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Blanco Super Sink positive, negative, flush reveal?

10 years ago

For those of you with blanco stellar super sink - what sink reveal did you go with and do you have pictures?

After reading about sink reveals this week during our "grace period" for the template .. we are favoring a positive, however... I think the actual sink may reinforce that choice or change it. Blanco SSS would love to hear what you went with and if you are happy with it.

Interestingly, the KD said they use to do flush but 98% are negative today - and didn't know what I'd been reading but there were no problems with negative. In fact, he has one and he just cleans it every day - ha! I have found that reading GW I sometimes have more information than some of the people we end up dealing with on choices. I shudder to think what we would be getting without GW.

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willtv
10 years ago
Here's a shot of our Blanco Stellar Super Single.

We went with a 1/4" positive reveal for a few reasons.
We didn't want to have to worry about what might begin to grow under the countertop lip that would be created by a negative reveal. Many people say that it's not a problem, but it just wasn't something we wanted to deal with.
A flush reveal is very hard to get right. And if it's off by even a 1/16" it would drive me nuts.
A positive reveal accomplishes a few things for us.
The 1/4" reveal allows for a cutting board to be mounted over the sink which is very handy for prep.
The sink lip also provides some minor amount of protection to the countertop edge to prevent chipping from things like pot handles.
Also, if something lands on the sink lip it's easy to spot and to clean.
heidihausfrau
10 years ago
We went with the negative reveal. I didn't want a little lip to have to scrub.
I think whichever you pick will be great. I LOVE my super single sink.
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miruca
Original Author
10 years ago
heidi ... your sink is so nice! I like the look of your negative reveal - do you ever get gunk underneath it that you have to clean.

willtv - thanks - I have your picture on file for a number of reasons - reveal, seam, grate, and stainless steel.
heidihausfrau
10 years ago
Sorry my picture is so fuzzy! My sink is relatively new--installed in May and I haven't noticed any gunk under the edge. I think I do a pretty good job of cleaning it--but will double check in the a.m.
Anne Harris
10 years ago
So...I know there was another thread recently about sink reveals. One of those things that at the end of the day is a personal preference. Our house is 14 years old, and we have a St Cecilia granite with a positive reveal over our stainless sink. It gets cleaned regularly. After becoming a GWaholic over the past 6 months I checked the sink closely. Yep, the silicone has dark gunk. Would never have noticed it (the granite color makes it difficult to see unless you are really looking).

We are redoing a kitchen in a second home. It's a more modern design, and I used a Kraus sink that has square corners. I chose to do a negative reveal because I wanted a cleaner look. (This was before I discovered the gunk on my current sink.). So now I guess I'll have to look closer to find the inevitable gunk one day!

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