Enameled sink

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Topic: Enameled sink

Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Subject: Enameled sink
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2019 at 9:29pm

Had a lady at church tonight ask me if the enameling on a cast iron kitchen sink could be redone. She had a sink from the 1950's that she would like to save. Any tips or thoughts on the idea? I would think it would be less expensive to buy a new high end sink.

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Posted By: CaseyCreek
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2019 at 9:39pm

I haven't tried this stuff yet, but I looked it up a while back when I was thinking about refinishing a porcelain bathtub. The price isn't too bad; about $25.

Rust-Oleum 7860519

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Posted By: Dakota Dave
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2019 at 9:43pm

Nieghbor repaired a claw foot cast iron tub. Used a porcelain repair kit it was a two part epoxy turned out real nice its held up a couple years so far outside as yard art.

Posted By: Clay
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2019 at 11:44pm

Mask of the area to be repaired and lightly blast with black beauty (coal sl*g). Degrease with acetone. Warm the surface. Do not get the surface above 100 deg. F. or the amines will boil out of the coating. Some coating manufacturers want the temperature range to be no higher than 90 or lower than 50.

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Wear chemical resistant (latex) gloves.

Follow the directions of the coating manufacturer. If you have questions, call their technical department.

***** As with painting...it is better to have a higher temperature, when the coating is applied, and let it cool down. If you start out with a cool temperature and raise the temperature, there is a good possibility of out gassing (bubbles and pin holes).

Posted By: thendrix
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2019 at 11:49pm

My folks have a cast iron sink that they just had redone to go in their new house. Their builder got it sand blasted and powder coated and it looks great.

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Posted By: Pat the Plumber CIL
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2019 at 7:11am

Google tub refinishing in your area and see what comes up . If it can be sent off and done professionally it will last a lot longer . Never seen anything done on site last more than a few years before it starts to peel . Most will only guarantee for a year or two . Factory setting where it can be properly prepped and finished under proper heat , temp , pressure is the way to go . Around here they have to be sent off to Chicago or St. Louis to be properly refinished .

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Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2019 at 9:26am

As I mentioned in the enamel cookware post earlier.

Vitreous enamel, also called porcelain enamel, is a material made by fusing powdered glass to a substrate by firing, usually between 750 and 850 °C (1,380 and 1,560 °F). The powder melts, flows, and then hardens to a smooth, durable vitreous coating.

Remember a kitchen sink gets a lot of abuse from dishes and pots and pans. So I would make sure that it is a fired type of refinish (or glaze) and not an epoxy type which may be OK for tub or shower.

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Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2019 at 10:15am

Many thanks for all of the replies. I will relay this information to her. The smartest people around are on this Forum.

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Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God.