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 tibberous
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 Making a sink 
#14538608 - 05/31/11 01:37 AM (2 years, 21 days ago) |
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I need a very large utility sink and don't want to pay the $1,000 they charge for stainless steel one. My idea is to build one out of 2x4 and plywood, then use marine epoxy / fiberglass resin / plexiglass and silicone to hold the water.
Anyone know which method I should go with? I'm thinking maybe fiberglass, since they make boats out of it, but it might take a bunch of sanding. Also, I'd link the sink to be white, for easy cleaning.
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wood and fiberglass works great and some good teks can be found on aquarium sites. They will point you to the right way to plan ahead for bulkheads and drains. http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com some of their builds will give you an idea of reinforcement needed for size and such. If you can make it work with and IBC tote you can get those cheap/free and cut the plastic and cage to customize it. They come in large sizes or find a water tank on CL that is being taken out of service.
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you can also check for the stainless sinks at places that sell used
restaurant equipment, I've seen them for a couple hundred, you'd have
more than that tied up in materials building one from fiberglass
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Doc_T
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I'd love to have a stainless restaurant sink. 
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You make it all possible. Doesn't it feel good?
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pipe dope
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What was there before?
If you have cold and hot water and a drain you already have a sink.
Prop up a plastic bin on two chairs. If you're crafty you can use a table after you cut a circle out in the middle.
Cut a hole in the bin and pop in a basket strainer just like you have in your kitchen sink.
Connect it with PVC trap and tail piece flange- the PVC may be a code violation where you live.
Connect your faucet with long flexible supply lines and tape that shit to the side of your bin.
Boom! You got yourself a brand new sink you cheap bastard.
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argg
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Quote:
pipe dope said:
What was there before?
If you have cold and hot water and a drain you already have a sink.
Prop up a plastic bin on two chairs. If you're crafty you can use a table after you cut a circle out in the middle.
Cut a hole in the bin and pop in a basket strainer just like you have in your kitchen sink.
Connect it with PVC trap and tail piece flange- the PVC may be a code violation where you live.
Connect your faucet with long flexible supply lines and tape that shit to the side of your bin.
Boom! You got yourself a brand new sink you cheap bastard.
just to bring this set up up to code you need to build a shitty ass trailer around it to live in.
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Re: Making a sink [Re: argg]
#14553765 - 06/03/11 02:27 AM (2 years, 18 days ago) |
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By the time you purchase the requisite materials, esp. the fiberglass and quality marine epoxy resin the price would become comparable to a sink. Also there is no such thing as fiberglass resin, but there is a cheaper resin such as polyester but it could potentially melt the plexiglass. Why not make one out of cement?
I guess when pipe dope calls himself ghetto plumber he is fucking around.
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Re: Making a sink [Re: Therian]
#14559928 - 06/04/11 02:45 PM (2 years, 16 days ago) |
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Therian said:
Also there is no such thing as fiberglass resin, but there is a cheaper resin such as polyester but it could potentially melt the plexiglass.
there is actually, the contents of the can be anything from polyester or
vinyl ester to epoxy though, most often it;s polyester
the lesson, read the labels and make sure you buy an epoxy
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About 10 mins in it shows you how to make a concrete sink.
You could extend the idea and build the actual sink part as well, just need more wood and plenty of wire to run on the inside to support it.
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concrete.
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Therian
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there is actually, the contents of the can be anything from polyester or
vinyl ester to epoxy though, most often it;s polyester
OK, now you're splitting hairs. I like how you state there is fiberglass resin, then say many different things could be in the can.
The proper name actually is polyester resin, which of course is the shittiest of all resins.
Often people believe fiberglass resin is made from fiberglass, or is a type of resin made specifically as an adhesive for fiberglass. Yes, 99.999% of the time what a manufacturer will call "fiberglass resin" is actually polyester resin. This can obviously used as an adhesive for wood, metal, paper, etc. There is nothing fiberglass specific about any resin.
It's like the marketers at Elmer's calling it paper glue, when nearly any glue could be used for this purpose. I had "gourmet popcorn" not too long ago, so I guess they can call their resin whatever they want.
It is important to know what type of resin you are purchasing as some such as the poly are corrosive to many materials. Although I have used it on polyisocyanurate when constructing one off test yaks. Believe me, I have used every type of resin, and I would never use anything other than a non blushing cycloaliphatic epoxy resin. I use it exclusively during the construction of these.
   
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Re: Making a sink [Re: Therian]
#14793438 - 07/19/11 06:35 PM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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THose ARE SOME NICE YAKS !!!!!
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Re: Making a sink [Re: Therian]
#14800490 - 07/20/11 11:47 PM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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Therian said:
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there is actually, the contents of the can be anything from polyester or
vinyl ester to epoxy though, most often it;s polyester
OK, now you're splitting hairs. I like how you state there is fiberglass resin, then say many different things could be in the can.
The proper name actually is polyester resin, which of course is the shittiest of all resins.
Often people believe fiberglass resin is made from fiberglass, or is a type of resin made specifically as an adhesive for fiberglass.
no, you're splitting hairs. there are hundreds of products labeled as
fiberglass resin, what people believe is immaterial, what's listed as
the contents is relevant
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Therian
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there are hundreds of products labeled as
fiberglass resin, what people believe is immaterial, what's listed as
the contents is relevant
I guess what you just stated was my point. There is no standard fiberglass resin PROPER. That is what I meant in the original post. When I stated that the poly res may dissolve some substrates the point was to look into what type of resin they wanted to use to ensure compatibility. Its like me telling my gf to go to the store to pick up some seasoning.
Yes, millions of things could be called seasoning, but what is its intended purpose. One needs to get the correct materials for a given job. I can't imagine you would purchase taco seasoning for your applesauce, yet both are spices. Go to the store and tell the clerk you want some as you know they have seasoning, they would look at you like you are a freaking retard, even they would ask what is its purpose.
Ultimately, I still like pipe dopes recommendation's the best.
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Re: Making a sink [Re: Therian]
#14811883 - 07/23/11 03:54 AM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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Therian said:
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there are hundreds of products labeled as
fiberglass resin, what people believe is immaterial, what's listed as
the contents is relevant
I guess what you just stated was my point. There is no standard fiberglass resin PROPER.
which we cleared up here yet simply asking for fiberglass resin wild get you fiberglass resin
http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/14559928#14559928
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Yes, millions of things could be called seasoning, but what is its intended purpose. One needs to get the correct materials for a given job. I can't imagine you would purchase taco seasoning for your applesauce, yet both are spices. Go to the store and tell the clerk you want some as you know they have seasoning, they would look at you like you are a freaking retard, even they would ask what is its purpose.
not the same and piss poor analogy, grocery stores wont carry these materials
so you're pretty well limited to a few stores, auto parts who will carry one
type so asking for fiberglass resin will get you a can labeled as such
because that's all they'll have amd then the auto body supply, they may have
2 or 3 kinds, walk in ask for fiberglass resin and you'll get a can labeled
fiberglass resin or they may ask a few questions, regardless you can always
ask them what the best product for the application is
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rule, there are 44 words in the english language that follow the rule. this is
the shit our education funding is paying for and these liberals want more money
for education to keep making students stupid
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