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Stainless steel kitchen sink-Ticor 16 gauge vs. Kohler 18 gauge
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Posted by homemakermom (My Page) on Thu, Nov 5, 09 at 21:04
| If the choice was 16 gauge Ticor vs. 18 gauge Kohler, what would you choose and why? |
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RE: Stainless steel kitchen sink-Ticor 16 gauge vs. Kohler 18 gau
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It would depend on The configuration of the sinks [single vs double, relative sizes of bowls if double (50/50, 70/30, 60/40, etc.)]
The size of the sinks & bowls (if double)
The soundproofing they each have
The price of each
The size sink base you plan to have (related to the exterior size of the sinks) 16 gauge vs 18 gauge isn't that much of a difference...either would be fine. |
RE: Stainless steel kitchen sink-Ticor 16 gauge vs. Kohler 18 gau
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| It was my understanding that 16 gauge is better |
RE: Stainless steel kitchen sink-Ticor 16 gauge vs. Kohler 18 gau
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| 16 ga. is thicker, but any sink that I can get my cutting board, roaster pan, and a half-sheet pan into is significantly better than a roughly competitive sink that I can't. |
RE: Stainless steel kitchen sink-Ticor 16 gauge vs. Kohler 18 gau
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| Yes, 16 gauge is thicker but for a sink, 18 gauge is fine as well. I don't think I'd go thinner than 18 gauge, though. Without more info from HomemakerMom (the OP), I don't think there's much more to be said... I should note that in my list above, the first two items are the most important to me. |
RE: Stainless steel kitchen sink-Ticor 16 gauge vs. Kohler 18 gau
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Here's my ticor 16 ga sink. It's awesome.
 Plus it comes with these beautiful heavy duty grids with NO plastic that can melt!
 And in this model, the sink prep side comes with a really nice deep stainless cup drain to capture the veggies that fall in. I've had the sink for a couple of months now and I'm really happy with it. One of the things I have no regrets about. |
RE: Stainless steel kitchen sink-Ticor 16 gauge vs. Kohler 18 gau
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| swickbb - does your sink have a mirror finish on the divide between the two sinks? I was a little concerned about how that finish would hold up. |
RE: Stainless steel kitchen sink-Ticor 16 gauge vs. Kohler 18 gau
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| Is your ticor sink the 405? Can't find it anywhere. Galaxy tools have them backordered till early Dec "IF" they arrive, could be held up in customs so he says. I am scared to take the chance and my fabricator really wants to get going. My other choices are the Kohler 3099 D sink which is quite pricey (anyone have one installed?) or an off brand from Builders spec that is basically the same size as the Ticor except overall width is a little smaller. It is from Italy and the salesgal online says people rave about the sink. Decisions, decisions............. If anyone knows of an available Ricor 405 please let me know, doesn't look like overstock has the right one. |
RE: Stainless steel kitchen sink-Ticor 16 gauge vs. Kohler 18 gau
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| Now you did it, I had to go clean it! Hah! I hadn't even paid much attention to the shiny part. But now that I went to take a look at it, it was getting little water marks on it but they wiped off easily. It's actually holding up much better than the old porcelain sink I had. That thing had scratches in it the first week. Here's the pic I took this morning. Note that I've only had it for a couple of months and I'm not a clean freak so I hardly ever scrub it. I do use the prep side for mostly letting the dishes dry. I wash them sometimes since it's only two of us.
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RE: Stainless steel kitchen sink-Ticor 16 gauge vs. Kohler 18 gau
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| Swickbb - can you tell me what is your granite name? I can only see a little bit of it behind your sink, but it is very pretty. Sorry to go OT. |
RE: Stainless steel kitchen sink-Ticor 16 gauge vs. Kohler 18 gau
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shannonplus2, my granite is White Wave or Piracema White depends on the yard naming. It really goes nicely with the SS sink.
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