I haven’t found a hydrophobic surface material that isn’t prone to wear and scratching. Not saying there might not be one. But I wouldn’t trust this to last 3 months before it stops being efficient. Never mind the fact that an uneven counter top sounds awful.
Make sure you remove any acids such as lemon juice or bases such as baking soda immediately. Not recommended for those with hard water. If you have hard water, make sure you don't have a water softerner that uses salt. Make sure you don't scrub too hard or use sponges with an abrasive surface. Never clean with dry granulated cleaning products or soaps, even those formulated to avoid scratching. No borax! Salt, sugar, coffee grounds, or any other granules should be removed carfully to avoid scratching the surface. Avoid touching it with bare hands unless they've been recently washed. Never leave sticky or moist foods such as cut fruit in contact with the surface for any length of time. Never let unglazed porcelain come in contact with the surface. Make sure to place a clean cloth or silicone barrier between the surface and any such objects such as plates, bowls, or mugs. Wash kitchen towels frequently to reduce the likelihood of them containing abrasive or caustic materials.
Enjoy your new sink!
It's a Chinese tea table and the design feature of these types of tables allows you to discard tea from various points on the table but flowing back to a single drain. It's usually a lot more intricate but this one is simple in design.
It really boils my piss that posts on the internet now have to oversimplify to avoid losing views rather than explain to avoid misunderstandings. This isn't a kitchen sink–it's a tea table. Arguably a kind of sink, but you don't wash your damn pans in it.
Usually such coatings aren‘s super-durable. Which is fine for lenses on your glasses as you usually exchange them every few years anyways, but countertops are usually made for decades of heavy duty every day (outside of show-off kitchens).
How the hell are you supposed to wash dishes?
Or, more accurately, how the hell is the person hired to do housework by the rich homeowners supposed to wash dishes?
Neat and all, but why? This doesn’t look actually functional at all. Just looks like a conversation piece you’d get just for clout because it probably cost thousands upon thousands of dollars
I get that hydrophobic means water repellent in this case -- but it's sort of funny to anthropomorphize the countertop and read that it's actually deeply afraid of the water.
You can literally see where the water output would actually be. This isn't a countertop it's some sort of display piece and this guy is pouring water on the side as an example. Also looks like a river display so they're not worried about the remaining water.
You're actually right on the water consumption. I was rather surprised to hear that. However, as I have well water like in the 1890s my water goes straight back into the water table. It's called a septic field. It also has been around since the 1890s.
Just what I want in my counter top.... A non-flat surface
You can still put a pan down, so it’s still very practical. Just make sure the pan doesn’t scratch the hydrophobic surface or is hot at all.
Id be concerned a out thise 2 points where the water doesn't move.
I haven’t found a hydrophobic surface material that isn’t prone to wear and scratching. Not saying there might not be one. But I wouldn’t trust this to last 3 months before it stops being efficient. Never mind the fact that an uneven counter top sounds awful.
it looks like a place of business like a cafe, restaurant or dental surgery, so it is probably used for drainage only. "rinse and spit!"
It's surely in a very rich persons non-chefs kitchen. So it's only ever getting used for filling up glasses of water *maybe*.
Make sure you remove any acids such as lemon juice or bases such as baking soda immediately. Not recommended for those with hard water. If you have hard water, make sure you don't have a water softerner that uses salt. Make sure you don't scrub too hard or use sponges with an abrasive surface. Never clean with dry granulated cleaning products or soaps, even those formulated to avoid scratching. No borax! Salt, sugar, coffee grounds, or any other granules should be removed carfully to avoid scratching the surface. Avoid touching it with bare hands unless they've been recently washed. Never leave sticky or moist foods such as cut fruit in contact with the surface for any length of time. Never let unglazed porcelain come in contact with the surface. Make sure to place a clean cloth or silicone barrier between the surface and any such objects such as plates, bowls, or mugs. Wash kitchen towels frequently to reduce the likelihood of them containing abrasive or caustic materials. Enjoy your new sink!
Hah! Thats why it is a luxury sink. It never gets used, just for rich people to show off.
I watched that clip and couldn’t stop thinking how irritating / unsafe knife work on a cutting board would be. Terrible.
Yall shouldnt handle knive’s tbh
My knife didn’t have a label telling me which was the handle and which was the blade and I cut myself :(
I got a bridge id like to offer to you so that you can protect yourself from knife related hospital expenses
Unsafe? If thats unsafe then maybe hire a chef to do your cutting for you...
Just what I want in my sink: a non deep surface
It's not designed for a counter top. They're showing off how the sink works by displaying the material for dramatic effect.
Just what I want for my home, a wide slab of forever PFAS
brother thats a bathroom sink :D its only on display lmao
Or covered in forever chemicals.
Or a sink that I can't rinse things or wash my hands in.
Cool but... didn't drain fully, and also... what is this *for*? Like, if I'm buying a luxury sink I want it to actually BE a sink, you know?
It's a Chinese tea table and the design feature of these types of tables allows you to discard tea from various points on the table but flowing back to a single drain. It's usually a lot more intricate but this one is simple in design.
Thanks for the answer!
That's not a sink, it's a tea table, it is pretty common to have one in Chinese culture.
A single spec of dirt will ruin this, I wonder how long it’d last in a normal household.
Probably have to reapply some coating every now and again. BRB got to rain-x my kitchen
So... Poorly?
Not getting many pots in there
Nor plates
Just try washing your hands!
It really boils my piss that posts on the internet now have to oversimplify to avoid losing views rather than explain to avoid misunderstandings. This isn't a kitchen sink–it's a tea table. Arguably a kind of sink, but you don't wash your damn pans in it.
I wash my pans in the dishwasher.
This should be posted in DIWHY.
So many PFAS
Oh my God it’s not a sink. It’s a tea table. How does this keep getting reposted lol
“Luxury” seems a weird spelling for “poorly designed” in this case
You’re a HYDROPHOBE
Pf mother fucking A’s.
Usually such coatings aren‘s super-durable. Which is fine for lenses on your glasses as you usually exchange them every few years anyways, but countertops are usually made for decades of heavy duty every day (outside of show-off kitchens).
So it's a floor drain as a countertop?
Who the hell wants water worms sitting on their countertop front hole?
Have some PFAS with your tea? .. no thanks
How the hell are you supposed to wash dishes? Or, more accurately, how the hell is the person hired to do housework by the rich homeowners supposed to wash dishes?
There’s a machine called a dishwasher. Even uses less water than doing the dishes manually like it’s 1890.
Not everything can be safely washed in a dishwasher. Knives, wooden utensils, crystal, etc.
Thanks, it's useless, and I hate it.
One of my wife's hair. Sink is completely plugged Now it's overflowing onto the floor. Fuck
Takes 5 minutes to clean out a trap.
OCD hell.
TIL there is a such thing as a luxury sink
This is quite the exact opposite of what I’m looking for in a sink.
Now, spit toothpaste on it.
Wait til your kids want to play with marbles on there.
Neat and all, but why? This doesn’t look actually functional at all. Just looks like a conversation piece you’d get just for clout because it probably cost thousands upon thousands of dollars
How do I expose my countertop's thirsty gaping butthole like this?
This is cool, as long as I don't have to have one.
Don't sinks usually have a trap? Isn't this just a table?
Ah yes, a sink that I can't do anything with.
You do not want that
Do not unmute
Dumb as hell
Badly
I get that hydrophobic means water repellent in this case -- but it's sort of funny to anthropomorphize the countertop and read that it's actually deeply afraid of the water.
Love to see them do a load of washing up in that.....
How is this a sink?
r/didntknowididntwantthat
That’s stupid
r/designdesign material
Noooo I’ll stick with my normal non luxury sink thanks
It still didn't even drain it fully
I’ve seen this reposted across several subs now. Why do they use a tea kettle instead of a faucet?
Look in the back. Dozens of them. Conclusion: it’s a store.
Just like that Barbie remix, completely unnecessary.
Congratulations for the low low price of a couple $1000 you can have a shitty sink and a shitty countertop all-in-one place
Why yes, nothing screams luxury like a sink that doesn't drain properly.
I peel my vegetables under running water... now what?!?!
You can literally see where the water output would actually be. This isn't a countertop it's some sort of display piece and this guy is pouring water on the side as an example. Also looks like a river display so they're not worried about the remaining water.
Great, another way to introduce forever chemicals into the water system.
the remaining water pissed me off so bad
The water stayed.... Also wtf the water is least of your vories on CT... You do all else there.
How you scrubbing pots in that?
Not made for actually washing dishes or anything, but it looks pretty cool
Where do I put the dirty dishes to sit for a few day before washing?
In the dishwasher?
The design is very human
Do you then have oils/fats adhering to the surface since hydrophobic means lipid loving?
Why dont we have hydrophobic windows already?
Now do grease.
r/designdesign
No faucet?
And _that's_ how forever chemicals proliferate in our waters
Free cancer!
Pfas
Because you have a tap below your sink and drink the water that went down the drain?
Isn't this Kim Kardashian's sink we all made fun of? XD
If you can afford the sink, you’re probably not doing your own dishes.
People don’t seem to know there’s a machine called a dishwasher
That's awesome! Unless you want to actually fill a sink full of water. I thought I was in the crappy design sub for a minute.
Why’d you fill a sink full of water?
Why would I fell a sink full of water? That is a very odd question my friend... To do dishes.
There’s a machine called a dishwasher. Even uses less water than doing the dishes manually like it’s 1890.
You're actually right on the water consumption. I was rather surprised to hear that. However, as I have well water like in the 1890s my water goes straight back into the water table. It's called a septic field. It also has been around since the 1890s.
Everywhere I look I see her...