I have a Blanco anthracite sink with matching Blanco strainer. I replaced the metal strainers in my old sink 9000 times over, and this Blanco strainer seems much better made even though it's plastic. It looks great and works well.

We have a disposal so we didn't use the matching Blanco strainer for our silgranit anthracite single-bowl sink. However, I did a ton of research on Silgranit before buying it, and never saw one complaint about the matching strainer.

I have the Blanco anthracite sink with matching strainer too. I think it looks great! It seems very durable and looks like it will hold up nicely.

My only problem is that it is so hard to remove. So we have been leaving it in and spin it down when we want to fill up the sink. Is that what most people do?? DH has to get it out when we have to remove it!! Other than that I love it!

Hi Dreamweaver..

I agree with warmfridge as to the quality of the strainers. I haven't had any problems with removing them. I hemmed and hawed about ordering them, because they are pricey, but they look nice...being black and blending in with my black sink.

KA:)

I forgot to say that I ordered mine from Amazon for around $40ish I think. Returns are pretty easy at Amazon in case you don't like it.

We got the Elkay e-granite sink in mocha and ordered the matching strainer.

Its plastic like the Blanco.

I installed and decided it looked too cheap so removed it and purchased a Kohler K-8801-BRZ (oil rubbed bronze) strainer. Its really well made and the finish matches our Kohler Vinnata faucet. I'll report back in a few years about the durability of the finish but I've been really happy with Kohler's customer service on our other fixtures.

I don't believe Kohler makes that strainer in black, but the oil rubbed bronze is very close to black. I could post photos if you'd like.

Thanks, everyone for the prompt and informative responses. I'm feeling more confident about considering the Blanco strainers. I haven't actually selected my faucet yet, so robj's suggestion of the oil rubbed bronze (if I went with that direction on the faucet) is a possibility to consider. Robj, I'd love to see your photos. Since your sink is mocha rather than black, the oil rubbed bronze probably worked really well for you.

I'm wondering... maybe hard plastic will continue to look nice longer than metal (if it doesn't break)? I currently have a Kohler cast iron sink with brass strainers from the late 80's. I was very disappointed with how the Kohler brass strainers were discolored within a year of being installed.

I have the cafe brown and did order the strainer - only issue I have is that they do not make on for the disposal side that will fit my Waste King disposal. So I have matching on 1 side and the Waste King (chrome) on the other side. They do make one for the disposal side it just wouldn't work w/my disposal.

Just a heads up on that

Hi onedog -- can you please explain what you mean by "spin down" your strainer?

Any and everyone: I'd love to see your photos! I'm obsessed with these sinks, all these sinks. Y-all don't mention, some of you at least, which sinks you have. I'm curious about them all though. I'm wondering, onedog, whether your sink with the strainer that's hard to remove is one of the very fancy ones with a double sink and integrated drainboard, the smaller side of which seems to have a very tightly fitting strainer -- is that what you mean?

hi aliris...

We are all a little bit obsessed here! And I, like you love lots of pictures in threads...

Blanco 60/40

Here's my Elkay mocha sink with the Kohler oil rubbed bronze strainer installed"

This is the matching Elkay plastic strainer that I removed:

The plastic strainer is a lot easier to use - you just push it down to stop and pull up to open - its held in place by friction. To use the metal strainer you have to fiddle around with turning the knob. I just like the look of the metal strainer better.

Hi aliris. You can spin the little knob to the right so that the strainer part sits down and is tight so you could fill up the sink with water. Spin it to the left and it raises a bit and lets out the water. That is how we've been using it the past couple of weeks since it was a pain to get completely off. Then I wondered if maybe that is how it is supposed to be used anyway. Hope that makes sense ;) I'll try to post a picture later.

Thanks robj and kitchenaddict for posting photos. Kitchenaddict, the sink I ordered is similar to yours. I love your faucet and your granite, too! Which faucet and granite color do you have? I haven't selected a faucet yet, but it's getting to be time to decide. For granite I'm considering titanium.

DW,
Here's my anthracite sink with matching strainer. (Please ignore the residual construction dust. It doesn't normally look white and grimy like that.)

Thanks for the photo, warmfridge. I like how the black sink looks with the black strainer.

Hello all, I am well into our project and have just decided to go with the blanco silgranit in bicuit. But, in following this form, I am wondering if you can use a garbage disposal with the blanco sinks?

Brianadarnell - absolutely you can. See my post above where I mention our disposal. But with a disposal, you won't need the strainer that we are talking about on this thread, unless you have 2-bowl silgranit sink, have the disposal in one drain, and use the sink strainer in the other drain.

Hi again Dreamweaver...

Just saw your post from Friday...

My Granite is Delicatus White and my Faucet is a Delta Talbot..The faucet is visible in my previous photo. I really like it. Here's my sink run to show you my granite.

and a close up of my granite alone...

I just googled Titanium Granite...Wow! I love it. I recently visited a friend who recently remodeled...I think that's the granite she used. Stunning...
KA:)

Kitchenaddict, thanks for posting the additional photos. (I just noticed them today.) The Delta Talbot faucet is one I've been considering. I need to make the decision soon.

We still haven't made the final decision on our granite but are leaning toward the titanium. Our kitchen doesn't have any windows, so I'm a little bit leary about getting something as dark as the titanium... but I just love the way it looks. Your granite would be much lighter. I don't know if we've seen Delicatus white at any of the granite places we visited.

Hi everyone -- I'm so sorry, I let this thread get away from me after asking for a clarification! I really appreciate all the pictures of your granite sinks. I am still strongly leaning toward warmfridge's anthracite cascade sink. I don't really know why I'm so taken with the sink but it seems to be some weird emotional thing... I can just tell that's the sink I will end up buying though I can't really justify it at all; it just seems like what a sink should be to me. It's a darn good thing those who have it seem to like it, though I doubt I'd like it so much if I'd been reading negative reports. Thanks for the context-pictures.

Kitchen Addict - love your kitchen! We are putting in same color cabs with similar granite - and I love your backsplash! Can you tell me the backsplash color, tile size, and manufacturer or where purchased. It just warms the kitchen up so much, and blends, with out looking like that undercabinet striping. Thanks, MB

Aliris, it's funny, but when I first saw this sink I just knew I had to have it too. I'm glad I did.

Hi mommabear...

It's Crema Marfil Tumbled Marble from Arizona Tile...(Southern Calif.)

It's the 2x4 brick mesh style..scroll down a little to see.

KA:)

Here is a link that might be useful: Link to Arizona Tile

Warmfridge: what color granite do you have? It's beautiful and looks very similar to the verde peacock we've picked out.

Brushed nickel is damaged by a lot of things, including the oft mentioned Barkeeper's Friend. Kohler's products are not immune from chemical reactions.

That could be. Thanks. We have a lot of stainless pans and use barkeeper's friend. I won't be taking them outside so we'll have to find another drain option. The finish on our oil rubbed bronze Kohler faucet is still perfect. The Kohler oil rubbed bronze strainer has terrible reviews all over the web so we're not the only ones having issues with it.