Glass Sinks 

The modern day bathrooms are the ambassadors of fashion and luxury. The latest addition it the modern day bathrooms are the glass sinks. People are getting a new look for their bathroom by installing glass sinks. Glass sinks are so beautiful that the very presence of a glass sink in your bathroom can enhance the appearance of it considerably. If installed properly they are as durable as ceramic sinks. Glass sinks commonly called as vessel sinks are widely in demand as luxury sinks. You can get versatile designs and colors in glass sinks which make them even more popular. Hand made sinks are a must in the modern day bathrooms. The quality and price of the glass depends on the type of make.

Glass sinks can be made of different methods. Cold glass sinks are made at room temperature. Warm glass vessel sinks are made at medium temperature; various processes like fusing and slumping are done at moderate temperature.

Hot glasses are made at very high temperature with the help of a furnace. The resulting glass is then cooled using an annealing oven. Glass sinks can be hand made or factory made. Factory made sinks doesn’t have much art work. They are made usually by a single sheet of glass. Most of them have some painted design on it.

Hand blown glass sinks are produced by an entirely different process. This uses the hot glass and allows the artisan to create wide variety of styles, shapes, colors and sizes. Hand blown glass sinks are always unique in appearance due to slight differences in its making processes.

Layers of glass are made to gather at the end of a rod and it is blown with precision to a vessel shape. Color is given by different methods and the finished glass vessel sink is allowed to cool for a couple of days. This process gives maximum durability and strength to the glass sink.

Mosaic glass sinks have breathtaking beauty. To make mosaic glass sinks, pieces of various colored glass pieces are stuck to the inner side of the glass sink. This vessel sink is then treated with special mix of sand and tinted cement and finally sealed and finished with a protective coating. This coating made of polymer coating gives a smooth appearance to the surface of the mosaic glass sink. Mosaic sinks with its sturdy ness, bright color and easy to maintain quality has become a favorite among the luxury lovers.

Another type of glass vessel sinks is the fused and slumped type. It includes joining together of pieces of glass. When the right type of glass pieces are heated and joined together and cooled properly, sturdy type of glass is resulted. When this glass is placed on a mould and heated it get slumped into the shape of the mould. When the desired shape is obtained it is subjected to faster cooling to stop the further movement of the glass which will result in cracking. It is possible to create glass vessel sinks with most intricate designs. As the hand made glass sink designs are very difficult to make and time consuming they are a bit expensive. But the beauty it imparts to a bathroom is more desirable. If give proper care while installing and using, they will satisfy you by lasting for along time.