Re: Darkroom sink coating?

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From: Jack Fulton (jefulton1@home.com)
Date: 07/16/01-09:47:16 PM Z


I don't know if it was me or not . . I use a product to coat roofs. For
instance, my back deck had been coated for the past fifteen or twenty years
and only other top coating has been put on it. I have used this coating in
my sink for about a dozen years and haven't re-coated it yet.

The company is in my backyard, so to speak, near Industrial Light and Magic.
It is:
Universal Protective Coatings
Address: 3175 Kerner Blvd.
City, state: San Rafael, CA
Zip/postal code: 94901
Country: UNITED STATES
Tel: 415-457-9800
Fax: 415-457-5817

You put on two or three coats of two compounds. Sort of like a unique white
glue. It isn't cheap but a quart of each ought to do a large sink.
 
I have also made sinks such as Tod Gangler. We've put these plastic liners
in our school sinks which were once built (1974) by an Alaskan who built
fibreglas holds for salmon boats. They finally wore out and we put in the
plastic liners. No problem.

Another attractive manner to build a sink is to take 2x6 redwood or cedar
or, whatever. Using a router (or table saw) cut a slot up about 3/4" from
the bottom and 5/8" thick. Use marine plywood and put a sheet of plastic
laminate on it. Easy to do with contact cement. Then cut the 2x6 to length
with mitered corners and stick it together with screws. I use a good butyl
caulk around the edges of the plywood and where it joins in to the groove on
the 2x6. this'll last for decades, is easy to clean etc.

Jack Fulton
>
> A while back sink building was discussed and someone mentioned a
> cheap coating for plywood. I thought it might be elastoseal, but
> can't remember. I couldn't find anything in the archive. Does anyone
> remember the material and what kind of store or section in a store to
> find it. Any recommendations.
> Thanks
> Jamie Young in Madison, WI


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