Waterproof Temporary Wood Sink?

[javadog]

Originally Posted by jyl

SS counters then?

Better, (not as soft) but I’d go with something that doesn’t show every scratch. Metal does and it’s a ***** to refinish.

Granite always worked for me.

[jyl]

Originally Posted by futuresoptions

If I wanted the look of a stone sink but without having to worry too much about durability, I would remake the sink out of marine grade plywood, fill any gaps with thickened epoxy (like if you were building a boat), sand, put a coat of epoxy to soak into the wood, while still tacky I would then do something like this. Choose your own coloring.

Woah, that is cool! How would you do a sink, though - need to flood all sides, inside and outside, and the pattern would have to make sense.

[futuresoptions]

Originally Posted by jyl

Woah, that is cool! How would you do a sink, though - need to flood all sides, inside and outside, and the pattern would have to make sense.

Honestly, if it were for a fishing cabin of sorts I would attempt myself, but for your home? It wouldn't hurt to contact them or someone who works with this stuff daily to see how much they would charge to coat it. Give them pictures of the sink / color stone you want and get a price quote.

[jyl]

Originally Posted by javadog

Better, (not as soft) but I’d go with something that doesn’t show every scratch. Metal does and it’s a ***** to refinish.

Granite always worked for me.

I'm familiar with maintaining copper, from all my copper cookware. Twinkle, BarKeep's Friend, or similar. They'd basically end up looking like copper bar tops. If I ever wanted to get them fresh and shiny again, I'd use my buffer. That thing gets my pots to a mirror finish in no time.

I'm not familiar with maintaining stainless steel. I assumed I could use abrasives, pulling with the grain, for light scratches.

[javadog]

Originally Posted by jyl

I'm familiar with maintaining copper, from all my copper cookware. Twinkle, BarKeep's Friend, or similar. They'd basically end up looking like copper bar tops. If I ever wanted to get them fresh and shiny again, I'd use my buffer. That thing gets my pots to a mirror finish in no time.

I'm not familiar with maintaining stainless steel. I assumed I could use abrasives, pulling with the grain, for light scratches.

Something like a Scotchbrite pad, in the right grit, can minimize the look of minor scratches. But the way they put the grain into a brushed finish on stainless steel is different.

Any reason you want metal?

[futuresoptions]

Another process from same company I believe.

[jyl]

Originally Posted by javadog

Something like a Scotchbrite pad, in the right grit, can minimize the look of minor scratches. But the way they put the grain into a brushed finish on stainless steel is different.

Any reason you want metal?

The base cabinets are on casters and moveable. They are very heavy already. I'd like to avoid making them much heavier (effort to move, wood floor).

Also, and this sounds stupid, looking at all those slabs of different stone just got too overwhelming. Too many choices! It was getting to be like clothes shopping except you’re stuck with the shirt or whatever for decades and it’s the only one you have. Hope you really really like paisley.

[javadog]

Why do you want moveable cabinets in a kitchen?

[908/930]

I had stainless counter top at a place I rented many years ago and didn't really like it, possibly a small section could work. The heavy duty coarse scotch brite will hand cut grain back into a #4 finish if really bad scratch some 120 grit paper but it can be a lot of work, I have a shower floor tub I made that is 304ss I did the welding and finish polishing work. If you go copper how will you do the edge detail where the two materials overlap? I considered metals for the counters and in the end went with simple black granite.

[jyl]

The counters will overhang the sink sides, but they’ll be separate pieces.

[908/930]

Hmmm, will they be sealed with silicone?

[908/930]

If you end up using copper for the countertop consider bonding a piece of 1/4" HDF on top of whatever you are using for support, it should help resist some of the dents.