When choosing the material for your kitchen sink ceramic is a well established, versatile choice which can be combined with a multitude of worktops such as wood, glass or granite. Once thought of as butler or Belfast style, you can get modern inset and undermount sinks in a wide variety of designs, as well as the more traditional styles butler and farmhouse styles. Many people don’t realise that ceramic is a natural product, made from readily available raw materials such as clay, kaolin, quartz and feldspar. This means ceramic sinks are hard wearing, tough and environmentally friendly on both manufacturing and disposal. Due to the very smooth surface, germs are not keen to live on ceramic having no dimples, scratches etc to hide in. This makes a ceramic sink very hygienic too. Ceramic is a very hard wearing and durable material not scratching, staining and there is no worrying about denting. Ceramic sinks can also withstand very high temperatures so you don’t need to worry about pouring boiling water on them and are resistant to chemicals so no need to worry about keeping household cleaning products away from them. Ceramic sinks come in a variety of colours such as white, chestnut and black, and being colourfast they won’t fade over time.