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I was just curious about what most of you all tell people when it comes to chosing a sink color. It seems I run in to alot of people who want to match the sink to the appliance colors if the are white or bisque or to the shower or the toilet. I always prefer to pick what looks best with the countertop personally, but was curious if I am different or is it just people thinking it all needs to match?
Reuben,
We stock the double bowl sinks and the offset double., We have not had any problem since we have stayed with frost and ivory. That is all we have in stock and that is usually what is on sale. Customers usually pick out of the stock colors. When we gave them all the choices, they couldn’t make up their minds.
Mory
Another question that just popped into my head is about matching sink colors or other colors than white and bisque. I though I saw recently in a magazine for design contest someone had a double bowl yellow solid surface sink. i might have been crazy but I am sure that was what I saw. So does that mean someone is manufacturing them or are they thermoforming them themselfs?
We find that people will usually choose the standard white. We order for each job because we get fast delivery and don’t want to tie up our money in inventory. I will usually discourage choosing the darker color sinks because I have found people tend to not like them after a while.
Shane
Most sink specials are for the bright white sinks. Then you will buy them when they are on special and use them in latter jobs. If you buy the off-white sinks, they sit in inventory a lot longer. Stick with the bright white or glacier.
Another problem I have had with the bone and bisque is that they tend to bruise when a heavy object is dropped in them. The bruise is very difficult to sand out.
Couple more things in this subject. Anybody else have people wanting vanity bowls same color as tops or do I just get odd request?
Also I seen the vanity sinks that Domain industries is selling for like $49 has anyone tried them or looked at them to see if they are qaulity or not?
I have had trouble with Ivory sinks in the past, as I once called Mory about. They just don’t look right, they are a different shade when they are wet and cast alot of shadows when they are dry. Also one time I got a little too agressive with the Rotex on rotary and burned one, it turned white and I almost ending up sanding thru it to get it back to the right color.
I have not tried the sinks from Domain yet. I think they are going to send me one to try. I figure for the price, we could really put them to good use.
We do have customers ask about the same color sink to match the counter, but not very often. I have not had the best luck getting both to match and I can’t stand that bevel they recommend. We talk the customer out of it usually.
Alittle new here what bevel that they recomend? Also are you saying that someone does make sinks in same clor as tops? I’m talking if we have a customer want for instance Avonites color Jarasic it is possible ?
Sorry if this sounds odd just trying to learn a little .
there is a company called royal stone, in arizona or new mexico that can match bowls to their sheet stock. And I have heard that it is possible to get sheet stock formed into sinks, if true I’d like to track this company down.
There is a company that makes sinks from Corian that match and if you are concerned about dye lot matching you can send them a pc from the job and they will use that. I have only ordered one of the vanity bowls in (I believe) blackberry ice, and it came out really good. Your distributor can usually get them for you and the price is not bad, a little extra but not bad. The bevel Andy is talking about is putting the beginning of the cut right on the seam the camaflouge it, you can also use other profile such as a small ogee. Another option if your customer will allow it is to put an overhang, this way if the dye lot is different you cant tell.
John
We have done quite a few vanities with matching bowls. We have a local company that does the bowls so they are easy for us to get. It is really amazing how well the bevel bit helps make it all look the same.
Shane
al wrote
there is a company called royal stone, in arizona or new mexico that can match bowls to their sheet stock. And I have heard that it is possible to get sheet stock formed into sinks, if true I’d like to track this company down.We use Royalstone for shower pans. They are fairly reasonably priced and easy to work with. We haven’t had any special sinks made, but they say they can match all major manufacturers colors. On the down side in my experience they are usually behind schedule so give yourself plenty of time.
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