Finally getting our kitchen done...which sink?

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Going to get a darkish brown worktop, not granite, but one that looks like it is. What sink? Stainless steel I can never keep shiny, two people have said brown sinks dont look clean - any advice? A white or cream one fine but made of what?

Whats the worktop made of? If it's Corian (or Himacs, same thing) you can get a sink in the same colour, moulded in. I personally prefer a shiny steel sink, but the rest of my kitchen is shiny steel, so it all goes. I've got a grey Himacs worktop. Get an E-cloth (homebase/lakeland) and it'll come up really shiny and streak-free.

I have an astrocst black sink which is fab, easy clean and always looks good. They do other colours as well (scroll down)

ohhhh furball, I lurve the stainless belfast sink on that site.

cream is naff i think so avoid - white or stainless steel - shove a bowl in it if you dont want to keep it spotless - thats what i do - covers a multitude of sins!

Don't go for white, you will be bleaching it everyday as every cup of tea or coffee will stain it.

I have had a brown sink and a white one and both never looked clean.

whatever sink you get make sure it fits your biggest oven tray in it

I like the franke range ..

I wanted a black fragranite but realised that, living in london with hard water, it would be ruined very quickly

I got a white one instead .. vaguely regret it because of the bleaching and getting annoyed at people DH tipping tea down it which stains leading it to need bleaching again

I think I'd probably do ceramic instead or stainless steel as not as porous

oh yes our white sink looks stained - we inherited it - def steel for us when it gets ripped out

Just wondering would a belfast sink (white)stain the same as a white ordinary sink?

Our white belfast sink doesn't seem to stain anymore than a stainless steel one.

Twiglett - I live in a hard water area and maybe once a month I wash my black sink with limelite just to keep it at bay, but it certainly doesn't need doing more than that and far less hassle day to day than a stainless steel one and looks great.

Get a double sink! Fan -bloody- tastic!!!

Space is an issue so we can only have one sink, not even 1.5. Stainless steel seems to be winning, in London in a hard water area. Whats an e-cloth?

avoid white (not enamel) ones, they're a pita mine is chipped a bit too

Not white (except belfast style ceramic) or cream they stain/mark horribly..had to rip them out of my last two houses. Stainless steel is at least easy to clean and scrub (after Dh has used it to wash out his paint trays )and doesnt chip like ceramic...
Enjoy shopping around.

white ceramic here - make up a spray with half water, half bleach, and squirt around sink regularly - keeps it stain free.
I would avoid stainless steel if you live in a hard water area - you will be forever scrubbing and polishing the blessed thing to keep it looking shiny - or going through a bottle of Shiny Sinks a week.