I thought I would share my success of refurbishing a 22 year old sink.
I have a 32 Carver Montego and it had a 16" cylindrical sink that had seen better days. The sink was not horrible, but I am anal about alot of things. There were some substantial scratches and swirl marks from a good long life.
I installed a new faucet and decided to get a new sink. When I learned that a new one was upwards of $300, I reconsidered.
The new faucet is actually my old one from my house and it has a matted finish. The sink, old or new, is highly polished and I hate that look for stainless.
I had the old sink sand blasted and was not happy as it was pretty coarse. I then took two rounds each of 320, 400, and 600 grit paper and wet sanded it. Still not happy, I took 00, 000, 0000 steel wool to it twice per grade. I then polished it with a wheel of three progressions of black, brown, and white. I then cleaned it up with acetone to clear the gunk and polished with a rubbing compound by hand. The end result is an almost brand new sink that looks great and is a modern finish instead of highly polished stainless (almost a nickel look).
Taking it one step further, I had some butyl protecto wrap left over from installing some exterior doors. I wrapped the bottom of the sink with this and it now has a much heftier sound to it.
Don't know when I will get to it, but I will try to get some pictures.
Jim
I have a 32 Carver Montego and it had a 16" cylindrical sink that had seen better days. The sink was not horrible, but I am anal about alot of things. There were some substantial scratches and swirl marks from a good long life.
I installed a new faucet and decided to get a new sink. When I learned that a new one was upwards of $300, I reconsidered.
The new faucet is actually my old one from my house and it has a matted finish. The sink, old or new, is highly polished and I hate that look for stainless.
I had the old sink sand blasted and was not happy as it was pretty coarse. I then took two rounds each of 320, 400, and 600 grit paper and wet sanded it. Still not happy, I took 00, 000, 0000 steel wool to it twice per grade. I then polished it with a wheel of three progressions of black, brown, and white. I then cleaned it up with acetone to clear the gunk and polished with a rubbing compound by hand. The end result is an almost brand new sink that looks great and is a modern finish instead of highly polished stainless (almost a nickel look).
Taking it one step further, I had some butyl protecto wrap left over from installing some exterior doors. I wrapped the bottom of the sink with this and it now has a much heftier sound to it.
Don't know when I will get to it, but I will try to get some pictures.
Jim