Sensa Nilo

Sensa Nilo is a beautiful, brilliant black and grey Brazilian quartzite that our clients highly value because of its richness and brightness, which shine in any space. Nilo is a stunning natural stone ideal for furniture decorating, high-end kitchens, black bathrooms, wall splashbacks and an excellent alternative to the Sensa Platino.

This worktop comprises 100% natural stone and raw minerals. It is long-lasting, heat, impact and scratch-resistant. In addition, it offers the best stain resistance in granite and quartzite materials, making them easy to clean and maintain if you don’t have time for special maintenance.

They are ideal for kitchens, bathrooms, utility rooms, gardens, patios, hallways, and dining spaces. So invest in a stunning Sensa Nilo worktop today!

Sensa Nilo Description & Other Names

Sensa Nilo is another quartzite from Brazil displaying a dark, carbon-like backdrop and stunning fading grey veins that give the stone a fluid motion. This robust natural material lends an unexpected beauty to this unique Sensa Premium granite in a polished gloss finish known as Mirage.

Other names: The generic name of this stone is Wakanda quartzite. And if you are looking for slabs of Sensa granite Nilo, you can also find them under one of the following names:

• Crytos Quartzite
• Negresco Quartzite 
• Black Java Quartzite
• Black Raven Quartzite
• Brilliant Black Quartzite
• Andes Crystal Quartzite
• Black Tempest Quartzite

But our Sensa Nilo quartzite look will stay unaltered over time. In addition, thanks to the revolutionary protection it includes, the slabs have novel properties such as excellent staining resistance while never changing the look or texture of the worktop. Finally, Sensa Nilo Mirage quartzite comes with a significant additional benefit. You don’t need to apply any extra care.

Finally, Sensa stones include NSF certifications, which means they are safe for interaction with food and have a Greenguard certificate, assuring conformity with the American Environmental Institute’s air quality requirements. So with Cosentino Sensa quartzite, you can always have safety in your kitchen, bathrooms, and dining areas.

Benefits of Sensa Nilo Quartzite

Sensa by Cosentino features a revolutionary stain protection treatment called ‘SenGuard’ that ensures our product is stain resistant and maintenance-free for many years, unlike standard sealers on the market. Cosentino applies SenGuard to the quartzite during manufacturing and requires no additional sealing for years.

Over time, daily activity and household cleaners can wear down standard sealers, leaving the granite unprotected in some areas. Due to this wear and tear, you must re-apply these sealers to protect the stone, which not only means additional cost but can also cause darkening of the material.
Also, standard sealers act as a protective film and do not allow the stone to breathe, thus reducing their resiliency. It is the result of decades of research combined with the experience of a company that has been in some of the most demanding stone markets for over ten years.

7 Advantages of using Sensa Nilo Worktops, Walls, and Floors:

1. Low upkeep: Its protection increases the durability of your granite worktop. You will never need to seal it, which is simple to clean.
2. Refined Look: Unique assortment of natural granite with distinctive patterns to design exceptional environments.
3. Everlasting Homes: With Sensa granite by Cosentino, you may cover the walls of your house with designs comprising the best possible natural materials. Sensa is long-lasting and low-maintenance due to its anti-stain.
4. Striking Dark Colours: Natural granite provides a variety of dark hues for small kitchens and bathrooms in any look: contemporary, traditional, or basic. You can use these options to match the popular ‘completely black’ look or create different highlights with unbroken, glossy, or flecked designs. And pure black granite is very popular with architects when producing classic styles.
5. Premium quality stones: Throughout the mining and production of natural stones, Sensa assures the best quality and highest standards.
6. Natural and Luminous worktops: Sensa provides a variety of white granite worktops, each of which is distinctive and able to produce rooms that are energetic, modern, vintage, and eclectic. You may use Sensa White granite to compliment any home area, adding luminosity to generate unique designs.
7. Protection against staining includes revolutionary techniques embedded into the stone’s chemical composition.

Stone Treatment & Superior Protection by Sensa

Sensa is a stain-resisting solution that Cosentino applies to the stone. Sensa is not a sealant, and it bonds to the face of the stone differently than traditional sealants.
Unlike other sealer solutions, the Sensa treatment enables the stone to breathe. It secures itself by permeating the stone’s composition while keeping the original attractiveness and natural colours.

SenGuard is a superior and unique stain protection treatment. Unlike other sealers. Senguard chemically bonds to the granite, changing the superficial tension of the stone. Under typical conditions, most stone surfaces absorb liquids. SenGuard creates a barrier to prevent drinks such as water, coffee, or oil from penetrating and staining Sensa’s surface while allowing the granite to breathe. If there are pipes or a dishwasher underneath, mould and moisture may form and cause damage to the surface. However, with Cosentino’s Sensa granite, the humidity passes through the material, helping to avoid these issues.

Sensa Worktops Include The Exclusive SenGuard Treatment

Because SenGuard is a chemical treatment deep in the stone and not just a protective layer, the surface is highly resistant to scratching or chipping. An additional benefit is that the stone repels liquids and does not absorb them.
Moreover, SenGuard is so effective that fluids can’t even penetrate a mound of sand with this protection. In addition, the formula is highly resistant to UV radiation, meaning colour change will not occur due to solar radiation.

SenGuard performance versus standard granite sealers: No sealing is required. The manufacturer applies the treatment during a carefully monitored manufacturing process. As a result, you don’t need to seal the material after cutting and installation. Instead, our worktop installers apply a sealant by hand to protect the granite. The treatment penetrates the material through a chemical bond, allowing the worktop to breathe.

Senguard vs Standard Sealants

In the first place, standard sealers require yearly reapplication to protect the stone from staining because they break down over time. But with Sensa, the treatment cannot be wiped or scrubbed off and is not affected by scouring sponges or common household cleaners. In addition, you don’t need any special cleaners to clean Sensa.

Secondly, standard sealers create a thin layer on top of the granite. They do not allow the stone to breathe. Sensa with SenGuard comes with a 15-year transferable warranty supported by Cosentino. And when common household cleaners break down these standard sealers, it is impossible to know when a sealer has worn down and which parts of the surface. Therefore, the areas without protection are susceptible to becoming darker in colour when exposed to chemicals often found in household cleaners.

In contrast, Sensa granite worktops and Sensa quartzite allow airflow into the surface, maintaining the original aesthetic features for which these stones are known. With a proven history and rigorous testing, Sensa Cosentino quartzite gives you all the beauty of natural stone with an outstanding performance against stains.

Sensa Nilo Quartzite Sizes, Thickness, Finishes

• Sizes: The slabs have a minimum dimension of 2.50 x 1.50m and a maximum size of 3.28 x 2.05 m.
• Finish: It is available in a leather finish with a subtle texture known as ‘Suede’.
• Coverage: With a single Sensa granite or quartzite slab, you can cover an area of 6 square meters of surface on average, whether it is worktops, splashbacks or floors.
• Protection: It comes with a readily protected surface.
• Thicknesses: Sensa Nilo quartzite is available in 2 or 3 cm thickness.

Our production team specializes in creating bespoke Nilo black quartzite work surfaces, backsplashes, upstands, or installations to your specifications.

Use & Care of Sensa Nilo Granite

Caring for Sensa Nilo kitchen countertops requires no unique stone products or additional efforts. The Sensa protection in Nilo quartzite means that the stone has practically no care and has a remarkable stain resistance.

Maintenance: To keep the worktop looking fresh, clean it with a light dish detergent or a PH-neutral cleaner. Cleaning using warm water and a moist cloth and gently stroking the surface layer produces the best outcomes. You must wash and dry the worktop after cleaning it to clear any residues from the surface.

Below are five simple recommendations to help you keep your Sensa worktops pristine for decades:

• Avoid placing very scorching things directly on the worktop. To avoid scratching the stone, we recommend using a chopping board.
• If any liquids fall on the worktop, wipe these up right away.
• Don’t chop straight on the worktop to avoid potential surface scratches.
• Avoid using harsh cleaners like metal scrubbing pads. Instead, to avoid damage, lightly brush the stone.
• Avoid using alkaline cleaners and highly acidic chemicals to avoid the potential harm to the granite or quartzite’s surface. 

Two Types of Sensa Cosentino Natural Stones

The Cosentino Sensa Collection comprises two types of stones: granite and quartzite.

• Sensa Granite: it is a coarse-grained igneous (formed by natural heat and fire) rock composed primarily of quartz, feldspar (pale-coloured crystals), and plagioclase (a white crystalline mineral). It is formed under the earth’s crust when magma (a natural hot fluid) cools down over millennia.
• Sensa Quartzite: Quartzite is a robust natural stone. It is non-foliated, meaning that it doesn’t have a sheet-like shape. Also, quartzite is a metamorphic rock. As a result, the stone has changed its appearance from its original pure quartz sandstone form. Sandstone morphs into quartzite by warmth and compression, which occurs by geological pressure.

About Sensa by Cosentino

Sensa by Cosentino is a series of quartzite and granite stones that include complete protection by Cosentino, a global leader in natural and engineered stone products. Unlike generic granite or quartzite, Sensa by Cosentino worktops come with a 15-year warranty which you can transfer to others.

Cosentino was founded in 1940 in Almeria, Spain, by brothers Eduarda and Eduardo to extract raw materials, such as marble, granite or quartz. Through product delivery, the brand is present throughout the whole product lifecycle of its goods.

The brand established Mármoles Cosentino SA in 1979, with an initial team of 17 staff.

In the 1980s, the firm flourished in residential design and began operations internationally, starting in Germany and France in 1985.

Cosentino created its first Silestone quartz slab in 1990.

In 2014, Cosentino manufactured its first Dekton, an ultracompact, new-generation sintered stone lacking quartz polymers, making it a suitable outdoor worktop material.

Cosentino proposed to develop the most extensive renewable power system in Spain in 2018, to self-power its facility in Cantoria.

In 2021, the brand introduced Hybri Q and Hybriq +, an improved Silestone formula comprising recyclable materials that use 98% recycled water in their manufacturing whilst reducing the silica content in Silestone quartz slabs.

Would you like to know more about Sensa Nilo’s kitchen worktops? – Get in touch with our team to know more about these unique natural stones!