From: ken watson (watsok@frii.com)
Date: 07/17/01-09:03:03 AM Z
Some one mentioned using a thin plastic sheet to line a wood tray. Along
with the spreadable material from roofing supply houses you can also get
thin ( or thick from my view point) sheet of a rubber material that is
designed to keep flat roofs from leaking for 20 to 30 years of exposure to
the sun. Most likely longer in a dark room. Ask around the supply shop
should be able to help. Of course they may want to sell in 100 square meter
lots though. With any luck, your need may equal their scrap.
..-----Original Message-----
..From: Jack Fulton [mailto:jefulton1@home.com]
..Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 9:47 PM
..To: alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca
..Subject: Re: Darkroom sink coating?
..
..
..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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