{"product_id":"12mm-white-pebble-solid-surface-sheet","title":"12mm White Pebble Solid Surface Sheet","description":"\u003ch2\u003e12mm White Pebble Solid Surface\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlease note that product images are for illustration purposes only. Colours can appear different on screen depending on your device and display settings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSheet size: 3,660mm x 760mm x 12mm. Supplied as a full sheet.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSolid surface is a cast composite sheet, not a laminate or a coated board. It is made by blending pure acrylic (PMMA) resin with aluminium trihydrate, a mineral filler refined from bauxite, then curing the two together into a single homogeneous slab. Because the sheet is the same material all the way through, the colour and pattern do not stop at the surface. That is the difference from every decorative board: there is no thin printed layer to wear off, no substrate to swell when water reaches it, and no visible line where two pieces meet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree practical consequences follow. Scratches, scuffs and burns are abraded out and the surface refinished in place rather than replaced. The cured composite is non-porous, so liquids cannot soak in, nothing needs sealing and bacteria have no pore structure to colonise. And because the body of the sheet matches its face, two pieces bonded with colour matched adhesive and sanded flat read as one continuous surface with no shadow line and no gap to trap dirt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe decor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhite Pebble (DM3508) belongs to the DM3 series, the aggregate group, where a visible particulate is suspended through the base colour. Here the base is a clean white carrying a fine pale speckle, so the sheet reads as white from a distance and reveals its texture close up. It is the natural step up from a plain white for anyone who wants a bright surface without the flat, clinical look of an unfilled colour, and the speckle gives the eye somewhere to settle on a long uninterrupted run.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy a pale decor is the practical choice for heavy use\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is worth understanding before you choose a colour, because it is the single biggest determinant of how a solid surface worktop looks in five years. Heavily pigmented dark decors show dust, haziness and fine scratching far more readily than pale ones, to the point where the manufacturer does not recommend them for heavy use or horizontal applications and excludes ordinary wear on them from the warranty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhite Pebble sits at the opposite end of that scale. It is pale, and the suspended speckle breaks up the surface visually, so the light scratch pattern that any worktop accumulates around a sink or a prep area is far less obvious than it would be on a dark solid. Combined with the fact that the material can be abraded back to a fresh finish whenever it does start to look tired, it is one of the lower maintenance choices in the range for a busy kitchen or a commercial counter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA note for specifiers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhite Pebble carries none of the four fabrication codes used across the range. There is no run direction to track when joining end to end, no pearl layer confined to the top surface, no large scale veining to align across a joint, and it is not classed as heavily pigmented. In practice that means fewer constraints on how the sheet is cut, jointed and edged, and no exclusions attached to the ten year warranty on the grounds of pigment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWorking with the sheet\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhite Pebble is jointed with ColorSeam Mascarpone, the methyl methacrylate adhesive matched to this decor. Glue the joint, remove the surplus, then sand through a progressive grit sequence from 120 up to 400 to bring both pieces to one plane and one finish. The adhesive is low-VOC and GREENGUARD Gold certified, which is worth knowing on projects chasing indoor air quality credits. Pale aggregate decors are among the more forgiving to joint, since there is no directional pattern to line up and the speckle helps disguise the line of the seam.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sheet is 12mm, the standard worktop thickness for the material. A heavier edge is built up by bonding a second strip of the same sheet beneath the front edge and jointing it invisibly, so a 12mm sheet presents as a 40mm or 60mm edge at a fraction of the weight and cost of solid material throughout. The material also thermoforms: heated evenly to forming temperature and worked over a jig, it takes curves, coved upstands and waterfall island ends, then holds the shape as it cools on the jig under restraint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCoverage\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne sheet covers 2.78 square metres. A standard 600mm deep run therefore yields just over six linear metres of worktop before allowances for cut-outs and edge build-up, so most single-run kitchens are a one or two sheet job.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProperty: Value | Decor: White Pebble | Decor code: DM3508 | Series: DM3 | Jointing adhesive match: ColorSeam Mascarpone | Material: Pure acrylic (PMMA) resin with aluminium trihydrate (ATH) mineral filler | Sheet size: 3,660 x 760 | Thickness: 12 | Coverage per sheet: 2.78 | Colour through thickness: Yes, homogeneous | Fabrication notes: No directional, pearl, veining or heavy pigment restrictions | Thermoformable: Yes | Repairable and refinishable: Yes | Density: 1.729 | Flexural strength: 69.6 (10,100 psi) | Flexural modulus: 9,887 (1,434,000 psi) | Tensile strength: 45.9 | Tensile modulus: 9,890 | Elongation at break: 0.50 | Barcol hardness: 67 | Heat deflection temperature: 111.7 | Coefficient of thermal expansion: 3.49 x 10 -5 | Water absorption: 0.10 | Boiling water resistance: No effect | High temperature resistance: No effect | Thermal shock resistance: Pass, no cracking, crazing, blistering or spalling | Reaction to fire: B-s1, d0 | Surface burning: Class A (FSI 15, SDI 10) | Cigarette test: Pass | Stain resistance: Pass | Chemical resistance: Pass | Colour fastness: Pass | Light resistance (xenon arc): No effect | Fungal resistance: Does not support microbial growth | Bacterial resistance: Does not support bacterial growth | Food contact: Certified | Indoor air quality: GREENGUARD and GREENGUARD Gold certified | Warranty: 10 years against manufacturing defect\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Forge Finishes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67883652022471,"sku":"WhitePebble","price":720.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0797\/2752\/6087\/files\/800x800px.webp?v=1791753620","url":"https:\/\/forge-finishes.co.uk\/products\/12mm-white-pebble-solid-surface-sheet","provider":"Forge-Finishes","version":"1.0","type":"link"}