| The newest additions to the family of high end | | | | a wide variety of designs, shapes and sizes. Some |
| bathroom sinks are glass and crystal. Glass sinks | | | | of the common ones are: |
| can be the best choice for those who want to | | | | Textured Glass They are moulded into different |
| turn their ordinary bathrooms into a stunning piece | | | | shapes and textures, or bas-relief motifs at very |
| of art work. | | | | high temperatures. |
| Glass sinks seem to work very well in both | | | | Colored Glass Glass sinks now come in various |
| traditional and contemporary bathroom and | | | | colors; the common ones include blue, green and |
| kitchen settings. Most glass sinks come in as | | | | red. These colors are usually achieved by adding |
| vessel bowls, but they are also available in | | | | some metal oxides and incorporated into the hot |
| over-the-counter, wall-mount, pedestal, | | | | glass melt. |
| under-the-counter as well as countersink models. | | | | Frosted or Etched Glass These types of sinks |
| It is a very common misconception that glass | | | | have an opaque look. It usually gets transparent |
| sinks are not durable. They are much more | | | | when it gets wet, but goes back to its opaque, |
| durable as anyone can think. Most of them can | | | | frosted look when it dries. |
| withstand temperature changes of about 20 | | | | Polished Glass These sinks have a polished finish |
| degrees, and most of them are resistant to minor | | | | so that the exterior looks very smooth. |
| accident breakage, such as accidentally dropping | | | | Care and Maintenance Glass sinks might be |
| your toothbrush or your plastic bottle onto it. It is | | | | durable, but it must be properly maintained to |
| true, however, that heavy objects falling into | | | | make sure it lasts a long time. |
| normal glass sinks will cause them to shatter. | | | | You should clean it with plain water or with a mild |
| Tempered glass based sinks, however are more | | | | glass cleaner regularly and wipe the sink dry |
| resistant, they can withstand the force caused by | | | | every after use so that water spots do not |
| heavy objects: they might crack or break, but | | | | develop. If your sink is textured, make sure that |
| they do not tend to shatter. Laminated glass | | | | you wipe the outside area regularly. Never use |
| behaves similarly, but is more resistant than | | | | abrasive bathroom cleaners as they can scour or |
| tempered ones. | | | | full the glass surface. |
| Laminated sinks consist of an interlayer made of | | | | Do not ever allow metals, steel or other glass |
| resin or tough plastic that are bonded together | | | | objects to come in contact with the glass as they |
| between two glass panes. They are sealed | | | | can chip or scratch its surface. |
| together, behave like one single unit, and looks like | | | | Never allow boiling hot water to flow into the sink |
| a normal glass. When hard object fall on them, | | | | as it may cause the glass to crack. |
| they may crack due to too much pressure but | | | | Remember that once your glass sink gets |
| the fragments tend to adhere to the interlayer so | | | | chipped, cracked, or worse, broken, there is no |
| that they do not cause injury. Glass sinks come in | | | | way to fix or repair it like new. |