Black Granite kitchen sinks

[Parkplace]

Who has (or had) a black 80% granite kitchen sink?

How did/do you like it? Does it stain? Would you have another one?

I am torn between stainless and black. Can't make up my mind. Need to know by tomorrow!!!

Thanks

 

[ScoopKona]

80% granite -- does that mean the composite granite-dust and epoxy sinks you see at the Borg?

If so, I love mine. Easiest install of the entire (and still ongoing) "renovate the house" project.

Mine is a year old, and looks as good today as the day I installed it. Took less than a day to install, and cleans up with a sponge no matter what kind of mess I make. You'll likely need to drill some holes for the garbage disposal button, soap dispenser, dishwasher vent, etc. It's a 1 1/4" tile-cutting hole saw, if I'm not mistaken. (Be very careful when cutting, place the sink upside-down on a sheet of scrap plywood and have someone hold the sink in place while you drill with a big-horkin' 1/2" "plugs into the wall" drill. A cordless is not sufficient.)

I replaced the crap stainless steel kitchen sink that came with the house. It wasn't quality stainless, and scratched all to hell in less than six months. This was a major improvement, and always gets "oohs" and "aahhs" when visitors arrive.

I used this faucet with the granite sink. They look very good together:

 

[Passepartout]

We have the Silestone Quartz composite. Undermounted in a solid surface counter. Ours is gray and after 7 years of absolutely flawless performance, I wish it was black. You will not regret it.

ScoopLV, I love your faucet! I lusted after one of those but DW had a fit. She said the pull-out single handle one was good enough. Sigh.

Jim Ricks

 

[JackieD]

I've had a black one for about 2 years and really like it BUT don't make the mistake I did. We were renovating our kitchen which involved painting. Some brushes were cleaned in the sink (which was so stupid because we have a utility sink) and it splattered on the sides. Well we have never been able to scrub it out to look good as new. I do rub it with mineral oil about once a month but it never stays nice and new looking

 

[easyrider]

Our black sink always looks dull in the bottom of the sink except when its shined. This means always wiping the bottom of the sink. We would not go with black again as it shows all of the water spots and any thing else.

 

[Parkplace]

The granite one I am looking at is a Blanco. I have heard about the issue of water spots from someone else as well.

I can appreciate the story of the paint brushes. With a stainless steel sink this would not be a problem. But as far as cleaning, the stainless would probably require a lot more frequent scrubbing, but at least it would come back shiny.

I will likely end up getting the black one but would like to hear more opinions.

I also like that faucet.

 

[ScoopKona]

But as far as cleaning, the stainless would probably require a lot more frequent scrubbing, but at least it would come back shiny.

Depends on the recipe of the stainless -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stainless_steel#Stainless_steel_grades

We replaced our stainless sink with granite because our sink was made out of some wacky recipe that made it dull after heavy use.


Just remember that the granite sink is actually 20% resin. So anything that would damage a bar top will damage your sink -- don't use mineral spirits, acetone, brush cleaner, strong acids, etc. and you should be fine. The granite itself is damned-near inert.

 

[easyrider]

Our next sink will be white. We have had them all and the white always looked clean.