Sonoma Cast Stone: concrete sinks and counters that are beautiful and practical
I wrote about Sonoma Forge's stunning faucets the day before today, but top rate faucets are only a small part of the story. Sonoma Forge grew out of an older employer, Sonoma Cast Stone. Sonoma Cast Stone has been production one-of-a-kind sinks, counters, tiles, pavers, bathtubs and extra for the last 14 years. Sonoma Cast Stone makes a few stunning matters and in searching over their services, the aesthetic sensibilities of Sonoma Forge make best sense. The two corporations make flawlessly complimentary merchandise.
Sonoma Cast Stone casts their sinks, tubs, counters, tiles and fireplace surrounds from a sustainable concrete they developed and trademarked as Earthcrete™. Earthcrete™ is a concrete formulation that uses 21% recycled content and 60% less Portland cement than traditional concrete. These reduced percentages make for a stronger and lighter material and it allows Sonoma Cast Stone to make counters and other shapes without steel rebar.
Earthcrete? Is available in 3 bureaucracy: NuCrete?, Classic Concrete and Mold Release.
NuCrete™ is a stainless and impermeable form of concrete. Sonoma Cast Stone developed it themselves to be stain proof and non-reactive yet still look like concrete. NuCrete™ is not just sealed concrete and that's a very good thing. Anyone who's lived with so-called sealed concrete will tell you that sealed concrete is an oxymoron. NuCrete™ is stain proof the whole way through, so there's no finish or top coat to wear down or damage.
Classic Concrete is just what it sounds like, traditional-looking concrete though it's still made from Sonoma Cast Stone's Earthcrete™. Classic Concrete is sealed and waxed in the traditional way and it will develop the same patina regular concrete will. That it's made from Earthcrete™ will make it lighter and stronger than what you'd find using conventional concrete.
Finally, Mold Release Earthcrete™ is an unfinished product that's sold straight from the mold, as the name suggests. Mold Release is most often used for tiles, pavers and fireplace surrounds.
So that is the technical aspect of these products, in searching over the pix I've blanketed on this submit I'm absolutely enthusiastic about how they look. Their sinks are stunning and I lack sufficient superlatives to gush over the 2-tone counter and apron-front sink shown above.
Man, this stuff's beautiful. Look via their internet site and their organisation portfolio. Unique to the concrete counter and sink websites I've seen, Sonoma Cast Stone's merchandise can be used in a lot of styles. There are conventional and modern-day, Eastern and Western kitchens and baths show on their website online.
Concrete's an inherently bendy material and it's a pride to find a enterprise who virtually knows the way to run with that flexibility. Keep them in mind in case you're interested in the usage of concrete in an upcoming assignment.
All images © Sonoma Cast Stone and used with permission.