feel so nice. In general, the honed/leathered look is more up-to-date than polished right now. One consideration is that the leathered does have that gorgeous texture, but that means writing on it is difficult. I have young kids who do homework in the kitchen so the honed will work better for us. Is the superwhite as hard as Taj or is it more like marble? @Jules M your kitchen is beautiful!