@Joseph Corlett, LLC Your posts are the ones that scare me the most!! I'm just so sad I have to settle for boring stainless steel. It's the only kind of sink I've ever had because we've always rented. This is the first time I get to choose all of my kitchen fixtures and I really wanted something different. I'm also afraid of stainless steel rusting and looking dirty all the time due to my hard water. Which SS brand would you recommend? Thanks!

Quality stainless shouldn’t rust or stain. And, some are quite nice looking...especially if you get a stainless farm sink.

We have an undermount SS Franke sink, which has never stained or rusted, after 5+ years.

Hi, Wendy,

We had a Blanco Silgranit sink in our previous home for five or six years before we moved. We have a similar Silgranit sink in our new home. Both are the low-divide type in a gray color. The current sink is 2 1/2 years old. No chips, scratches, dents or water spots in either sink. Although a sample size of two isn't a good statistical sample, I would recommend Blanco Silgranit.

No issues w/ stainless 36” ( and deeper than normal) under mount kitchen sink single D shape curved generic no name brand ,city hardwater, installed 2012.

The white iron (?)Kohler 36” was awful to keep white

I believe there are different grades of stainless perhaps that may be the way to ensure less chance of issues

How long have you owned your Silgranit sink?

First one: 5 years Current one: 2 years

What color do you own?

First one: White Current one: Anthracite

What are some pros and cons you've experienced with this sink?

Pros: Doesn't scratch,stain or dent. Cleans easily.

Cons: Can't think of any

Have you noticed chips and stains - including staining from hard water? How did it happen?

No, never. And I have super-hard water!

Would you buy this sink again and would you recommend it to others?

Absolutely.

Have a Silgranit sink we inherited in the 2008 built home we bought last year. Have had stainless sinks previously. We have (treated) hard well water. Stainless not hard to keep clean and never rusted, but it does show mild scratches and wear. The Silgranit is kind to dishes, has no chips or peeling of any kind, going on 12 years old. I’m not a fan of the texture or the color, but the function is fine.

I have had a Silgranit II for not quite 2 years. It’s my prep sink and is used daily, but due to its size is not used for washing dishes, pots and pans etc.

Color: White

Easy to maintain

No chips, cracks, fading, staining or other cons

I would strongly consider it again but when I bought it I didn’t know about the Elkay sink in Ricotta @Joseph Corlett has mentioned in other posts. That one looks great.

@Mom I've seen him recommend that throughout the posts that I've read but unfortunately it's not an option for me since my sink cabinet is only 27". It definitely limits my options. Thanks for sharing your experience.

DON’T purchase a Blanco sink. You will regret it. My sink is horrible. It’s stains. It scratches. It looks terrible after 6 months of babying it. I’ve done everything as recommended and nothing cleans this sink. No baking soda, “elbow grease” or the special cleaner Blanco sells. It’s just a bad sink. Every single claim made about the Siligrant sink is a lie. It’s not durable. It’s not stain resistant, it’s not low maintenance, and it’s not worth it. I have a beautiful kitchen that is ruined by a dingy low quality sink and Blanco doesn’t stand behind the product at all. I will send you the email thread between me and a customer service rep from Blanco (dated last week) I sent several pictures of my sink and they refuse to do anything. Less than 6 months of use. There are a ton of complaints about Blanco but you have to look past the first few pages of results on Google because Blanco does a great job of marketing. They market on this app too. There are several fake user accounts that troll around debating any bad review of Blanco sinks. Get one if you want, I’ll be looking for your regrets in future discussions. Blanco is rip-off and I’m hoping the class action in NJ moves forward.

Ashley:

Your sink can be changed in a couple hours even it's undermounted without pulling your countertops. I do this for a living. Please post your model and I'll make some suggestions.

My customer opened up the box and found this. Probably can't blame Blanco.

I didn’t mention cracks in my post. Staining and scratching while strictly adhering to all of the manufacturers recommend care & cleaning is obvious proof of Blancos false claims about the Siligrant sinks. The selling points of Siligrant are durability and low-maintenance. FALSE

SCRATCH RESISTANT? The website states you can drag a fork across the surface and the sink will “grind the fork down” hahahaha! Lies.

Blancos grate that is marketed and sold to act as “extra protection” stains the sink. They couldn’t even get the grate right. It’s a fail. A big fail. They’ll be phased out and sold under the Home Depot brand soon.

We've had Precis Cascade in Truffle for 2 1/2 years. I absolutely love the sink, don't baby it at all, have had no issues with staining or hard water spotting, and would absolutely buy one again.

"All we know is that @Joseph Corlett, LLC has been pulling that pic out of his photo library probably since 2007."

That picture was taken when the job was done, mid September, 2020.

I'm guessing the sink was at least a decade old. Owned by the cliched little old lady. I still install Blanco Silegranit sinks for customers who prefer them.

I have a Blanco Precis super single in Anthracite. I've had it for 6 years and I love it. It is easy to clean, no scratches, no chips. I absolutely would buy it again and recommend it to others.

I’ve had one in two separate kitchens, dating back 8 years. The first time, yes, the shippers put a crack in it, which scared me. But my designer reassured me that she had been using them for 15 years with no problems. She was right! I loved that sink! Enough so that when I moved and did the second kitchen, I used it again. Love it! No issues. I mean none. Maybe Ashley might have a fake Blanco. There are a lot of companies making imitations.

1) 4 years plus

2) Truffle

3) no cons as of yet

4)If my DH washes pots/pans there at night I usually know it in the moring, by seeing grayish lines left by a heavy pan that was moved back and forth in the sink. It comes off easily though. Never happened when I was washing something. In general easy to clean and maintain. No water stains.

5)yes and yes-but I did read here that their sinks in lighter colors can be harder to maintain, from different posters

1) 6 years

2) Metallic Gray Super Single with side drain

3) I was too cleaned when I first own it, meaning I frequently use Bar Keepers Friend to scrub the sink, maybe every other day? It scrubbed away the conditioning oil on top and I started getting grease rings. I thought my sink was completely ruined. Then I google searched high and low and found post suggesting conditioning the sink with mineral oil, that led me to think I cleaned it too much. So I did a complete clean with BKF again, wet the entire sink, then applied a good and even layer of food grade mineral oil over night. Next day I rinsed the sink thoroughly, and my sink is like new again! Since then I have stopped being too "cleaned" I still use dish soap to clean the sink maybe once a week or every other week. I haven't have to use the mineral oil since. I am happy with my sink and will do it again. I grew up with stainless steel sink as that's what my parents' house has, but it just never grow on me as that's just not my style.

4) No chips, see #3 for stain and my solution to it.

5) Yes I would recommend to others.

I had one in my previous house for about 5 years. I have very mixed feelings about it. I loved the low divide, 40/60 configuration, and that it was white. It did get very grungy looking way too fast, but was relatively easy to clean with a magic eraser or some barkeepers friend. I got a couple of chips in it, one from a knife dropped on its tip, and one I think from a broken plate. There were some smaller dings on the divide, too. I'm not sure if I'd get another one.

1) almost 9 years

2) Cafe Brown- double sink

3) I clean it with BKF or Dawn. Do get some hazing, don't know if I don't clean it enough or if it's my hard water.. I can get it looking pristine, but don't try too hard. Should maybe try oil.

4) No chips, scratches or cracks.

5) I would recommend. I originally had an Elkay brushed stainless steel for 28 years. Never babied it or dried it after use as was recommended. Had some scratches, but didn't bother me. When shopping in 2012, all quality SS seemed to be much higher in price. Don't know the quality of my old one, was put in by the kitchen company when I built my house. I don't dry this one either, that always seemed ridiculous. Either one would be fine.

I have the Valea 27" in Cinder color, have owned it 1 1/2 years. No chips, stains, scratches or discoloration. I like that it's a mid sized single bowl sink for a small kitchen, and I like the rounded corners and curved front. No complaints and I would recommend it and buy it again. It's big enough for me to wash my baking pans, pots and pans etc.

I only use plain dish soap to wash it, nothing abrasive used or needed.

Blanco in Cinder color / heavily used for 5 years / no grid / well water with softener / have never used any type of cleaner / still perfect. I have "asbestos hands" and use very hot water. I do wipe out the interior with a dry paper towel after washing greasy things. Prefer this sink over all others owned, high-end stainless and Kohler porcelain over cast iron.

I have had a Blanco anthracite sink since 2010--it still looks brand new. I live in Seattle and we don't have hard water, so I have no experience with spots, etc. I do use sink grids.

I had a white Silgranit sink in my last house, we moved out three months ago.

Installed it in 2007. First one cracked upon installation. Second one cracked upon installation. Plumbing supply had someone from Silgrant contact us, he determined my builder was NOT at fault. Finally the third sink tolerated installation.

After 14 years we ended up with three small chips at the drain. I have no idea when they happened.

Sink was a bear to clean, stained easily. Ultimately we ended up using Soft Scrub with Bleach, which they do NOT recommend, but it was the only thing that worked. (It did not appear to damage the sink in any way, and we used it for at least ten years.)

At the time it was one of the biggest sinks available, which is why I got it, and I always did love all that space! But that was the only thing good about it.

I would never recommend one, and will certainly never get one again.

Nicole

I am a longtime old Gardenweb member dating back to the late 80s. I used the forum to learn about products and homeowner experiences in kitchen remodeling. I first learned about Blanco Silgranit sinks right here on Gardenweb (now owned by Houzz). In all the years since we started selling Blanco, I've only had one person say they didn't LOVE the sink....and they got it in white. They just said it looked too "plastic-y" and that it was hard to keep looking new.

Truffle is my favorite Silgranit color!

No material is perfect.

Another nasty Blanco the homeowners want to replace. Taken two weeks ago, M Miller.

Don't think it's a Blanco, but we're on the subject of nasty light colored composite sinks...

I beat this Blanco to death. They sure are easy to remove.