Silestone®

Designing your dream home starts with the selection of the right materials, and that's where Silestone natural quartz comes in. Silestone is the world's leading quartz surface, combining strength and beauty to create a superior choice for nearly any surface in your home or office.

Ideal for kitchen countertops, bathroom vanity tops, shower wall cladding, flooring, table tops, and so much more, Silestone offers a unique mix of strength and elegance with no maintenance required.

Silestone offers benefits that outperform other surfaces, such as scratch and scorch resistance that can't be matched by plastic or solid surfaces, and resistance to stains that can't be matched by even sealed granite or marble. And with over 48 colors available in the U.S., and virtually unlimited edge designs to choose from, Silestone offers something for everyone to love.

Plus, Silestone has the widest availability of any quartz surface in the world, with over 3,500 retailers offering Silestone in North America.

Versatility

With its diversified colors and edges, Silestone is a stone with personality to suit your taste. Whatever your dream home looks like on the outside, Silestone is perfect for your surfaces inside. Adding strength, beauty and elegance to any home is what makes Silestone the surfacing material that dreams are made of. So express yourself in your own way. No matter what your style, Silestone offers something for you.

With more than 48 colors available and virtually unlimited array of edge options, Silestone offers maximum design flexibility. Silestone's unsurpassed combination of strength, beauty and elegance make it ideal for surfaces all around the home.

• Kitchen countertops (islands, peninsulas, L-shaped counters and more)
• Bathroom vanity tops (single bowl, double bowl, multi-level vanity tops and more)
• Shower stalls (wall cladding, shelving for your shower, soap holder and more)
• Tub surrounds (raised cladding, steps, benches, and other imaginative elements around any tub)
• Table tops (for your kitchen and dinning room tables, bedside tables and lamp tables to name a few)
• Fireplace surrounds (numerous tiles or few large pieces; multicolored or one same hue)

Introducing new product applications

• Integrated sinks that make cleaning spills easier than ever. Just squeege off the spill onto the sink and rinse away. Silestone offers three ways to integrate Kindred stainless steel sinks. Choose the one that suits you best.
  • Flush-mounted
  • Bevel-mounted
  • Under-mounted
• First in the industry to offer Do-It-Yourself vanity tops.
• Muro™ a line of easy-to-install backsplashes ranging from a single-slab etched design, to the individual tiles grouped with a ty-vac mesh.

For more information on availability of Muro in your area, contact your Silestone distributor.

Advantages

Through superior strength, incredible beauty and an unparalleled distribution network, Silestone is rapidly becoming the surfacing choice for discerning consumers. Here are the top 10 reasons why:

Natural Beauty

Silestone has the sophisticated elegance and timeless beauty of stone. The natural quartz in Silestone delivers a distinctive depth, brilliant clarity, glimmering radiance and cool, solid feel unique to natural stones.

Versatility

Silestone can be used in virtually any indoor surfacing application, including kitchen countertops, bathroom vanities, tub and shower surrounds, backsplashes, floors, walls, wet bars, tabletops, desktops, fireplace surrounds, and more.

Widespread Availability

Cosentino has built a reliable network of dedicated distributors who deliver Silestone and service customers throughout North America, including all metropolitan areas in the United States, several regions in Canada, and now even is expanding into Mexico and Puerto Rico.

In North America, Silestone is available through approximately 3,500 retailers including all EXPO Design Center® stores, Home Depot® locations, e-counters.com, as well as a variety of kitchen and bath retailers, cabinet shops, tile/flooring outlets, designers' showrooms, architectural firms, builders, and more.

Scratch-Resistance

Only three other natural minerals—diamond, sapphire and topaz—are harder than quartz, making Silestone naturally scratch-resistant. Quartz is a seven in strength on Mohs Hardness Scale (diamond is a 10). So, while a careless slip of the knife will scratch most other countertops such as laminates and some granites, it won't leave a mark on Silestone. Silestone is not scratch-proof, however, and can therefore be damaged with excessive force or pressure.

Stain-Resistance

Silestone's polished surface is non-porous and thus highly resistant to stains from coffee, wine, lemon juice, olive oil, vinegar, makeup, and many other common household products. Unlike granite, Silestone does not need to be sealed to keep its lustrous shine.

Heat- And Scorch-Resistance

Unlike solid surfaces and laminates, Silestone is heat- and scorch-resistant. It will withstand limited exposure to heat without burning or scorching. The fire of a lit match will not mar the Silestone countertop. However, as advised by crockpot and electric skillet manufacturers, do not place these items directly on any countertop. Always use of trivets when placing hot items on a Silestone surface to avoid thermal shock.

Strength

Silestone has four times the flexural strength of granite, making it less susceptible to chipping and cracking than granite during transportation and installation.

Maintenance-Free

Because it is non-porous, Silestone's polished surface doesn't need to be sealed. Granite, marble and limestone, on the other hand, must be sealed on installation and resealed regularly to prevent staining.

Cleaning Silestone is easy with soapy water or a mild household cleaner such as Formula 409®, Fantastik® or Windex®.

No surface is indestructible, though. As with any other stone or surface, strong chemicals and solvents such as Drano®, Liquid Plummer®, oven cleaners and floor strippers will damage the surface and must not be used on Silestone.

Color

Silestone is available in over 48 dazzling colors, ensuring that there is a Silestone color to suit most any style or taste. Cosentino continues to grow its Silestone color palette every year.

Because Silestone natural quartz delivers more color consistency than any other natural stone, homeowners can be confident when using samples to choose their Silestone countertop color.

Experience

Silestone's is a mature network of distributors and fabricators backed up by Cosentino and its more than 70 years in the natural stone industry. Furthermore, Silestone is fabricated and installed by dedicated certified craftsmen who are trained by Cosentino through a unique curriculum that includes expert hands-on training.