[pure-silver] Re: Building a darkroom sink
- From: Georges Giralt <georges.giralt@xxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 06:37:48 +0100
Mark Blackwell a écrit :
Well it looks like I am finally going to have space to build a custom
darkroom sink. Will have to be built because of size and plumbing
considerations.
My first reaction is to build it with wood, seal the cracks with
silicone caulk and then fiberglass over it. Paint would then be either
an epoxy or a boat paint. Part of me say I might need marine plywood,
but with the fiberglass and paint . Im also going to build a top to go
over the top that will fit in that make the sink serve as a table should
the need arise.
If its practical wood would be the preferred material because I have far
more woodworking skills than anything else. And yea I hate plumbing
like most people.
Who knows this maybe the the plumbing project Ive dreamed of all my
life. Whats that? Well hopefully one day before I die, I will start a
plumbing project, plan it out, make one trip to the hardware or plumbing
store to get everything I need, come home, put it all together and have
everything go together exactly as I planned it, with no leaks and no
extra trips to the store needed. Will it happen? I doubt it but its a
nice dream.
Mark
Hello Mark !
I've done that a couple of years ago.
I used marine multi layer plywood glued and screwed using a construction
caulk. I used the directive on the darkroom book from Amherts Media.
The main think to look is the thickness of the plywood, because it need
strength to resist the water weight you put on it.... A ton does not
make so great a volume !
When assembled I used plain marine epoxy to seal the thing because I
liked the wood color and look of it. I had to put a quite thick coat
because the wood seems to drink a lot of epoxy. If you can, do the
coating outside. It's a mess if you drip some.
The lid is a good idea but I raised my sinks (I made 2 because of the
design of the room) so it would make a really high table ! (the height
was calculated to be able to rest my forearm on the restbar I made at
the top while turning prints in trays.)
Claudio Bonavolta has taken a similar approach than mine but used grey
colored paint. (see http://www.bonavolta.ch )
I hope this helps ;-)
Oh, BTW, plumbing is quite fun for me ;-)
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