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Color Question about Kohler Cast Iron Sea Salt

enduring
12 years ago

Has anyone used this cast iron color Sea Salt from Kohler? Does the white kohler or toto toilet go with this cast iron color? Is the color texture too much or is it subtle? Can you tell me what underlying colors are in the Sea Salt? I see the displays in small sinks once in a while, but the lighting at the shops is so dark it is hard for me to tell IRL what it might look like.

I am thinking of the bathtub, my toilet will be white toto, my sink will be soapstone with white veining and some sparkle to the veins. I love the depth of color of the Sea Salt and might want to use is in the cast iron bath I select. The tub will be surrounded by white ceramic tile and nearby soapstone counter.

Any info on this color and your experiences would be great, thanks.

Comments (14)

  • tobler
    12 years ago

    We got the sea salt sinks. They have a slight grey cast to them but I don't think that is a problem because they are undermount so not in direct line of sight with a sparkling white toilet. I love the subtle appearance and depth to them. I can try a picture if you like, but I don't know if it will be enough to truly help.

  • busybee3
    12 years ago

    we have 2 sea salt sinks and a sea salt shower pan... i have a white tub tub and toilet. i also love the slightly mottled look and the depth!! i don't see so much of a gray cast, but maybe very slight...i also see a yellowish tone mixed with white... overall is a creamy color.

  • User
    12 years ago

    I would not have said gray at all. It's more of a bit of a bisque undertone in the depths of the color to me. The top note of color is definitely white though.

  • enduring
    Original Author
    12 years ago

    Thanks for the feedback on the color. I will have to lug my sample soapstone to the store soon and take a look. I want white but love the thought of the depth of texture. I love the line of textural glazes that Kohler makes.

  • tobler
    12 years ago

    I apologize. it isn't gray! it's creamy. I misremembered.
    but I still really like how it looks

  • sweeby
    12 years ago

    The Sea Salt is a gorgeous finish! Very earthy and complex. I wouldn't have any problem mixing a Sea Salt sink or tub with a white toilet. But I definitely wouldn't put the Sea Salt directly next to a white ceramic tile, though -- I think that would be a miss. It should stand on it's own -- freestanding tub? Vessel sinks? Or a dark background.

    I'm also a soapstone lover. But if I'm being completely truthful, I also have to express some reservations about combining the Sea Salt with veiny soapstone... In my kitchen, I have veiny Santa Rita soapstone and my backsplash is a creamy crackle subway tile (Walker Zanger Gramercy Park in Bone), and it's a combination that's OK, but not what I'd describe as 'made in Heaven'... The veins in my soapstone have a slight blueish green undertone, which doesn't especially enhance the creamy tile tones. Lucky for me, my widest veins aren't near the tile splash areas, and the creamy crackle is very nice against the plainer near-black soapstone.

  • enduring
    Original Author
    12 years ago

    *Sweeby, thanks for the info. I have the plan to put white ceramic next to my tub. But I haven't bought the tub yet. I will definitely heed your warning about white tile. My tile is white shiny. My soapstone remnants have a lot of veining that is green/yellow. It looks sort of like green moss just below the surface of a black pond when its oiled up. This is a challenge and the Sea Salt cast iron is the least of my color problems. I am trying to find a wall paint that goes with the soapstone and the bluish, whitish, lavenderish, even slight greenish mosaic marble tiles I would like to use. I could just give in and go with the more standard white-gray mosaic but I love the liveliness of the mosaic I described.

    I don't want to be over the top with elements in my BR remodel. I posted on another thread about my tile pattern. I think I did a poor job of rendering the tiles and it looks like I have gone overboard on numbers of sizes of tile when in fact I only have the field tile and base and chair rail with an added listello of marble. Take a look at that thread and give my your thoughts if you have time.

    *Kichendrazed09, thanks for your feedback on your kitchen. It is encouraging to hear that the Sea Salt goes with your white. My white tile is pretty standard white. When I try to match other brands of white with it is is pretty easy as long as there is no tendency to off white. I think the tile is called Ultra White and is made by a now defunct manufacturer that was in Georgia I believe. As noted to Sweeby, I am struggling with more than the hopes of getting a Sea Salt tub. As I mention above I have another thread about my tile diagram. Take a look if you have time and give me your thoughts.

    Both of your responses have been very helpful, thanks.

  • abitaamberman
    8 years ago

    Personally, I think Sea Salt looks like actual crushed sea salt under glass. If I could afford it, every sink in the house would be Sea Salt from Kohler. Instead, we got a DemiLav for the guest bath.

  • monicakm_gw
    8 years ago

    I see a very very VERY pale hint of seafoam green. LOVE this color. I saw it in an single bowl kitchen sink. Beautiful!

  • enduring
    Original Author
    8 years ago

    Hi there, this is an old thread :) I went with a white tub instead of the sea salt. I have been very happy with the white.

  • mlessner
    8 years ago

    What about a Sea Salt sink with marble or quartzite white countertop? Thoughts?

  • User
    8 years ago

    Sea Salt will go with anything. I have it in my kitchen with granite.

  • enduring
    Original Author
    8 years ago

    Pick up a sample piece of the Sea Salt at Fergusons or other place and match it with your other elements in your room. Do it in your room to get a good idea of the undercolors. I thought the Kohler web site did a poor job of color rendering in their pics. When I went to the show rooms, their lighting is so weird, that I couldn't tell anything about actual color. I love the depth of Sea Salt. But the undercolor might be wrong, or right, with your counter.