Lamar is a ceramic worktop and tile company with production units in India. It uses the “sintered particle” technology, somewhat in the same style as Dekton, with both heat AND pressure being applied in slab manufacture. The company makes a great range of natural-look materials, being mainly “printed on” patterns, so not full-bodied. (This makes a difference at edges, where the “background” colour of the ceramic is all that shows.)

Like other ceramic/sintered particle materials, Lamar is extremely hard and resistant to scratching. It has the other typical benefits too, with stain and temperature resistance being exceptional. These are all advantages over quartz or natural stone, although this is a bit comparing Porsches and Ferraris: real granite scores very high in just those areas too.

One drawback with  ceramic materials is that this hardness comes at the cost of brittleness. If hit hard enough, sintered particle materials can fracture, and fracture more drastically than other worktops. Quartz especially, with its small plastic resin content, shows quite remarkable resistance to breakage and major chipping.

We try to keep customers honestly informed of all the pros and cons! There is no one magic bullet which can handle every challenge perfectly: you need to weigh up which benefits are most important for you.

Many people are finding that ceramics are a great option as kitchen worktops, and Lamar from Affordable Granite is a very competitively priced route to installing them in your kitchen!

Lamar Ceramic – sintered particle technology at an affordable price

White background, with natural veins showing strong gold colouring

Black marble-look with gold veins – a copy of the much sought-after Portoro marble

Soft grey and gold veins on a white background

Classic marble copy, with dominant grey, red and violet markings on a creamy white background.

Soft, gold-coloured veins on a white background.

Copy of a Ceppo marble, with rounded conglomerate stones on a grey background.

Soft grey veins on a white background

Elegant white/cream and darker grey veining on a medium brownish grey background.

Strong grey/brown veining on a slightly creamy background

Linear creamy and brown veins on a “warm black” background

Extraordinarily blocky grey and cream marble

Fine white veins on a dappled grey background

Grey on grey in this refined slate copy

Strong peachy-gold veining on a warm white background

Strong black/grey veins on a white background

Red/pink and grey veins on a white background

Printed copy of Taj Mahal, the popular and expensive quartzite

Delicate warm grey striated veins on a white background

Sharply defined veins on a crystalline grey background