[John Jackson]

Here is a good link to an article on solid surface in hospitals,

http://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/articles/261Enviro.html

[Tom M]

Great find!

I actually had this bookmarked for awhile and clear forgot.

I think there’s a bit of overkill, but the industry needs to show they’re taking it seriously, so give them that.

Why don’t we ever cite this stuff when we are in debate with builders, consumers, etc.?

Jon! You’re needed in aisle five!

Tom

[Karl Crooks]

I think that this was posted here before sometime back or maybe the Geeks site, eather way good stuff !

[Tom M]

Note, though, the last sentence:

Linda Lybert is a Dupont Corian healthcare specialist with Willis Supply Co.

Not sure how this affects the reliability, but it is surely an opening to attack for the stone industry.

Tom

[Andy Graves]

KarlC@BTP wrote

I think that this was posted here before sometime back or maybe the Geeks site, eather way good stuff !

Your right Karl, that was posted here before and should be in the acticle archives.

[John Cristina]

Perfect material. I will add this to my portfolio for next week. I was suprised at the amount of articles out there on just this subject. We have an apointment with some people from a hospital to do the addition and remodel sections. We are trying to get them to cover everything in solid surface.

John

[Shad Hall]

John, should we include some common hospital surfaces in a round of testing for bacteria retention? If so, what types of material are you advocating replacing with solid surface? Could you get me some samples of what needs testing?

[Wags]

The only problem I have with the article is the typical DuPont bias against polyester. Polyester or Acrylic’s flammability is determined by the amount of ATH in the mix. While Acrylic demands about 65% ATH to give it the workability and strength, polyester can be used with none or little ATH and still be workable. A filled polyester is no more flammable than a filled acrylic. “Facts” like that make people wonder about the credibilty of everything written. I have never seen a polyester sheet “shatter” in normal use as she stated either, if you hit either hard enought both will crack. Solid surface is a great product and perfectlly suited for health care, but we need to make sure we state facts and not misguide users as to what is the truth. Wonder what she thinks of Zodiaq? since its uses a polyester resin as does all Engineered Stone ?

[Tom M]

Wags,

That’s a very fair complaint, but I wonder if it wasn’t more of a reporter’s error than DuPont’s. The only company line I have heard from DuPont about poly and shattering is if it is dropped, and it certainly can shatter then. At least as long as we are talking about non-ATH filled poly. It makes me think that the reporter got some notes generalized and flubbed it on the recall.

Tom

[Wags]

This is something I have heard many times over the years. When I pointed out to one Corian rep that Zodiaq was poly based he argued with me, till I pulled out HIS brochure that mentioned polyester resin. We don’t need to be fighting among ourselves, another solid surface product is NOT the competition. A rising tide floats all boats.

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