Cleaning. In everyday use, warm water, a soft cloth or a clean mop and a neutral to slightly alkaline pH cleaner are sufficient. Soapy engineered stone cleaners, mild all-purpose cleaners, mild washing-up foam and special engineered quartz care products are suitable. Caesarstone recommends its own care products (Caesarstone Cleaner) – these are not essential, but well matched. Take up spilt liquids – wine, coffee, juices, oil – promptly in everyday use, because every shadow is immediately visible on a brilliant white surface; the material itself, however, is largely stain-resistant.
Do not use. Concentrated acids (sulphuric, hydrochloric, nitric acid), concrete and rust removers, paint strippers, oven cleaners, acetone, petrol, thinners, nitro cleaners and very strongly alkaline industrial cleaners are off limits – they can attack the polyester resin. Also avoid chlorine-based bleaches in high concentration. Do without abrasive pads (steel wool, green scouring pads); scratching is undesirable on the polished surface and particularly visible on the UV-brilliant slab.
Impregnation. A classic natural stone impregnation is not necessary – engineered quartz is inherently dense and non-porous, and water absorption is below 0.05 %. A sealant would tend to show on the surface as a veil.
Care intensity on a brilliant white slab. Vivid White is the most brilliantly white selection in the Caesarstone range – on this extremely light slab, all soiling, water rims, limescale marks and matt abrasion traces become immediately visible. We recommend wiping dry daily with a soft microfibre cloth and mopping up all spilt liquids immediately. The slab is visually unforgiving – every stain shows, but thanks to its lack of pores it can usually be removed effortlessly.
Kitchen. 1111 Vivid White is a classic kitchen material. Despite its high material hardness and acid resistance, the following applies: use chopping boards (knife marks can leave the polyester resin matt over time) and use trivets for hot pots and pans – direct heat over points can cause local discolouration. Direct contact with a hot baking tray (above about 150 °C) risks stress cracks. On site, the dishwasher must not run in full contact directly beneath the slab – heat protection is standard practice. On the brilliant white surface, coffee stains, berry juice, tomato and red wine are visually particularly conspicuous, but can usually be removed without a trace if dealt with promptly.
Bathroom. In the bathroom, Vivid White is very well suited as a washstand, wall cladding, bath surround and shower. Do not use anti-limescale sprays and limescale-dissolving bathroom cleaners in high concentration, and wipe standing water away promptly in the shower area so that a limescale film cannot build up – on the UV-brilliant slab, limescale rims are even more distinct as light traces than on 2141 Snow.
Outdoors and frost. Not suitable for external construction. Polyester binder yellows under UV radiation – on a light slab, any shift in tone is particularly clearly visible. Freeze-thaw cycles can lead to micro defects. Nor is it recommended for permanent use in fully sunlit conservatories or open loggias – Caesarstone explicitly excludes external use and fully sunlit interior surfaces from the warranty.
Warranty and repair. In the residential sector Caesarstone grants a lifetime warranty against material and manufacturing defects (“Caesarstone Forever”), subject to fabrication and care to standard by certified specialist firms. The surface finishes available in stock are listed in the »Finishes« block further down. On a brilliant white slab, pigment matching is extremely sensitive; a test piece is advisable.