sick of stainless steel sink.... suggestions please

[chockywocky]

hi, we have a very basic single stainless steel sink with draining board and it gets so dirty so quickly, we're in london so the water doesnt help.

anyway looking to replace with non steel, any suggestions of a good easy to clean sink type?

thanks

Bumping for you.

Don't ever, ever get a white one. They are the work of the devil, look dirty as soon as you breathe on them, and I'd far rather have a stainless steel one any day.

I swore after the first one, never again, but we keep moving into houses with them in...

I have come to the conclusion there are no easy to clean sinks.
I thought I was safe opting for a navy blue composite granite thing. I was wrong. Limescale have turned bits of it white, and around the plughole the navy blue has gone a rather fetching brown sort of colour.
No amount of cleaning adn de-scaling makes it look okay.

Ceramic belfast sink may be the way to go. But I would worry about chipping it with our heavy creuset - type pans...

We've got one of those now. It cracks, and the coffee and tea stain the cracks and the scratches and it is only slightly better than a white composite one.

I am personally considering a zinc bucket for the next one.

I have cream plasticy sort. Terrible - only way to get it clean is to bleach it

Stainless steel sink and ecover limescale remover for a quick wipe over.....

The brushed stainless steel ones seem best.

Or you could just get a brown one

THANKS!! phew, i was thinking of going for a white ceramic or dark granite one will pass on those options then....

Biological washing powder is excellent for getting rid of stains on white ceramic and white/cream plastic sinks. Pour it in, add hot water and leave it for a bit. Also cleans up tea stained mugs, baths, greasy pans.... I use it on my current stainless steel sink and it works on that too, good for getting rid of tea marks and nice smell.

vonsudenfed - what do you have, a ceramic belfast??

I have a very old Belfast sink, I love it. No cracks and to clean it I just fill with water & add bleach. It's also just the right size to stand our dog in for a wash on muddy days

I have a brushed stainless steel one and that does nt stay clean either, it is square and all the crumbs hide in the corners!

Yes, ceramic belfast. A double one. One crack was there when we moved in; it seems to be developing more.

I'm sure my sink problems have quite a lot to do with the amount of coffee we drink (both DH and I are home all day), and the fact we leave coffee filters in the sink. Not that this stops me complaining.

Barkeepers Friend works well on most stains, but a good dose of bleach sorts it out, while giving me an eco-guilt trip.

Yes

Villeroy and Boch do a special finish on their ceramic sinks - you pay more for it but it stops staining etc. We have had ours for 5 years and I have never once had a stain that has been a prob. We are in a hard water area and again no probs with that.

we have this one

it seems they all have the finish now

"Ceramic sinks are extremely tough and hygienic but Villeroy and Boch have perfected ceramicplus which takes ceramic sinks to a new level of hygiene and ease of maintenance. The surface is so smooth that dirt and water just cannot get a hold. Normally stubborn stains like red wine, tea and beetroot and hard water limescale are easily removed. Cleaning is easier and faster with less use of chemicals"

when we got it you had to pay extra for ceramic plus

Oh no, I had my heart set on a belfast sink as the answer to all my sink-related prayers

(and my budget won't stretch to Villeroy and Boch (sadly)

you can get them cheaper if you google a lot
ours was about £200 IIRC

we have a double ceramic one from Ikea and not had any problems with stains or chipping. It's 5 years old and I still love it. Clean it occasionally with diluted bleach.