Francy -- I have that grid, and I love it. It allows you to put any kind of pan in there, and really get down and clean it, without worrying about scratching or marring the beautiful fireclay sink. I'll go home and measure it (yes, I am working today!), but I believe there is a little bit of give when you take it out and put it back in, which I do about every other day to clean the sink real well. Your negative reveal sounds so miniscule, I wouldn't think it would matter, but I'll go and try it.

Thank you! My reveal could go up to an eighth, I think. I specifically requested 1/16th, but I'm allowing some margin of error, b/c I'm not sure the guy measured quite right...

:-)

Francy

I just measured mine - sitting in the sink you have about 3/8 of an inch to play with - but when you take it in and out of the sink, you would do so at an angle - then you would have about 1 1/4 inch gap between the one side of the grid and the edge of the sink ( with the other side of the grid all the way at the bottom of the sink).

So I don't think you will have a problem with the negative reveal. I'm still not sure I'm loving the grid. I guess I have to get used to it. One mistake I made is getting the white grid instead of stainless. Already stained from a bowl of spaghetti sauce dumped on it and not rinsed away. I figure I'll be ordering the stainless grid sooner or later.

Other than that I LOVE the big sink. Mine is 3018 and I don't miss having the extra bowl of my old double sink one bit.

I am not crazy about my white grid either. I have stained it with tomato products too. I do like a grid in my sink as I like to hit the pans with a brush and some Barkeepers Friend without worrying about marking and cleaning the sink. I have a 30" and a 36" sink and its wonderful-they are beautiful sinks. I had trouble ordering from Ira Wood-one grid was defective and they replaced it finally, with the wrong size. I could never get a response to get them to rectify the situation and just settled. The little things at the end of building seem to go on and on.

My measurements are similar to inmydreams, Francy. This may be a case, for you, of buying this product locally, from a place that will let you return it if it doesn't work out for you after trying it out on your own sink. I hate returning Internet purchases, because often there is a fee or more shipping costs involved.

As I said, I love my grid, and have had no regrets in the two months we have been using our kitchen. Like other posters, I too have stained mine with tomato sauce, or any tomato products, but I have sprayed the grid down with that Clorox bleach spray cleaner, left it on a few minutes, and the stains have disappeared after rinsing. If the stains are old, it may take more than one application.

We eat pasta dishes often, so those stains are a real possibility. But I try to be careful and I have told my kids and my husband that when we have tomato sauces in our meals, they are to clean off the dishes right over the drain opening, and if not, they are to use the side sprayer to immediately remove the tomato from the grid. So far, everyone is on board with this, and we have no permanent stains.

If you don't like the look of the grid, you can always remove it, but I never have. We had a New Year's Eve party, and our dozens of guests loved the new kitchen, and several commented on what a great idea the grid was. I'd much rather protect my sink than not. I don't find it either unattractive or that hard to maintain.

Hope this helps.

We just spent a few days at my BIL's house. They have a Shaw's sink with no grid, and no problems, either. I was using their kitchen as a test kitchen (LOL) for my choices. I loved the Shaw's, and although there was a scratch or two, I think it added to the charm. After using the sink, I think I would get annoyed at having a grid to clean. I think about DH scraping a plate and then giving it a quick rinse, leaving scrambled egg goo stuck to the underside of the grid. Much worse than a little patina.