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 Post subject: Black sink???
PostPosted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 6:31 am 
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I'm strongly considering installing a black sink - sort of.... :?

It would look beautiful but my concern is how will look in the future.

Does anyone have experience with this - personally or in friend's kitchens?

Many, many thanks :!: :D


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 Post subject: Re: Black sink???
PostPosted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 7:10 am 
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I don't have any experience with black sinks but, as the wife of a graphic designer, I have plenty of experience with black. I is a very fussy color. We had a black carpet when we got married and visitors often asked if we wanted them to vacuum for us.

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 7:33 am 
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Black is a fussy color. What's the material?

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 8:10 am 
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I have a friend who has a Black sink and Toilet in one of their bathrooms. The sink really shows the water spots and soap residue.


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When we first bought this house seven years ago the sink needed changing so we bought a black silgranite sink and had it installed. It didn't take long for the love affair to be over. While it looked good at first, within a very short time it started showing water and soap spots that couldn't be removed, even though I took great care with it. I had had a white silgranite sink in a previous home and it got nicked up very quickly; I should have know I'd have similar issues with the black.
I had the black sink removed and now I have stainless. All sinks are problematic, I don't know if there's a magic answer other than a $$$$ super expensive stainless model.


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PostPosted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 8:55 am 
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I've worked in a lot of very high-end kitchens, and inevitably the kitchen designer has installed a sink that looks good, but isn't terribly practical. I think my favorite example of this is a concrete sink (very large, which I do like) that is cured to be rough. Really? In a sink? Really impossible when trying to do clean up after an event.

Not one of these homes features a stainless sink. Why? I wish I knew. I've got a white porcelain sink, and I'd give anything to have something else. There are a lot of very cool looking high-end stainless sinks.

Amy


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PostPosted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 9:12 am 
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Sighhhhhhhhhh - - - :cry:

Silgranite WAS high on the list as was Dekor's acrylic but the realities you all shared are the exactly the basis of my concerns.

We recently installed a brushed steel fridge and stove and keeping them spotless is driving me crazy so I was trying to avoid the stainless steel sink. SS just doesn't warm this cold, cold heart. We have a white sink and it coordinates just fine but I was hoping for a bit more WOW! I guess I'll stay with the white.

Well, I'll go spend a few hundred somewhere else :lol: :roll:

I know! howabout internet security :!: :o :shock:


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I don't own a black sink, but I do own a white acrylic composite sink [MoenStone] that I wish would disappear. I am, to say the least, distrustful of man-made molded-pretend-natural products.

OTOH, the siren song of natural black soapstone occasionally hums in my ear.

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I love, love, love copper sinks. Want them shiny? Polish them. Or leave them alone and call it "patina." Either way it looks beautiful. Copper is naturally anti-microbial, and it's softer than stainless so a bit less likely to cause a chipped dish. I had one in my previous kitchen, and I have one in the attic now waiting for the remodel on the current kitchen.


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PostPosted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 10:56 am 
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Darcie,

While I've never had a copper sink, I do agree with you them being an ideal material. It wouldn't be right for our current house, but something I'd definitely consider for a future house.

Amy


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