building darkroom sink ... warning

[Art Reitsch]

Following advice I've picked up on this newsgroup now and then I built a
new darkroom sink using a 2x6 cedar frame and plywood bottom: 11.5 feet
long. I built it in my basement, caulked the seams there, and carried
it outside to paint with marine epoxy paint. The fumes are fierce so it
should not be done in a closed space. After two days it was "dry" so I
brought it back inside and installed it in place in the dark room. The
smell is still quite bad. A darkroom friend told me it would take about
a week to fully cure and stop smelling. Fortunately, I designed the
darkroom as a closed space with its own space heater and fan vent to the
outside so I run the fan constantly and it is slowly settling down. The
house furnace forced air system isn't picking the smell up and sending
it all over the house. The sink is GREAT, water-proof the first try,
and will serve me well in a few days. I recommend the procedure, but
only if you have a space to let the paint cure for several days.
Art

[Scott Lavender]

Wow! Sounds like a nice long... sink. I build mine from plywood and
coated it with marine epoxy and marine enamel. It has help up great. I
also added an extension for my new printwasher. Check out the photos:

http://y42.photos.yahoo.com/scott_lavender

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[Scott Lavender]

More specifically:

http://y42.photos.yahoo.com/bc/scott_lavender/lst?.dir=/Darkroom

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[Aaron Taylor]

Very nice Scott! How did you get the glossy finish?, the marine enamel?

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[Scott Lavender]

I used 3 coats of Gluvit epoxy directly on 3/4" plywood. Then I applied
3 coats of "Pearl Gray" EasyPoxy, marine paint. EasyPoxy is actually a
polyurethane based marine paint. The finish is so glossy that the water
just rolls off. I used a "Satin" version of the same paint for the sink
base.

BTW, the basic sink design came from "Build Your Own Darkroom", by Lista
Duren and Will McDonald

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0936262044/qid=976651633/sr=1-1/1
04-4751277-9128747

Later.....Scott...

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[Mark Rabiner]

Scott Lavender wrote:
>
> Wow! Sounds like a nice long... sink. I build mine from plywood and
> coated it with marine epoxy and marine enamel. It has help up great. I
> also added an extension for my new printwasher. Check out the photos:
>
> http://y42.photos.yahoo.com/scott_lavender

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LOOKS great Scott but seeing wood grain though an epoxy finish is also real nice.
Nothing like the natural depth of real wood grain!
Humane!
Livable!
but yours likes enviable!

mark :) rabiner

looks like you are taking orders for prints of your darkroom sink!!!

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http://spokenword.to/rabiner/