Mini guide to materials for choosing a kitchen sink

The sink is definitely one of the essential parts of the kitchen and should be chosen according to some basic requirements: style, quality, functionality, material and budget.

Often, in an attempt to respond only to aesthetic or economic criteria, we end up buying a beautiful sink but that proves to be unsuitable for our needs or we end up buying a cheap, low quality sink that will not last over time.

Our philosophy of designing and manufacturing kitchen sinks is a concrete thought of durability, aesthetics and quality that guarantees the best possible user experience; this is why we choose the best materials to make your kitchen sink so that its characteristics, properties and functionality remain unchanged over time.

To help you choose the ideal sink for your kitchen we want to take a closer look at two materials, composite and steel, in order to understand which sink is best suited to your needs.

The material of construction, in fact, constitutes a not negligible aspect of your choice since it characterizes the use and also the maintenance.


Composite sinks

The material composite is a material, as the word itself says, composed of different materials with different characteristics and properties that together guarantee the best performance in use.

The main feature of the composite sinks is a guarantee of high performance, these kitchen sinks resist heat, impact, wear and stains well, are easy to clean and also provide good protection against bacteria.


Steel sinks

Steel is a timeless material in the preferences for the purchase of kitchen sinks because it combines versatile aesthetics with some discriminating features: it is a resistant and hygienic material, it withstands high temperatures well and allows you to place pots and pans just removed from the stove, if it is of good quality it also cleans well and resists scratches and blades.

The main feature of the steel sinks is to combine elegance with functionality and for this reason it has been one of the most popular choices for decades.

Sinks in microULTRAGRANIT

Plados Telma has realized kitchen sinks in microULTRAGRANIT with extraordinary characteristics and properties: it is a material with a high concentration of quartz and granite microparticles that make the kitchen sink super resistant to chemicals, heat and scratching, and with a remarkable aesthetic impact.

They are available in a variety of colors that fit well with any realization and guarantee a refined and functional realization guaranteed for 10 years.

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ULTRAMETAL sinks

I sinks in ULTRAMETAL by Plados Telma are the ideal kitchen sinks for those who want to combine high performance with a contemporary aesthetic inspired by cooler tones. In fact, they go very well with kitchens made of stainless steel and give the environment an atmosphere of rigor, refined elegance and cleanliness.

The quartz, granite and metallescent microparticles present in the mixture create very particular chromatic effects, perfect for those who want an alternative to the more common colour palettes.

ULTRAMETAL kitchen sinks by Plados Telma are guaranteed for 10 years, they resist heat and chemicals well, they are easy to clean and are very hygienic.

Sinks in nanoSTONE

I kitchen sinks in nanoSTONE by Plados Telma are the latest generation of kitchen sinks, guaranteed for 20 years, which guarantee very high structural performance: they are very resistant to heat and impact and are particularly hygienic because they contain titanium dioxide particles that reduce the pollutants present in the air in the kitchen.


We have seen how each material used to make a kitchen sink gives the sink special characteristics of usability and durability; Plados Telma uses the best raw materials and the best technologies to make kitchen sinks for living, beautiful to look at, practical and convenient to use, destined to last over time.


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