Revealed: Secrets to a stink-free, clog-free sparkling kitchen sink

Materials matter when you tackle the chore of cleaning that draining bucket at the centre of your life

Left, traditional earthenware and ceramic sinks are relatively easy to keep clean with a daily wipedown, Villeroy & Boch Butlers sink; right, Pyramiss make both composite and stainless-steel ledge sinks that may contain a variety of materials which require different cleaning. approaches.

Cleaning: It’s everything and the kitchen sink. The glorified, draining bucket at the centre of your life, seems to demand a swipe and squirt a dozen times a day. Still, front and centre, and plastered with last night’s dinner, we want that expensive vessel to look and smell its best. Here are our top hacks to put the Ritz on every material type.

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