Do you Need to Polish the Underside of your Stone Worktops?
When you see natural stone worktops in a showroom or even in photos, you will notice just how smooth and perfect they look. Of course, the one thing that these pictures will not show you and something you will not necessarily notice when viewing them at a showroom, is that the underside can be quite rough. The texture will depend on the type of stone and, there are some cases when underside polishing is a good idea. Granite and quartz Granite can be really rough on the underside and this is because of the way that it is cut. Sometimes a plastic mesh is glued to the underside of the worktop which adds to that rough texture. Quartz are a bit smoother because they are made in moulds. This means that they are not cut like granite. Of course, the underside will still not be as smooth as the polished