[pure-silver] Re: Sink Decisions and Waterproofing
- From: "Gary W. Marklund" <Gary@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 19:28:14 -0600
On Monday 18 July 2005 20:13, Richard Knoppow wrote:
Richard,
It was two part resin that you apply to the wood. I no longer have any so
can't tell you exactly. If I do it again, I will use the West Marine "West
System" approach. The material are probably similar. We have West Marine
stores here in Phoenix, so I would guess you should have them in the LA area.
If not, you can probably order directly on the web.
I think if you build a reasonably strong plywood sink (I used 3/4" plywood)
and apply three to four coats of West System or similar product, you will
have a nice looking water-tight sink. I don't seem to get any bad staining
from anything but Selenium Toner.
Since I want to have room for trays for up to 16X20" prints, I am going to
build a three foot wide sink. It will be L shaped. Each length of sink will
be seven feet long. The sections will be closed at one end and open at the
other. The "elbow" of the L shape will be a 36" square sink basin that the
open ends will dump into. The trays will go on the left side and the Jobo,
film washers and archival print washers on the right side. The back side will
probably be 6 to 8" high and the front about 4" high. My entire work surfaces
for enlargers, sinks, dry mounting, etc will all be 36" deep and 42" high. I
find that to be a comfortable working height for me. I'm 6'2".
Gary
> Got it. I have never built a sink or used this type of
> fiberglass so I am very interested in this discussion. I am
> now curious about the brush-on fiberglass. Is this truely
> made of glass or is it epoxy or some other resin? My
> understanding was that fiberglass cloth was used to
> re-inforce a resin coating to prevent it from cracking or
> chipping with time. Obviously, one would want a coating that
> dried, or rather cured, slowly enough to eliminate the
> troubles you talk about. Perhaps the cloth is just not
> needed for a thin coating.
...
>
>
> ---
> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles, CA, USA
> dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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