[RickandJanice]

Terry, I was referring to stainless steel sinks in general, so hope this is just your humour showing and did not offend you. We had a stainless sink in our house for years before going with Corian so can feel your pain with water spots.

Gemstone, Actually all solid surface material will allow light to shine through it, even the counter top that is thicker. In most cases, the cost of solid surface sinks is more than stainless steel. DW works in the cabinet business and knows first hand about the cost, advantages and disadvantages of both materials. Her opinion is that DRV not only listened to what allot of their customers wanted, they saw the cost savings in stainless steel sinks also.

We prefer solid surface sinks over stainless steel sinks and solid surface counter tops over granite. Everyone is entitled to their opinion but just wanted to shed some light on what the "cheap plastic sink" is in a DRV kitchen and how to care for it.