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Originally Posted by Dixie
I'll add that I turned the crockpot off, and 30 minutes later the crack closed up. I wasn't expecting that much movement.
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I'm surprised that your crock pot created that much heat. Based on the movement that you saw, it certainly sounds like it was due to heat from the crock pot.
How tight is the crack now, practically invisible? If so, I think I'd run some thin CA glue over the crack, to seal it and give it some strength.
But you may be better off talking to a company that deals with that sort of thing. I'm sure that the type of material, synthetic "quartz", natural quartzite, marble, etc... may change the recommendation.
Marble is much softer than the others and can be scratched more easily or even etched by acids (wine, lemon juice, lots of cleaners, etc...) which makes it a bad option for anyone but the most diligent kitchen user.
synthetic quartz is ground stone mixed into a tinted resin. It's generally much more durable than marble but is not impervious to heat, chemicals, scratching/chipping/breaking.
Other natural stones have varying characteristics. Granite is usually the hardest, most durable, but even that depends upon the type of granite. From what I understand some quartzite can be damn near indestructable, but most counters sold as quartzite is actually a mix of multiple types of stone of varying hardness and chemical resistances.
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Originally Posted by Shaun @ Tru6
Here I am wondering what kind of machine counts stones.
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That was exactly how I read it.