• August 29. 2026

Quick answer: To choose white marble slabs, match three things — the look you need, the environment the stone has to survive, and your supplier's ability to keep a whole order consistent. Pick the variety by the effect you want. Choose calcite or dolomite marble based on how wet the space is, because calcite marbles yellow. Then put the grade criteria, slab size, thickness and finish in writ...

• September 08. 2026

Importing marble from China is not mainly about finding the lowest price per square metre. The harder part is to verify a Chinese marble supplier and make sure its quotation and actual marble refer to the same product before you commit to the order. For an overseas buyer, the process comes down to six questions: Who actually controls the material, fabrication and quality control? Which marble bloc...

• October 03. 2026

Quick Answer Look for cracks first, and for whether the stone around them is sound. Next, confirm that the slabs you are being shown are the slabs that will ship. Then get size, thickness and flatness as measurements rather than as descriptions. After those: the quality of the repair work, and how colour and veining hold up across the whole batch instead of on the best slab in it. That order follo...

• November 07. 2026

Quick Answer Can sintered stone be used for outdoor kitchen countertops? Yes, if the slab is made for exterior use. Sunlight won't discolor it the way it can ordinary quartz, and the slab surface generally needs no sealing. But surviving the weather doesn't make a countertop good to work on. On an open patio, a dark polished top can glare and get too hot to touch. So for an outdoor kitchen range, ...