Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Over the past 50 years, I have built three sinks. I used the first for 20 years, the second for 12 years, and no my current sink for the past 18 years. Each new sink was for a new darkroom ergo a new design. Each sink was simply heavy plywood, screwed and glued, and finished only with between five and ten coats of plain old Marine Epoxy Resin. Marine Epoxy Resin is completely and totally resistant to darkroom chemicals. At the end of 20 years (my first sink) it looked like it did when I built it. No stains, no surface etching, nothing. It is very simple to build a sink. There is no need for fiberglass cloth or any other coatings or stuff. Just plywood, glue, screws, and Marine Epoxy Resin. Jim At 11:08 AM 12/3/00 -0500, Chandos Michael Brown wrote: >You may be thinking about CPES (clear penetrating epoxy sealer), which I >also use on my wooden boats. Uncut West System will penetrate well enough; >adding filler afterward will build up thickness. I'm not sure how >resistant uncoated epoxy will be to darkroom chemicals. Are you going to >paint or otherwise protect the base coat? As far as I know, the Gougeon >brothers do not recommend uncoated epoxy in any application. > >Chandos > >At 10:08 PM 12/2/2000 -0800, you wrote: >>I agree the slow stuff would probably be better and if they have special >>Saturation stuff than I'd use that as well. > > > >Chandos Michael Brown >Assoc. Prof., History and American Studies >College of William and Mary > >http://www.wm.edu/CAS/ASP/faculty/brown >