Talk to me about ceramic sinks

[imabusybee]

We're having a new kitchen fitted in a couple of weeks and I've decided on a 1.5 bowl ceramic sink but looking at our options to order one now. There's a nice sleek looking one with a smooth draining area on an incline (like this one:
www.tapwarehouse.com/p/rak-dsink2?gclid=EAIaIQobChMItPOLsN6d6wIVD-ztCh0q5grVEAQYFiABEgJ6ufD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds )

Or there's the regular ones with sort of a ridged draining area. We had one of these in our old house but it didn't 'drain' very well.

Admittedly one of the dullest threads for a Saturday night but does anyone have any opinions on which is best? My sister mentioned the first one (smooth with an incline) might form a vacuum around glasses when theyre drying?

Any input much appreciated!

Hadn't seen this style before, but as soon as I saw the picture I imagined the cups and glasses aquaplaning downhill to smash in the sink!

Presumably it doesn't do that, but I think I would always be expecting it to happen!

I really like it. It’s got a lip to stop things sliding off.

That's a nice sink! We've got a more traditional 'ridged' ceramic sink, but if I'd seen this one I think I would have opted for it. Love its sleek lines!

Its the lovely clean sleek style that I love tbh just wondered if it wasn't practical in reality. All the reviews I've read have been positive though.

I'm about to get a granite composite sink in my new kitchen. They seem to be very strong and won't chip. Might be worth looking at this type of sink before you decide.

They can end up staining and so require a lot of maintenance. But then so do stainless steel sinks. I like the idea of granite sinks but imagine they are difficult in terms of upkeep too.

I like it. I like the farmers sink version of it more though, (I prefer a large sink). I have a cream colour granite composite sink, about 5 ys old now. My granite composite will stain if you don't keep on top of it, but a bit of scouring powder takes care of any stains so far. The description in the one you are considering states it won't stain, even if a tea bag is left in it overnight.

Use bar keepers friend for any marks or stains .

MIL has a draining area with an incline. It probably doesn’t help that she’s put a two storey (!) draining rack on it, but I cannot count the number of mugs and other items that have hurtled off the top of the draining rack and smashed in the sink. DH and I call it the Leaning Tower of Draining Board.

We've got a double ceramic sink, and we use the other sink for draining and drying, in order to avoid the sliding and smashing problem.

I put a draining rack over one half of my sink. I prefer one large over two smaller sinks, for washing large trays/pots.

Sorry if this comes up twice, didn't seem to post the first time. I have this style and no issues with draining as the grooves are sloped. And I love the middle bit too 👍

We had the second type you're describing in our last house - ridged draining area. We put one of these dish racks on the drainer and it was much more practical and not unsightly in use:
www2.simplehuman.com/uk/plastic-compact-dishrack-white

My plan was to stow it under the sink when not in use but with kids and life it only really got stowed away once or twice a year on 'special occasions'!

Personally I think the incline would only work with some kind of drainer like the above - otherwise I'd feel constantly stressed about falling crockery, and where's the fun in that :)

In any case, staining was never an issue and I think ceramic is the best for sinks - stainless steel too ugly and composite too impractical (if I can't strain pasta in the sink without damaging it then just shoot me!)

I have this exact sink you have posted the link for, it is very sloped but looks lovely and modern! I do feel quite nervous putting glasses down on it incase they smash but that’s also me being very nervous with a new sink incase i scratch/mark it.

I replaced a stainless steel one with a ceramic and found that some metal items, say an aluminium frying pan, would seem to leave a sort of dark scratch that I could never get rid of.
When we moved house we went back to a matt stainless steel sink whilst not so nice looking one can scrub away with a scotchbrite pad or even steel wool.

I have ceramic , it does mark easily but bar keepers friend is amazing at getting them out.

Don't do it, it needs scrubbing every day otherwise looks very mucky. I'd have chosen ugly stainless steel if I'd known how often it needs cleaning!

We had a ceramic sink in our last house, I loved it. Never had a problem with stains or scratches, any marks from cutlery etc left in the bottom just came off with a bit of Cif, it was so easy to look after. I find stainless steel tends to go brown/grimy round the plug hole if you don’t clean it every day.

May be a bit late to this but I was looking as we’re about to plan a new kitchen. Our current kitchen has a 1.5 bowl granite composite sink in very dark grey/black which was wildly expensive at £475 about 14 years ago. There was a specific brand name for it at the time but I can’t remember it. It has a couple of tiny chips in it that no one would notice if they weren’t specifically looking but otherwise it’s the best bit of kit in our old kitchen by far. Really easy to look after, no staining probably because of the colour but solid and feels like luxury even now. We still get comments on what a lovely sink it is!

It was the best thing we splashed out on and will make sure we do the same again although they seem cheaper now!