We had a composit sink installed in a previous home. It was a Blanco, the color was biscuit. I thought it was beautiful. And it was expensive. I grew to hate it. It was the most difficult material to keep clean. Always stained no matter what was in the sink. I went through a bottle of Soft Scrub every week. In our new build we got stainless. Never looked back.
I've only ever had porcelain sinks, and I have no idea what these "mold lines" are that you're talking about. The porcelain sinks clean up beautifully with a little Ajax and a sponge.
Never heard of such a thing. I have had cast iron sink for 27 years. Still beautiful except one small chip wear a knife fell straight down. Even that spot cleans perfectly with a little barkeepers 1x every week or so. Don't want stains? Give the sink a quick rinse each time you pour staining liquids in the sink -- easy -- no problem no stains.
I too don't know what you're talking about when you reference "mold lines" in porcelain. I've lived long enough to have had MANY years experience with porcelain (my fave, but in my opinion not practical) and I've NEVER had "mold lines"! Never even HEARD of that until this video! Do you even CLEAN your sink? Because if you DO, guess what?... no mold! JS You also forgot to mention the most important facts about porcelain....it is HARD and CHIPS! When you drop things, they may break and/or chip the sink! I ALWAYS wound up chipping my porcelain sinks!....and NO, the Chips never molded either! Lol So...while I love the look of porcelain....I'll take stainless any day! It's easy to clean and is more "glass friendly", meaning, if I drop a glass object, it's more likely to survive without breaking. Also, I've heard people complain about denting stainless. Well, just get a better (thicker) grade of stainless and that won't be a problem. Plus, if you dropped something hard enough to dent stainless (even the thinner grades)...know that if that had happened in porcelain, it would have AT LEAST chipped it!... Probably pretty substantially too!
"mold lines" --- I'm living with a porcelain sink that has mold lines around the edges, especially behind the faucet set up. It's quite icky & I have to take care of it 2-3 x week. (I choose hydrogen peroxide rather than toxic, awful-smelling bleach). How do mold lines occur? From water that collects in space behind faucet and the splashboard; it sits there & starts to get nasty. I'm replacing my stained porcelain, double-sink with stainless--and I'll choose OVERmount installation because one never knows what repairs may be needed in future.--- Thanks for your video presentation. Like others, I really appreciate you're getting to the point, quickly and clearly.
Perfect timing! I am in the process of renovating my kitchen. I am currently researching my sink choice. Mine will be an undermount style. I am looking at a composite granite sink that will not scratch. I am going for black as I am told it does not stain like a white porcelain sink will. I am age 71 and consider this my "forever sink" in my "forever kitchen." What do you think of the German granite sinks?
I used to work with Lavello USA the owner couldn't come back from Poland so know I have about 170 granite kitchen sinks for very cheap let know if you need one
Intro music is way too loud for listening on headphones. Nothing gets me excited to watch the rest of the video when my ears are ringing followed up by quiet dialog.
I believe that there are far more options out there than the 3 he mentioned. I agree that music is too loud. In fact,why bother with music when people talk. So silly I think !!
The amount of money you spend on a sink or kitchen depends on how long you intend to stay in the place. If it's your forever home you can opt for a more expensive but classic kitchen but if you are doing the place up to sell you can still achieve a chic look on a budget. If you're keeping your existing decor, a sink needs to work round that.
Hi, and thank you for the video! We are building a house, and I'm looking for a triple bowl sink; two medium to large bowls on the sides, and a small one in the middle, for the garbage disposal. I will have two identical faucets installed on each side, but I'd like them to reach the middle sink as well. I would like it to be in the white fire clay porcelain, undermount, and negative reveal. However you say they scratch easily, and another gentleman said, they may chip. I've had cast iron porcelain sinks in the past, and currently, and they're of real good quality, and I use a tiny bleach to clean them, or use non scratch Comet, and make it sparkle so beautifully! 💥 is that because they're better quality because they're built in the olden day - American made? In any case, I'm having a real hard time finding a sink like that. They used to sell them in the past - I see them a lot in older custom homes. Any advice? Thank you so much!!! 😊
I have no idea what you are talking about with mold lines. If anything has mold issues it is under-mounts. Ours is a Kohler cast iron using the Hudee stainless rim, and is 40+ years old with no chips even after things like cast iron frying pans were dropped into it by accident. Kohler's have a guarantee for that. The bottom has gotten duller. On the next one we will use a rubber pad on the bottom. Unlike drop-ins, the Hudee ring is so flat that you can easily swipe product into the sink making them almost as good as an under-mount except easy to replace plus no joint mess to maintain and clean. With the Hudee ring method, the faucets mounted in the sink in a slight recess, which is superior, so any water around them drains back into the sink. The drawback to that is it requires a large cut-out thereby making them incompatible with brittle/stone countertops over cabinets where the top is only 25 1/2" deep and with a cut-out that isn't much smaller plus they are heavy. They do make them in under-mount but the weight means bracing straps are used also.
Only thing I am confused about is getting two sinks one small and one big. I hope I am not sorry I really want one but hubby set on the two any feedback.
After having two sinks for years, I decided to get one big sink (I don't have it yet). I decided to do this after dealing with people who have "confusion" over which sink to use for what. For example, they put food waste in the side without a garbage disposal. I am hoping that this will end the needless "confusion." I am also hoping it will end questions of where guests should put dirty dishes if the dishwasher is full. Lastly, most big items should now fit inside the sink. -- No more fitting an item halfway in the sink and making great efforts to wash around it.
I had the same thought. I did a video on a similar topic recently, and while some of the points made in this video are correct, he missed several other material options.
I have a stainless steel sink but I keep getting really bad condensation on it every day. I don't have a leak anywhere...I'm not even home running the faucet. I come home around 5:00 pm and the bottom of the sink, in the cabnet is soaked...I can even see water drops on the sink and sometimes my cleaning supplies I have under the sink get wet from the moisture. Do you have any suggestions on how I can fix this...is it just the sink itself?
Insulation against the outside wall / get a dehumidifier. I would check for leaks because it's unlikely to be humidity just inside the cupboard. Are thinks moist or actually wet? If it's this bad I would imagine your whole house would be affected by damp.
Square sinks are HARD to keep clean..inside corners ..BOO //learn about that expensive garnet kitchen tops . what my neighbor did..1. split wine -stain it..she had to pay extra $$$ for contractor to come back and put on a sealer ? 2. the color.. dark parts of the rock..she had mice droppings -MICE - poop and could not see it .
Why couldnt she see the poop? It's not flat. I have dark granite, I see everything. And I seal my counters myself, they even have a daily sealer spray. I also polish them. Kleen makes the daily sealer touch up spray and cleaner. Granite gold makes the polish. As for square sinks, a mixture of baking soda, Epsom salt and drop of dishwashing liquid, few drops of lemon essential oil if you want to be fancy. Shine your sink up every night with a rag or brush, even in the corners. You can even make a jar of it, minus the dish soap and keep it under the sink. Then just sprinkle it in nightly and drop the dish soap in, scrub and be done. About 2 cups of baking soda, 1/2 cup epsom and 10 drops of lemon essential oil.
i think this must be a russian spy comment. no one in their right mind who speaks english as a first language would actually type out a comment like this. you are actually able to look back and review what you say before posting, and yet this kind of garbled nonsense comes out. NOT TODAY, RUSSIA.
annoying music . I stop watching even though I was quite interested in what you had to say... the video is about what you say, not the music. Feedback for the next video.
Depends on the type of porcelain. Porcelain enameled cast iron is just one version of porcelain you can put in your kitchen. I did a whole video on it.
