Yes. YDL quartz is suitable as a kitchen benchtop with high resistance against scratching, chipping, acids, oils, staining, and high flexural strength, ideal for combatting the intense daily use in a kitchen.
Although YDL quartz always recommends cutting your food on an appropriate chopping board and never directly on the YDL stone benchtop to avoid damaging kitchen knives or the surface of your benchtop.
Plus, quartz has moderate resistance to heat and is not affected by temperatures lower than 100°C (212°F), making the material ideal for kitchen splashbacks, kitchen island benchtops and more.
However, like all stone materials, YDL quartz can be damaged or discoloured by sudden and rapid temperature changes. Therefore, we do not recommend placing any hot kitchen devices – such as hot oven trays, pans, hot pots, electric frying pans etc. – directly from the hotplate or out of the oven onto the surface of YDL quartz benchtops. We always recommend the use of a hot pad or trivet to place hot items on.