Corian: the scope of application

Corian for us - a completely new material. And it's just surprising, given that the company DuPont "(DuPont) invented it in the middle of last century, and today it is literally a mass application, and each of us surely have seen him. Just do not rush to deny: that the first time we see the first time we hear. If you have been to McDonald's, you know, all tops there are made of Corian. If you do not even edali hamburger, you have probably visited a dentist, and therefore, it is likely that flaunts Corian in your mouth - it was out of it make a seal. Application. Corian so rapidly enters our life, if only to enumerate all its scope, get the impressive list. In an apartment or office thereof may literally everything: walls, floor, ceiling, doors, chairs, cabinets, lockers, desks and countertops, all kinds of fittings, light switches, TV cabinet and a computer, lamps, candlesticks, vases. Stairs, columns, fireplaces Corian obtained are great. But more often, of course, from this material do countertops. Very nice, plus a practical and hygienic. Mistresses like another book of Corian sinks. Moreover, the kitchen and bathroom in general can be made entirely of Corian. From what he's done. Corian - is a composite consisting of mineral fillers, color pigments and a binder - acrylic resin. As a mineral filler used aluminum trihydrate - white powder, a component of white clay. The same one used to make high-quality porcelain. Pigments - the so-called food-grade minerals - give the color of clear acrylic resin. Manufacturing Corian - a complex process, high-tech and labor intensive. He looks like. Entire spectrum of Corian about a hundred flowers, in addition, they can be combined. Corian can be monotonous: red, black, orange, pink. Colors are clean, rich and thick. But he may be the most unexpected colors - such as sparkling. Compare its just nothing to it like nothing on earth. True, there are collections that Corian mimics natural stone. For example, in the "granite" collection, he spotted, granular, with colorful patches, the "marble" - delicate colors, with soft arabesques, as if a little transparent. How to do it. Concern DuPont has only two plant Corian: in the U.S. and Japan. There are manufactured korianovye sheets, which are then distributed around the world fabricators. It is certified by DuPont Company, which of these sheets do all sorts of amazing things. It is interesting that when ordering a product from fabricators, you get a ten-year warranty from the group DuPont, and not from firm-fabricators. Sheets come in a thickness of 6, 13 and 19 mm. 6-millimeter go only for walls, and 13 and 19 mm - for everything else. For example, the shell does so. First, make a special form, there is placed plastic sheet of Corian, trimmed to size and heated in a furnace to a temperature of 200 degrees. Under pressure, he turns into a curved semi-finished product. Then glued into the sink worktop (seamlessly!), Polished - and ready. Properties. From artificial materials are always waiting for some byaki in terms of ecology and health. But such is not our hero, Corian Dyuponovich. The manual states: "approved for use in contact with food." That's why his welcome in bars, cafes and restaurants. But for home cooking is generally ideal. At a table top can safely leave food and unroll the dough. It is precisely because the material is very hygienic, plus it does not absorb moisture and fat. Acrylic resin makes it absolutely smooth and nonporous, so on the surface of microbes simply will not survive. From the fact that non-porous, it is very durable. All the blows of fate, for example, in the form skovrodki, stands firmly - do not beat. Even if it appears a little cleavage, it can be easily restored by gluing a piece of acrylic adhesive. And if, say, a surface scratch, too, do not despair: we must clean up its nazhdachkoy and polish. Corian - plastic substance. In other words, if heated to a certain temperature, you can give it the most complex and incredible shape: twist, bend, roll. But once the product has hardened - everything! Now and forever will keep the form in which you want to perpetuate. First, the material is cut into sheets. Then the sheet was converted into anything: a countertop, sink, column. If several sheets, place of gluing them impossible to see even the aided eye. So that the product will look like a monolith. For example, one customer ordered from Corian full bathroom, and it was not a single right angle. Bath smoothly flows into the floor and out of the floor grew up a chair. You have to compare. Therefore, we compare with corian marble, as the application they are very similar, and they look like brothers. No matter how well a polished marble, on the surface will still be mikrotreschinki. Over time, there clogged the dirt, he settled the colony of microbes, and quick dry cleaning here will not help, only a complete disinfection. Also for marble dangerous such seemingly innocuous products such as coffee and lemon. From them on stone slabs remain an ineradicable stain. From all these troubles affected, of course, the appearance of marble surfaces. Moreover, marble products will not remain indifferent to the well-aimed blow or scratch. All of these marble suffering korianu not familiar with. Break it is almost impossible, and how to deal with scratches - we have already spoken. Of marble, not all can be done. For example, a marble column or bath will grind out the whole piece. So, firstly, there is hardly a block of marble. And secondly, as already mentioned, the overlap is unlikely to sustain a kind of edifice, and an account in USD get rather big. A Corian - easy. For example, a column or a bath of it can be installed in a home with any, even the most flimsy floors. Prices. It is very difficult to derive some average price of Corian. It is for each product will depend on many factors: one color or several selected, how complex shape of the product, how long it takes to produce. When compared with the same marble:-foot marble column will cost 10-12 thousand dollars, and korianovaya - 3-4 thousand. And in order to put her house, not pay any additional costs for strengthening the floor and calling the crane, say the professionals. Scope of application of Corian is rapidly expanding, and it is quite possible that he may have moved or soon will step into your home. This versatile material that combines beauty and functionality.