There was thread started yesterday regarding this same subject. It's on page 2. By the way, I love your sink choice.

Here is a link that might be useful: Thread on sink reveal

Thanks - I did see that thread! I should have piggy backed onto that one instead. My early morning brain was fogged...

Just for reference (and this is for me as much as you!), here are the reveal types:

This is a positive reveal:
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This is a zero or flush reveal:
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This is a negative reveal:
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Here is a link that might be useful: Jeff Girard's concrete blog

I can see why you would like a positive reveal for that sink. I have a zero radius single bowl with a slight negative reveal. It looks flush unless you look very closely, and I like it. I don't think I would like much of a negative reveal, because then you get a cave under the rim that would be harder to see and keep clean. The ever so slight works great through. If you go with a positive, just make sure the caulking job is very neat and be prepared to redo it if neeeded down the road. It will take more wear than the negative or zero reveal.

I believe that an earlier thread about those zero-radius galaxy sinks said that they *must* be installed with a positive reveal or you can't use the accessories with them. I'll see if I can find it. Not the same issue as with the 112 sink in the thread linked earlier, which is not zero radius.

Here's one, and there are a couple more if you search for SS508, which seems to be the most popular of their zero radius models.

Here is a link that might be useful: sink reveal

I would also prefer a positive reveal...and we were supposed to have one but ended up w/slightly negative. We're living with it but, I noticed the other day when my head was down in the sink (getting color rinsed out!) that there was some grime near the top of the sink that you cannot see normally b/c of the negative reveal...and our sink has only been in use for about a month!

I think one reason fabricators like negative reveals is that they don't have to be as precise w/the cutout...they don't have to worry about making sure the positive reveal is equal all around the sink...a negative reveal hides any inaccuracies in the cutout.

So...insist on the positive reveal if that is what you want. Remember, this is your kitchen, not your fabricator's!

I was the OP on the thread referenced above by writersblock, which was specifically about the Ticor SS6508 (I think) zero radius single-bowl sink that has a beveled edge at the top, allowing use of included cutting board and wire basket. I believe that top edge is different that the sink you have, which has the more usual flat top flange.

In the end, we returned the SS6508 and got the S112, which has the same kind of edge as the sink you have, I think. I wanted a neutral or very slightly positive reveal and got a lot of pushback from the fabricator, who said, oh no everybody gets a negative reveal and if it's positive you'll see the caulk and then you'll be back complaining. I stuck to my guns and the sink was installed last week (I've posted the picture in several threads recently so I won't put it in here). The reveal is very slightly positive, 1/16 to 1/8" of sink edge showing and I like the way it looks. We can see the caulk but it doesn't look bad and, as someone pointed out when I was worrying about that, the caulk can be removed and reapplied with no ill effect.

We've only been using the sink for a few days so I can't say what the longterm result will be but so far so good.

I hope that helps. Do a search of my user name if you want to find several more threads over the last month on this same topic.

>which has the same kind of edge as the sink you have, I think

Actually, the description of the OP's sink said it has the polished edge, which I think is more like the ss508 than the s112, isn't it?

Thanks for all your posts! I think I just needed the backing from fellow GWers to go back to the fabricator and say, yes, I do know what I am talking about and would like a positive reveal! My sink doesn't/didn't come with any accessories, so that isn't an issue, but I think it would look better with at least a flush install.

Thanks again!

by the way, sw_in_austin - I will assume you are in Austin and I am totally jealous. I went to UT for grad school and have fond memories of that city! Met DH there among other things. Although I don't know how I would handle the summer heat again, now that I have been reclimatized (is that a word?) to the northeast...

Indeed, kk, I am in Austin. I've been here for 25 years and I met my husband here too -- at the Spamorama -- do you remember that from your time here?

We've been having intense heat this summer, already more days over 100 than all of last summer. The only answer is a trip to the pool every afternoon -- my kids would stay in Barton Springs every day if I'd take them.