I got a email asking about solid surface and i think many people would like to know what is LG Hi macs solid surface is :-
Hi there Julian,
I’ve been looking around at your great site. Firstly thank you for such a wonderful site you’ve created – cheers for yourself!!!
OK, I am getting my new BTO home and now looking for designs. Are u a designer? I saw Hi-macs solid surface and I wish to ask if u have the contacts for singapore? how much and what is your review on this top? i am very keen in such tops and know there are many in the market… but many designers or contractors are selling some china ones… Do you have any good ones to recommend and how much can roughly 30K take me to for a BTO 5-rm? I hope to have a model living house and a little zen for my wife.
sorry for so many questions..
It difficult to explain everything about LG Hi Macs solid in details just a few sentence, so i exported the technical specification of LG Hi Macs…….
Product details
LG HI-MACS is designed for use in residential and commercial applications and is now the horizontal and vertical surface material of choice for installers, fabricators, architects, designers and specifiers.
Resistant
LG HI-MACS is engineered to meet the demands of a multitude of commercial and residential applications.
- Performs well in drop ball impact tests
- Resists most chemical exposure
- High UV resistance and colour fastness.
- Water, dirt and moisture resistant
Hygienic
LG HI-MACS Natural Acrylic Stone is a non-toxic material and has no surface-acting agents – even over prolonged exposure.
- Non-porous surface and seamless joins for optimum hygiene.
- Available in specially treated antibacterial grades for specialised installations.
Translucent
The Translucent properties of LG HI-MACS open up new possibilities for designers and architects:
- Lighting
- Shop signs and displays
- Design objects
Homogenous
LG HI-MACS maintains the same consistency throughout the thickness of the material. Inconspicuous seams ensure that even complex installations appear as a solid whole.
- Solid
- Seamless finish for a one-piece look
- Wear and tear can be rubbed away
- Damaged sections can be replaced inconspicuously.
Long lasting
- Normal cleaning requires water, a drop of washing-up liquid and a paper towel
- Persistent stains can be rubbed out using, Ajax or Jif etc.
- Scratches can be rubbed away with a Scotch Brite pad or fine sanding paper.
- More extensively damaged sections can be replaced inconspicuously.
Easy to fabricate
LG HI-MACS can be fabricated with standard joinery machines and tools, enabling complex layouts to be fabricated with ease.
- Inlays
- Routed drain boards
- Coved backsplashes
Thermoformability
Preheating turns LG HI-MACS into a material that can be bent into virtually any shape and cooled without any loss of performance.
Technical Datasheet
| Specification | Unit | Result | Test method | |
| Solids | Granite | |||
| Flexural modulus | MPa | 8900 | 7730 | DIN EN ISO 178 |
| Breaking elongation | MPa | 76.9 | 71.7 | DIN EN ISO 178 |
| Flexural elongation | % | 1 | 1.1 | DIN EN ISO 178 |
| Tensile strength | MPa | 32.7 | 31.7 | DIN EN ISO 527 |
| Density | g/cm3 | 1.71 | 1.64 | ISO 1183 |
| kg/m3 | 1710 | 1640 | ISO 1183 | |
| Ball indentation hardness | N/mm2 | 257 | 239 | DIN EN ISO 2039-1 |
| Mohs-hardness | 2 – 3 | 2 – 3 | EN 101 | |
| Pencil-hardness | >9H | >9H | ISO 15184 | |
| Water absorbtion | DIN EN 438 part 12 | |||
| weight | <0,1% | <0,1% | ||
| thickness | <0,1% | <0,1% | ||
| Impact resistance | ||||
| impactor | N | ?25 | ?25 | E DIN EN 438, 02/02 part 2/20 |
| dropping ball test (height) | mm | ?1500 | ?1500 | E DIN EN 438, 02/02 part 2/21 |
| Slippery resistance | >0,32 – 0,9 | GMG100 (replaces R9) | ||
| Slippery resistance | angle of acceptance of more than 10° à 19° = R10 |
DIN 51130 | ||
| Climate change resistance | ºC | ?0,05 | ?0,05 | AMK |
| Dry heat (pan bottom) | ºC | ?100 (7C) | DIN 68 861, part 7, 04-’85 | |
| Wet heat (pan bottom) | ºC | ?100 (8A) | DIN 68 861, part 8, 04-’85 | |
| Temperature change resistance | ºC | no change | UNI 9429 | |
| Cigarette burn resistance | 6C | 6B | DIN 68 861, part 6, 11-’82 | |
| Scratch resistance | 4D | 4B | DIN 68 861, part 4, 11-’81 | |
| Electrostatics conductivity resistance | DIN IEC 1340-4-1, 04-’92 | |||
| >1×1012? | insulating | EN 61340-5-1 | ||
| Thermal conductivity | W/mK | 0.636 | 0.55 | DIN EN 12664 |
| Thermal resistance | m2K/W | 0.038 | 0.045 | DIN EN 12664 |
| Thermal expansion coefficient | mm/mK | 0.048 | 0.055 | DIN EN 14581 |
| m/m/ºC | 30.0 x 10-6 | DIN EN 14581 | ||
| Water vapor transmission properties | ||||
| Diffusion resistance factor | µ | 18607 | 16150 | |
| Change of size by change of relative humidity | DIN EN 318, edition 5, 1998 | |||
| length | % | -0.03 | -0.02 | |
| thickness | % | 0.06 | 0.03 | |
| mass | % | 0.05 | 0.05 | |
| Resistance to boiling water | E DIN EN 438, 02/02 part 2/12 | |||
| change of weight | % | <0,1 | <0,1 | |
| change of thickness | % | <0,1 | <0,1 | |
| Light resistance (Xenon) | Scale 0-10 | better than 6 | DIN 53 387, 04-’89 | |
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This is absolutely the WORST PRODUCT I have ever had as a countertop. It lost it’s shine within 2 months, it is constantly marking from “anything” you place on it, and it is not heat resistant. I paid a large amount of money for it at LOWE’S in Canton, Ohio and THEY DO NOT STAND BEHIND THIS PRODUCT…. I will never buy anything from LG or LOWE’s ever, and I HOPE YOU DO NOT EITHER…
hello kathy, probably you are not inform or not told that that LG Hi Macs solid surface are not glossy shine product it only semi shine they actually apply a chemical of coat over the surface to have it look shiny but the actual product surface is not shiny. fyi not only LG Hi Mac is not shinny most brand solid surface are not shinny too. Maybe the salesman forgot to inform you about it.