Dave,
Not really a typo, but it should have read "widely accepted". My bad.
We are talking about back when the solid surface industry was in full commoditization mode. So many ideas were out there for new product, that we needed to agree on a definition.

I'm not sure, but are you asking why it was necessary to define that which is solid surface?

Why group anything? To make it easier to progress. In the case of a product, the reason to classify materials as this or that helps us sell them to the public. It is an easier way for Mrs. Q. Public to assess what would work best for her.

Besides, it's gonna freakin' happen anyway, so why not unify the industry behind a perfectly workable definition?

Now if it's just the actual, you know, name that bugs you, I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to ask you to step outside! You're talking aboout the product I love, buddy.

Tom

Ahhh Tom, I happen to love the product as well. Hence our web sites name.

Tom....  Dave is going around in circles. I think he is dizzy trying to plan for our Orlando trip. If you notice, Dave is all about names....  1 for company 2 for websites.... Dave doesn't Love the stuff like we do, he just loves what we do with it, and the more we do with it, the better business is for him, and the better time he will want us to have in Orlando... see.. everything just goes around in circles. 

whew.... TGIF!! 

It IS the core business we supply. Always has been. So, there are no cylindrical mind bends going on here.

Ok Gentlemen!

As usual you are all trying to overthink all of this stuff.   The bottom line is that for years people knew of "solid surface" as Corian and that is how it was defined.  Now that there are soooooo many different manufacturers offering good products and our industry is rapidly growing with more and more countertop material choices, we as fabricators have to provide our customers with a definition of the types of countertops that we offer. 

The bottom line, Corian, Staron, Hi-Macs, Avonite....and the like are solid surface materials.  Caesarstone, Silestone, Zodiaq and the like are quartz surfaces or Estone.  Granite, soapstone, travertine, marble are natural stone surfaces.

There are your definitions.  Nothing technical about it, just laymen's terms.

Just my thoughts!

Valerie

 

 

 

 

Or, "laywomens"...."laypersons" if you will. There we go, over complexing again.

I agree. When I describe solid surface to a consumer, it's: "You know, Corian and the 20 brands that compete against them".

Although, when someome comes to the house and has never been here before, the 1st thing I here is: "So, those are Corian countertops?" "Actually, there Staron...just like Corian."