Ua puni nā papa kuʻikuʻi i uka no nā makahiki he 50 aʻoi a he mau mea nui ma nā lumi kuke a me nā lumi lumi. ʻO ka mea iʻikeʻia i ka wā iʻikeʻia i kēia wā, ua hoʻokumuʻia inā he mau mea i hanaʻoleʻia , koe wale no ka quartz , ua hiki ke hoʻokō i kahi kūlana like.
ʻO kaʻilikai pa'ū kahi mea kūʻokoʻa o waena. ʻO ka poʻe kūʻaiʻole makemake i ka laminate akā eʻimi ana i ka pakuhi pili i ka loiloi pinepine i ka paʻakikī.
ʻO ia kekahi o nā mea hōʻemi liʻiliʻi e hiki i kahi mea hale ke hoʻohoho hou me kahi'ōpiopio. ʻOiai ka nānāʻoleʻana i ka hohonu o ka pōhaku maoli a iʻole ka quartz ,ʻano like ka pōhaku ma mua o ka laminate. ʻO kahi kiʻekiʻe kahi kahi e nui ai ka poʻe kūʻai kūʻai i ka hopena ma hope o ka noʻonoʻo ponoʻana i kona mau kiʻekiʻe a me nā haʻahaʻa e like me nā mea'ē aʻe.
ʻO nā mea koʻikoʻi i ka Honua o nā Kiʻi Kūlohelohe
Ua hoʻomaka nā papahana papahana me DuPont's Corian. ʻO ka manaʻo ma hope o ka mea i hanaʻia ai,ʻo ia kahi e nānā ponoʻia e like me ka pōhaku maoli, akā,ʻaʻole e like me ka pōhaku,ʻaʻole ia he porous. I ka wā e wehe aiʻoe i ka papa pōhaku, eʻikeʻoe i kahi'āhiu hihiu, chaotic o nā mea laulā e like me ke kāpili. ʻOiai he nani kēia, hāʻawiʻia i nā ala he nui no kaʻeliʻana a me ka haʻihaʻiʻana.
ʻO ka hua'ōlelo paʻa i ka paʻakikī koʻikoʻi e hoʻoikaika i ka manaʻo he kumu paʻa kēia,ʻaʻole like me nā laminates bouncy e kauʻia ma luna o ka papa hana kaulike.
Akā paʻakikī ka mea'ē aʻe,ʻoi aku ka nui,ʻo keʻano. ʻO ka manaʻoʻo Dupontʻo ka hanaʻana i kahiʻokoʻa likeʻole mai luna a lalo, he hua like. ʻO kahi'āpana o ka'āpana kiʻekiʻe e hōʻike ana e hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻomoe hohonu i loko o laila a loaʻa mau i ka huahana like, a he mea nui kēia e pili ana i ka hoʻoponoponoʻino.
Nā Paʻa a me nā Kānana
Loaʻa nā pōmaikaʻi he nui i kaʻilikai kiʻekiʻe:
- Kūʻokoʻa Non-Porous :ʻAʻole kahi'āpanaʻaʻohe kūmaʻomaʻo, akāʻo ka tile, ka quartz, a me ka pāʻani paʻa e hele kokoke mai i ka poʻoleʻole e like me nā mea pāʻani. ʻO ka porosity haʻahaʻa loa e mālama ana i ka bacteria, ke hoʻolaha i kahi mea holoi aʻoi aku ke olakino.
- Homogene : ʻAʻole like me ka laminate a iʻole ke kālaika kalaika , kahi holoʻokoʻa o nā mea āpau o ka honua, mai luna a lalo. Ma muli o ka hopena, he maikaʻi ke nānā aku ma mua o ka hopena ma mua o ka hopena o nā huahana likeʻole e like me ka laminate.
- Makemake e hoʻoponopono ai :ʻAe, e hoʻopiliʻia ka lepo paʻa inā eʻokiʻokiʻoe. Akā, me kahiʻili'ōpiopio a me kahi nūpepa maikaʻi, hiki i ka mea hale noho ke one i ke kau.
Akā naʻe,ʻaʻole kūpono kahi kikoʻo. ʻO kekahi o kāna mau haʻahaʻa i kēia mau mea:
- Weak (Impact, Scratches) :ʻO nā mea hale hale i loaʻa nā papa kuʻikuʻi ma uka pono e noʻonoʻo pono i ka hoʻohanaʻana i nā papa'āpana, no ka mea, he palupalu ka paʻakikī a hiki ke hana.
- He hoʻohālike'ōpili : E hiki ke hoʻopaʻaʻia i luna o ka wai o ka wai e hoʻolapalapa i 212 F. Akā, e hoʻomaka kekahi mau mea paʻa ma keʻano wela ma mua o ka (250 F). ʻO kēia keʻano o nā wela wela, kahi maloʻo (e like me ka'ōmole paʻi), iʻoi aku kaʻoi aku o ka mahana ma mua o ka wela,ʻo nā pī pulu (e like me ka ipu o ka pote i loko o ka wai e hoʻolapalapa)ʻaʻole pono e kauʻia ma luna o ka'āpana pale.
Wahi Solid vs. Other Countertop Materials
Kūleʻaʻole nā kīʻaha, eʻimi mau ana i ka pono countertop mea . ʻO nā papa helu kūikawā o nā haleʻainaʻaʻai e mahalo nuiʻia e ka poʻeʻoihana akāʻaʻole i uku kumukūʻai a hana paha i nā lumi kīhāpai hale noho. Hiki i nā mea nui ke kūʻai aku i kahiʻilikai.
ʻO nā mea'ē aʻe e like me ka lāʻau a me ka tile kālaiʻia he mau palena. He paʻakikīʻo Wood, paʻakikī i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe, a hiki iā ia ke hoʻolālā i ka manaʻo. ʻO ke kole ceramic, ma kēlā me kēia kumu, he paʻakikī aʻaʻole he porous. Akā i ka manawa e hoʻokomoʻia ai i nā helu, hoʻopiʻiʻia ka hopena e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka meaʻai. Koe i nā lālā i hoʻonoeʻoleʻia i kaʻikeʻoleʻia, kahi maʻalahi ka'āpana o ke ala a puni.
ʻO kaʻoihana a me ke kūponoʻole i ka paʻiʻana,ʻo ka papa mele kaulana a me nā koho o ke kinikiniʻaʻole i pololei. ʻAʻole loa eʻikeʻia ka'ōpili palahalaha i loko o nā'ōlohelohe o ke kino i kekahi manawa e hoʻopili i ka pōhaku maoli.
ʻO nā mea e hoʻopiliʻia e like me Formica he Sandwich ia o ka pepa a iʻole ka lole i hoʻopiliʻia me ka resin,ʻo ia mau mea a pau i kauʻia ma kahi papa. ʻO nā māmā māmā a me kaʻikeʻole i ka hohonu.
Hoʻohui me Polyester Solid Surfaces
ʻOi aku ke kumukūʻai o nā'āpana'āina ma luna o nā polyester ma muli o kaʻikeʻiaʻana he mea kūponoʻole i nā helu hōʻoki liʻiliʻi hou. ʻO kekahi mau mea like, e like me Staron, he 100 mau paʻama. ʻO kekahi poʻe, e like me ka Formica Solid Surfacing material, paha he mea a iʻole paha ka'eneka a me ka polyester.
Hoʻokumu nā polyesters i ka hāʻawi aku i nā kala maʻemaʻe ma mua o ka acrylic. He nui nā'eneke inā ponoʻoe e hana i kekahi hana hana kūikawā, e like me ka thermoforming.
Ka Hoʻolālā Kūlohelohe
ʻO nā'ōpili'āpana kiʻekiʻe he 33% o nā resins hanaʻia a me 66% o nā mineral. ʻO kēlā mau kolamu he mea hoʻohiwahiwa bauxite, aluminium trihydrate (ATH). ʻO ka HIH heʻano maikaʻi, heʻeleʻele keʻokeʻo e kōkua ana i kaʻili honua e mālama ai i kona kūlike.
E hoʻohālikelike i kēia me nā helu helu quartz ,ʻo ia hoʻi he 10% o nā resins a me nā minela'ē aʻe. ʻO kēia mau'iliala kekahi manawa he mauʻeleʻeleʻenehana ma ka pōhaku keʻokeʻo a me ka pōhaku nui a me nā aniani a me ke aniani.
Nā Kūlana Manaʻo Kūlana Kūlohelohe
- Ke hiki mai nā mea hoʻokomo, e hana lākou i kahi'ōpala. E noi e huli lākou i kēlā'āpanaʻokiʻoki i loko o ka papaʻokiʻana ma ke kāwahaʻana i nāʻaoʻao a me ka luna kiʻekiʻe. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā mea hoʻokomo.
- Hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻohou i ka pale ma luna o kāu kaomi ma ka hoʻomakaʻana me kahi nūpepa palaoa maikaʻi, e like me # 220, ma kahiʻoi aku. Hoʻonuiʻia kaʻoihana i ka palaoaʻoi. He nui nā mea hana e like me ka hoʻopauʻana i ke one a me ka pale Scotch-Brite.
- Hiki iāʻoe ke kūkulu i kāu mau pale ma kaʻili pono? No ka manawa lōʻihi, hoʻokahi o lalo o kahi paʻa paʻa,ʻaʻole ia he maʻalahi no ka hana iāʻoe iho no ka loaʻaʻana o nā mea waiwai. Ponoʻoe e kūʻai i ka mea kūʻai aku i kūʻaiʻia e kūʻai i ka nui o nā inoa i ka inoa inoa. ʻO ka mea nui, kokoke i kēlā me kēia kīʻaha kīʻaha papahana, me keʻole ka lāʻau, he paʻakikī ke kālaiʻole me nā mea hana kūikawā a me kaʻike. Eia naʻe, ke hoʻololi nei kēia. Hiki ke hanaʻia kekahi hana maʻalahi e nā poʻe amateurs, e like me kaʻokiʻana i nā laina pololei a iʻole ka hanaʻana i nāʻokiʻana. Eia kekahi, aia kahi pūnaewele pūnaewele, SolidSurface.com, ka mea e hāʻawi aku i ka hoʻopauʻana a hōʻole i nā palapala kikowaena i nā mea kūʻai kūʻaiʻole.
Nā Māla Kūlana Mā
I ka pauʻana o ka patent a Dupont, ua holo aku nā poʻe'ē aʻe e hana i nā pani o Corian. A hui pū me Corian, kekahi mauʻano laulima kaulana o nā papahana o nā mea papahana e pili ana i:
- ʻO Avonite
- ʻO ke kūlana kiʻekiʻe o Formica
- Gibralter
- ʻO Staron
- ʻO Mystera