What is Sintered Stone? - A 2025 Essential Guide for Renovators

Sintered Stone quite simply is.... extraordinary for renovators or designers looking for a completely care-free surface design that's as durable as it is beautiful. Oh, and it's also completely natural, heat, stain and scratch proof. 

Still not convinced? Read more below to discover why you should be designing with Techlam Sintered Stone in 2024 and beyond. 

But First, What is Sintered Stone?

Although lesser known than other stone surfaces on the market place, Sintered Stone is used massively throughout Europe and Asia, where savvy designers are using it for not only residential projects, but massive commercial projects like football stadiums and airports. 

Our Pure Ice was used for the external cladding for this apartment project in Spain

Sintered Stone is a naturally based stone project, containing up to 95% recycled ingredients and 100% natural base materials. 

The ingredients include:

• Natural ball clay
• Kaolin
• Talc
• Flux raw materials
• Natural pigments
• Natural residues 

Sintered stone is most similar to a porcelain slab, but containing more natural materials and produced at a higher temperature to create an incredible strong and durable product with less tension and cracking issues that porcelain benchtops. 

Sintered Stone - How is it Made?

Sintered stone is made from all of the amazing natural ingredients above, which are crushed, mixed together and compacted under immense pressure and heat, up to 1200c, which is then poured into a mould and fused together creating what we know as sintered stone. 

This process is called "Sintering" and takes just a few hours to create what takes mother nature thousands of years to create, pretty incredible. 

One of the key elements on sintered is its incredible energy efficiency, this is why when you choose sintered stone, you're choosing a recyclable materials, that's sustainable and good for the planet. 

This process is designed to minimise energy consumption and with our Techlam Sintered Stone product, the entire process has been optimised to become one of world's most energy efficient and sustainable product sites for sintered stone. 

The Techlam Sintered Stone quarry - Levantina Spain

What are the Benefits of Sintered Stone?

• Its a natural based kitchen benchtop material
• Contains up to 95% recycled ingredients
• No toxic chemicals, polyester resins or binders
• 99% no porous, which means no stains or spill marks
• Its UV resistant, meaning you can use it outdoors
• Comes in both 12mm and 20mm thicknesses
• It's heat resistant and perfect for behind gas burners
• Large format 3200mm x 1600mm slab sizing
• Ultra compact and dense
• Incredibly strong and durable
• Combines the beauty of marble with the strength of granite
• Techlam Sintered Stone is exclusive to Asetica Sydney and Perth

 

What Can Sintered Stone be Used for?

Truly the question should be, what can Sintered Stone NOT be used for, it truly is so incredibly versatile and unlike anything on the Perth and Sydney market today. 

Around your home Sintered Stone can be used on nearly any surface you can think of, indoors or out.

• Kitchen benchtops
• Island benchtops
• Splashbacks
• Flooring
• Walls
• Laundry
• Bathrooms
• Vanity tops
• BBQ surrounds
• Outdoor alfresco areas, even those in sunlight
• Pool coping
• Fireplaces
• Furniture
• Tables
• + more

The only limit with Sintered Stone in your home is your imagination. 

Sintered Stone Durability

Sintered stone is the ultimate surface material and as mentioned above is produced under 25,000 tonnes of pressure and fired at 1200c which makes it unbelievably resistant to heat, stains, scratches, knocks and bumps. 

Hot pans can rest on sintered stone without melting or scorching the surface as well as behind gas cooktops with an exposed flame. 

Using sintered stone in the sun is not a problem thanks to UV resistance, which is perfect for all you BBQ lovers and alfresco entertainers. 

Not even the harshest Aussie summer or bitterly cold winters will effect sintered stone, ever. 

Sintered stone VS Glass based benchtops

There is no comparison here and we recently wrote about the greatly superior benefits of sintered stone over glass based benchtops in this guide. 

In short, while glass based benchtops may be more affordable (depending on brand and design selections), glass based benchtops are less than 12 months in the Australia marketplace and a number of reports suggest some brands are already having trouble with discolouration and quality of materials. 

Sintered Stone VS Natural benchtops

In comparison to the likes of marble benchtops, sintered stone reigns supreme. The porosity and soft natural of marble benchtops make it beautiful to look at, but very impractical when cooking with lots of sauces and spices, which are likely to stain the surface of your marble benchtop.

Plus, the costs of natural benchtops is becoming increasingly more, making it a poor choice for those looking for something that's durable, yet affordable for a busy household. 

Natural benchtops also need regular maintenance and sealing, which sintered stone will never require. 

The verdict on Sintered Stone?

If you're looking for a cheap and untested benchtop material, choose glass based surfaces and potentially regret your decision in twelves months time. The lack of historical data is concerning considering this product has only just arrived in the Australian marketplace. 

If you're looking for natural, strong, durable and sustainable surface design, choose our range of Techlam Sintered Stone. Used in over 100 countries worldwide, it's one of the worlds most popular and well known sintered stone brands, that's exclusive to Asetica Surfaces Perth and Sydney. 

Kitchen benchtop and splashback featuring Essential Gold

Want to learn more? Simply chat to our friendly team who can assist with putting you in touch with Asetica approved sintered stone fabricators in your area, plus organise samples and additional information. 

You can also take a look at our Sintered Stone Smart facts sheet on our downloads page.