Checking back - can anyone share what kind of sink they have with Corian counters? Photos would be great.

It's not in yet but we have a Kohler Whitehaven short aproned sink. We are doing solid surface counters. A stainless sink would look just fine with Corian. especially if it is under mounted. You can Google Corian and stainless sinks and come up with plenty of images.

I have a stainless sink with my Corian Witch Hazel counters. This pic shows more sink than counter but you get the idea!

I really loved my Corian sink when I had it. If they still had a Corian sink model I liked, I'd have put in Corian again. It was that good. Of course I didn't baby it or the rest of the Corian because I was planning a remodel. That planning period ended up lasting a long time so I feel like I gave it a good run.

What's wrong with Corian sinks?

(Mine was pink. That was sort of a problem...but it was unstainable!)

Our house came with an integrated Corian sink. I love it, no seams, except that it's a 50-50 divided sink. I'd much prefer a 70-30 or one large bowl.

I ADORE my Corian integrated sink! Best sink I've ever had! I have the big single one. I think style numbers have changed, but mine was their biggest single sink when I got it - it goes in a 36" cabinet.

Well I like that I don't have to worry about setting a hot pot in the stainless sink or running water while draining hot pasta as instructed by Corian and I like that it doesn't stain. I was always able to get the Corian sink clean but it required frequent cleaning with bleach spray cleaner to keep it looking decent. It didn't stain early on but more so the longer I had it.

I love the Witch Hazel - thank you for that photo. I can see that I'll have to have some analysis paralysis over this.

" I have a hard time envisioning a stainless sink with Corian."

My customer yesterday had no such problem and luckily had a 15" x 54" piece of color match material to work with:

Almost $1,500.00 including plumbing, but not the cost of the sink or faucet.

Personally, I prefer the Karran Edge series. It's a seamed undermount, just like the Corian:

Great photo - thanks! I'm even considering a big single bowl sink which I've also never wanted. I like the looks of that though. I generally prefer the one larger side and one smaller - enough to drain a few hand washed items.

I did have a Karan under mount with laminate counters in another house. It was wonderful though it did get a few dings from knife tips. I also felt like I had to be careful not to chip the edge of the laminate which I never did. The same can be said for granite and that is not something I ever worried about with Corian.

That sink you removed was similar to the one I had, in pink, with more holes and a bigger big side. The recessed faucet deck was soooo nice. I drained boiling water into it, rusted cast iron pots overnight in it, rinsed out tie dye in it, and it was still a glorious unblemished pink when it went to the kitchen in the sky.

3katz4me:

I'd suggest you look at the large single bowl sinks with the low divider. You get the best of both worlds.

I do lots of sink change-outs and cannot recall anyone going from a single bowl to a double.

P.S.: I have 3 cats also, but two have a paw or two into the next world from old age.

Joe, in your first series of pictures, how long does a job like that take? Is it an all day thing? Two days? I assume Corian is easier to cut and work with than granite is?

Here's my Corian sink. It is an integrated double bowl. The counter color is Tumbleweed Corian and the sink is a cream or off white, I don't remember exactly. We have had it about a year and a half with no issues.

When we bought this house, the kitchen had arctic white Corian counter tops and an integrated tiny-tiny-itty-bitty shallow sink. The door into the dining room is too close to the sink wall for the lower cabinets to be full depth, (too close to put a dishwasher in the sink wall, either). I think that is a large part of why the prior owner, way back when, who put in the Corian, went with such a tiny sink. A drop-in 22" deep sink is not possible with this depth of counter top. We weren't ready for remake of the kitchen at that time, but really wanted a oversized sink so we bought a large single copper, living surface apron front. This was 5-6 years ago.

It took an old-school Corian installer less than one day to cut out the old sink and install the new (under mount, apron front), including bringing several leftover samples of arctic white from the 80's from his backyard heap of leftovers, finding a perfect scrap match, for stitching in the counter top deck for the new faucet area behind the sink.

I've posted similar photos in another thread before...[Link]

House / kitchen, as purchased:

mid-install:

before final caulking/silicone:

"Joe, in your first series of pictures, how long does a job like that take? Is it an all day thing? Two days? I assume Corian is easier to cut and work with than granite is?"

I billed for 15 hours on that job; 3 for the initial visit and 12 to do the work in one day, drive time (2 hours) included.

Corian is much easier to cut and more forgiving than stone, but the standards for seams are much higher.

Very interesting. I like the Tumbleweed too so great to see that photo. Big sink with low divider. I will look into that. I do have a second prep sink that's stainless - that's in the perimeter where I'll keep the granite. I suppose it would be okay to have one stainless and one Corian.