White or black Blanco Granite sink
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Comments (17)I am not sure what your KDs are thinking of. We have owned Swanstone sinks for almost 20 years. The bathroom sinks are indestructible, and our kitchen sink, installed in 2003, has been a delight. It is quieter and frankly, easier to clean than the top-notch Kohler Executive Chef porcelain-clad cast iron sink that was replaced. Which, BTW, was in perfect condition when it was removed, despite hideously hard usage. Nonetheless, we were glad to replace the double EC with the single Swanstone. Note that aluminum pans will leave the same "gray marks" on solid surfacing that they do on clad cast iron sinks. These scrub away very easily with Softscrub or a quick soak with a bit of bleach (but if you use bleach, ALWAYS rinse well after a few minutes - especially for clad cast iron; it will eat the coating away). As I said, the Swanstone solid surface sink cleans much, much easier than the Kohler. You may believe whomever you wish, but my DH has often commented to me that the Swanstone sink was the best thing we did in a $26K updating of our kitchen and bathrooms. One thing matte sinks are very bad with is leaving wet cans (we have to rinse cans before they can go into the recycling bins) overnight: they leave a rust stain that takes about a month to go away. Note that uncoated cast iron cookware would probably do the same thing. I don't clean the sink extensively more than once a month; it simply doesn't need it. One either likes the matte finish of Swanstone/Corian or one doesn't. Many people like the high-gloss look and think solid surface sinks always look "dull". Our kitchen is extremely high-glare - I get sun in the windows 365 days a year, all 24' wide and 16' tall from picture windows, so we are very anti-glare. Best of luck with whatever you choose to do....See Morewhite or black blanco silgranit sink
Comments (7)Have you thought about the metallic gray? I used it with my gray Carrara, and it works well. I almost hesitate to show this pic pre-plumbing as the coloring is off. The metallic is much grayer than this IRL. http://www.flickr.com/photos/48735425@N05/6292256668/ I also thought the white silgranits in the showrooms looked plasticy and thought the black wasn't a rich color. Love the metallic though! I even used it in my walnut island for my prep sink....See MoreWhite Blanco sink anyone? Just some minor panic ...
Comments (1)I have a sample of the white sitting at the bottom of my French press. I guess I'll have to run the scuff test on it. I thought about doing it earlier, as I was cleaning my scuffed cast iron sink, but it was too slimy from some other test. I think all hard white surfaces will show marks but it's the pan leaving skid marks, not the sink. (On the bright side, it's not staining, and it has been through a lot!)...See MoreBlanco or Franke Granite Sink?
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rebunky
2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoI have posted my experience with my Blanco Silgranit sinks on another thread, but I will post it again here as well.
If you have hard water, I would NOT recommend the darker colors. I have no experience with the lighter colors.
I have 2 blanco silgranit sinks. They are in two different houses on the same property. Both are the Cinder color, but in different sizes and styles. Both look absolutely hideous!
I can make them look ”like new” again, but it involves a very time consuming cleaning/oiling process.
Here are my 2 different sinks in the Cinder color.
Sink #1 -- Close up of the UGLY white stains. The sides are always worst then the bottom. 😫
Sink #1 – After the cleaning process, but before oiling.
I forgot to take a close up of the sink the next day after oiling. The oil must soak in for at least 8 hours without touching the sink. I let it sit overnight. Afterwards, it will look brand new like this…Sink #1 - New
Sink #2- Before. Notice that the hard water also makes terrible white stains on my black leathered granite.
Sink #2— After cleaning and oiling. I also fixed the granite with a similar process.
I took the time to post this because I hope it will help others to make an informed decision. I would love the sinks IF they stayed looking as beautiful as when they were new. Maybe some people who also have hard water have had a different experience? Unfortunately, this is what happened to mine.donias_gad thanked rebunky
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