As a focus of bathroom decoration, the choice of bathroom cabinets is highly valued. There are many materials for bathroom cabinets, including natural stone, artificial stone, fireproof board, painted board, glass, metal and solid wood, etc., which makes many consumers who do not know the characteristics of various bathroom cabinet materials do not know how to choose. The following editor will introduce to you what materials are good for bathroom cabinets.
Bathroom cabinet material 1: artificial stone
Artificial stone bathroom cabinets are made with unnatural mixtures. Such as resin, calcium carbonate, cement and crushed stone binder. Artificial stone is a general term for artificial marble and artificial agate. It is made by mixing unsaturated polyester resin with filler and pigment, adding a small amount of initiator, and going through certain processing procedures. With different pigments in the manufacturing process, it can be made into products with bright colors and luster like natural marble.
Bathroom cabinet material 2: stainless steel
Stainless steel bathroom cabinets are environmentally friendly, moisture-proof, mildew-proof, rust-proof, waterproof, etc.; and they are good in waterproof and moisture-proof. However, because the hardness of stainless steel is only 2MM, the bathroom cabinet made of it is a bit thin and does not have the heavy feeling of solid wood bathroom cabinets; in terms of color, the stainless steel bathroom cabinet has silver white.
Bathroom cabinet material three: PVC
The bathroom cabinet made of PVC material has rich and bright colors, diverse styles, and avant-garde square fashion. One important thing is that PVC bathroom cabinets are easy to deform.
Bathroom cabinet material four: acrylic
Acrylic bathroom cabinets are also one of the most sought after bathroom cabinet materials today. After a special mold, the material of acrylic is first fired at high temperature, so that it is softened, and then poured into the mold to be processed into various styles of bathroom cabinets. , The big disadvantage is that it is relatively fragile. If you are not careful, scratches, cracks, etc. will occur. Bathroom cabinets made of this material are available in most manufacturers and markets, and the design is also unique.
Bathroom cabinet material five: MDF
The full name of MDF is medium density fiberboard, which is a kind of density board. It uses wood fiber or other plant fiber as raw material. After crushing, fiber separation and drying, urea-formaldehyde resin or other suitable adhesive is applied, and then it is made by hot pressing. A man-made board. Its density is generally in the range of 0.5-0.8 g/cm3, and its thickness is generally 5-30 mm. It is easy to process, but the adhesive contains formaldehyde and other harmful substances, and the waterproof performance is relatively unsatisfactory.