They are not really shiny smooth. The very first sink out of the four that we have had was a pig to clean. Think they recommend cleaning with Bar Keepers Friend. That's what I use now and it seems quite good. What do you use.
We were told the exact same thing but as we actually ran our own kitchen design, supply and installation company at the time we put a lot of leverage on them and managed to keep getting replacements. As I said in a previous post the latest one seems to be OK. I researched the product online and...
I did eventually get them to replace it for a fourth time and we are now in 2013 and it still seems to be OK....Finally!! I'm touching wood as I write that.
And they are are still making these sinks and I am on my third one in ten months and am now needing a fourth one...If I had known what rubbish they were I would not have bought one. We have just started the process of trying to get Astracast to replace yet another one and if and when we do get...