[pure-silver] Re: Building sink again
- From: Sauerwald Mark <mark_sauerwald@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 14:59:19 -0800 (PST)
Mark
My advice (worth what you paid for it) in the format
of random thoughts.
I have two darkrooms - one has a commercial purchased
sink, the other is one that I made out of plywood and
fiberglass. Both work fine, but I prefer the plywood
one because it is more stable.
The edge on the plywood sink is about 4"high, which I
find high enough to keep from having had any messes.
The commercial sink is a lot deeper, which puts the
trays at a level a bit lower than would be optimal for
comfort. If I had to do the main sink over, I would
make it shallow and put it up high enough so that the
bottom is about the height of a kitchen counter 36",
or possibly even a bit higher.
I have a friend who built a plywood sink for a local
community college. It is plywood, with a frame made
of 2x4s. It was painted with an epoxy paint, and then
he took it down to a place that does spray on bed
linings for pickups. The result is a durable non-slip
covering that has held up to 8 years of students so
far.
My main darkroom has two sinks - the main sink is
where I keep all of my trays, the secondary sink is
for washing only - it usually has two things in it - a
Zone VI wash thing which I use as a holding tray with
gently cycling water, and a vertical slot archival
wash. These will handle up to 11x14, when I am
printing larger I use the entire second sink with a
Kodak Siphon thingy as my rinse. This accomodates up
to 20 x 30, which is as large as I print.
My water supply has evolved over the years, with
different things being added little by little. When I
built the darkroom I plumbed for hot and cold water
lines coming out of the wall above and below the sink.
I have a normal sink faucet in the sink which I
mostly used for cleaning up, the supplys above the
sink go through filters, then a temp mixing valve, a
flow meter, and then a manifold where I have 4 valves
to give me tempered water in any of various different
places. This whole thing is mounted on a board which
is bolted to the wall above the sink. I am pretty
happy with the current arrangement, although there is
one pipe that has a kind of goofy routing (which makes
it a good place to hang towels :)
Mark
--- Mark Blackwell <mblackwell1958@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Well finally construction of my darkroom sink is
> about to begin. I think I have a handle on all the
> plumbing and drain issues with flexible hose being
> used to get the drain around a washer with a couple
> of plan B's if there is trouble.
>
> One thing I haven't figured out just yet is how deep
> is really best?? Too deep and it might be akward to
> work in, but too shallow is just a big mess waiting
> to happen and like history it would just be repeated
> every time you use the darkroom.
>
> Also I plan on painting it. Natural finish in the
> room would be out of place. Now sealing the plywood
> now likely is a fiberglass project on top of the
> regular plywood to keep it sealed against the water
> both for long life and no leaks. Maybe there are
> better ways to seal it using paint and Id welcome
> those ideas.
>
> It should be big enough for at least 3 16x20 trays
> and I am hoping to be able to build a print washer
> in the space that's left that can be place in when
> needed and removed and stored when not needed that
> would fit over the drain at one end. Any ideas on
> how to do that would also be welcome.
>
> One other thought hit me. Though there will be a
> slight slope toward one end for the drain, anyone
> ever put more than one drain in it and would that be
> of an advantage or just wasted time and effort. My
> gut tells me one would be plenty.
>
> Also plan on taking the suggestion of covering the
> top of the plywood with another piece of wood that I
> will use a round over bit on for comfort and it
> would provide extra protection from water getting to
> the weakest spot of the plywood.
>
> Also I am looking for some kind of in line
> themometer that I can plumb into the system. I am
> guessing that if I don't I will regret it later,
> though I have worked without it for years.
>
> Thanks in advance for all the help past and present.
> Id welcome any and all suggestions and things you
> would have done differently if you had to do it over
> again with what you know now.
>
> Mark
>
>
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