American Standard Silhouette 25-Inch Americas Single Bowl Four-Hole Kitchen Sink

I would never buy an Americast sink again. Americast is composed of a core layer of steel sandwiched between a surface coating of porcelain and a ¼ inch substrate of a hard plastic composite material. An Americast sink looks like a porcelain-coated cast iron sink, but weighs about 60% less than cast iron. Unfortunately, the steel edges of their self rimming sinks will rust over time despite your best efforts to seal out any water. After about tens years rusted areas along the sink rim will bulge and the porcelain will pop off. Also, if you use an electric waste disposer, within a year the disposer vibration will crack the composite substrate which will then separate from the steel core. This can create leaks and rusting around the disposal. Given these problems, I am amazed that American Standard is still selling Americast sinks. Don't buy one.

We remodeled our kitchen three years ago, from floor to ceiling. My previous sink was cast, and was very porous. We chose the American Standard Americast Silhouette Sink. It was beautiful for the first year. I even used Windex to clean it, because the guideline said NO abrasives. The coating (whatever it is) has worn off, and I have to bleach the sink everyday, to restore the color. Very Big Mistake, and costly too. I will now be looking for a Stainless Steel Sink. Not too fond of wiping water spots on stainless, but it beats stains on a constant basis.

I would probably be considered lucky. We replaced our kitchen sink with a two bowl, top mount, white americast sink 12 years ago. The sink chipped within the first few months when a dish I was washing slipped from my hand. The sink became scratched very early on and stains rapidly. I can only get the sink white by using a bleach & water soak. Today I climbed under the sink to replace a faucet to find that the outer polymer layer was BADLY cracked. One crack goes from the dispose toward the back of the sink and a second intersects the crack from the disposer and goes completely across the sink. Needless to say - I chose not to replace the faucet at this time.
Overall this sink was a disappointment. I would not buy an americast sink again.