Types of Natural Stone Marble for Benchtops

With marble’s unique patterns and colours, Marble Benchtops Sydney the stone’s location or origin often dictates variety. Following are some of our recommendations when it comes to beauty and quality.

Calacatta Marble

Calacatta is an Italian marble that may well be the most famous variety of natural stone in the world with samples gracing churches, museums, and castles. Its brilliant white background and splashes of grey and gold veins make it a perennial favourite marble benchtop. Marble Benchtops Sydney

Carrara Marble

Quarried from the same Italian region, Carrara is the more affordable version of Calacatta as Carrara is more common and readily available. With its greyish white colour, Carrara is more forgiving to stains and the kitchen’s daily wear and tear. Marble Benchtops Sydney

Crema Marfil Marble

Coming from Spanish quarries, Crema Marfil is a highly desirable marble for its warm, pale colour. Architects and designers highly prize its textured beige with veins of soft yellow, white, and cinnamon that evokes the elegance of palatial architecture. It is often paired with dark accents to create dramatic settings. Marble Benchtops Sydney

Arrabescato Vagli Marble

Arrabescato Vagli is another Italian marble perfect for benchtops. Although not quite well known, its white colour splashed with striking greyish green veins adds depth and sophistication to modern kitchens for less-than-premium pricing. Marble Benchtops Sydney

Caring for Marble Benchtops

Because marble is a natural material, it will eventually patinate over time. Maintaining it, however, requires little effort provided that it is finished with a high-quality sealer. It penetrates the pores and sits just below the surface to prevent staining liquids to seep in. Marble Benchtops Sydney

While finished marble is still susceptible to etchings from acids like citrus juices or vinegar, these etchings can be removed by kitchen paste cleaners on scrubbing pads. It also helps if the benchtop is honed rather than polished.

Honed marble has a softer satin finish while polished reflect light and are shinier. Kitchen experts usually prefer honed benchtops for both practical and aesthetic reasons.

Depending on the frequency of use, resealing is only usually required every two to five years.
The best thing about marble benchtops is that these can always be sanded down and polished again. Other materials do not have that luxury when damaged. Marble Benchtops Sydney