Blanco sinks are garbage! I purchased the Siligrant (despite some bad reviews) and I regret it more than any decision I made. It stains. It scratches. It looks terrible after less than 6 months of being VERY CAREFUL with everything that touches the sink. Which by itself, is a rip-off. If this sink is so durable, scratch-resistant, stain-resistant, etc. Why do you have to thoroughly clean and dry every inch after every use?? It doesn’t matter how diligent you are cleaning this sink, IT STAINS. PERIOD. Everything stains this sink. The Blanco cleaner does nothing. Baking soda and “elbow grease” does nothing. Even the protective grates sole by Blanco to “protect” the sink left a stain! That’s right, the Blanco grate feet stain the bottom of the sink. It’s all garbage. Blanco warranty is garbage too. I sent pictures to Blanco customer service and demanded a refund. Of course, they denied me any form of customer service. I was told the warranty doesn’t cover scratches and stains. I wasn’t trying to make a warranty claim. I want a refund for a deceptive marketing claims. Every single selling point of this sink is a bold lie. It stains worse than any surface I’ve ever handled in my life. It looks dingy. It scratches and it is certainly NOT low maintenance! Blanco should be ashamed of themselves and don’t be fooled by their team of sales reps that troll this app looking for bad press. They’ll chime in with a long, detailed story of how great their sink is...Bla bla bla. If you look at the profile you’ll likely find that they sell Blanco or work for a builder that sells Blanco, even worse, they will have no other activity except with other BLANO affiliates or reps. Houzz is quite as bad as Amazon or google reviews, but it’s getting close. Pay no special attention to the “PRO” tag when they are pushing a specific brand or going against a very popular opinion. More likely than not, they have skin in the game. Blanco does most business on wayfair and build.com now...and that’s because real industry professionals, builders, designers, etc. don’t recommend Blanco. It’s low end with big prices, treading on the “made in Germany” coat tail. Worst sink ever. Bye Blanco. Eventually, they’ll be contracting with builders for college dorm bathrooms. Bye Blanco.

I just pulled out the instructions and it says DO NOT: use scouring pads, abrasive cleaners, harsh detergents, vinyl solvents, or substances containing aromatic, hydrocarbons, or ketones to clean your grid. We do not recommend our SS grids or baskets for the dishwasher. Clean grid with warm, soapy water. (Too bad that doesn't work, LOL!)

What this means ("says their accessories are for zero to 1/8" reveal, ") is that a smaller cutout could be too small to set some of the accessories into, because some of them hang down into the sink cutout hole. That is all it means. If the cut out is larger, it might happen that an accessory might fall into the sink when nudged the wrong way. It will still hang on the countertop but its feet might not extend a lot over the edge. In general, I have found that little written indications of this order of importance are inaccurate and contain a lot of safety margin. A single email to Blanco clears up all doubt: someone goes to measure the item and writes an email back with all the information you need. As far as gunk is concerned, what you or I consider a lot or a little is subjective. I don't think there is anyone running simultaneous kitchens with same methods in each kitchen, who can compare how much gunk builds up in one sink or another. I have butt heads before with a couple people about this. I find a counter overhang to work very well. I don't get gunk under the overhang. If you want a small "reveal" I won't stop you. "Flush" is hard to achieve in real life, because the cutout has to be more accurate, and because the top corner edging of the sink still IS visible all around the sink rim, and this can upset someone if they thought they were going to remove this from view. So, it makes more sense to have either a reveal or an overhang. Big or small. Hth

I had a similar experience when I got mine in my previous house, back in 2001. They measured wrong, and then tried to install a piece with a giant gap at the wall. TheHusband insisted on a new piece. But they did install a different part, with a big ole caulked gap at that wall. We had a manager come out a few days later, and he removed that piece too. Then, the replacement piece arrived with the corrected measurement. Still too short! But we kept it, b/c tile just barely covered the gap. Over the next 4 years, we had numerous chips/pits, and one big thermal crack. They did a shoddy job patching the chips. When I tried to contact the manager, he basically blew me off, and hid from all my calls! I almost, almost used them again, only because they had a special color that I really loved. I was going to call them, review all my problems with them, and ask them for one good reason why I should trust them with my counters again. Luckily, I was able to do soapstone instead! So you have my sympathy! I hope you get this worked out!! :-( francy