Thread 2940791

I just remember that there was a video in youtube that showed how some architects made a sink layer by layer to make it sound like a waterfall.
It look the like the one in the photo but with steel

>>2940791 (OP)
this is the sink equivalent of chewing on tin foil

>>2940791 (OP)
>sink made of infamously absorbent material
Wild.
>intentionally making a sink with seams
Wild. You'd be better off sinking a cooking pot with a hole into your counter op.

>>2940794
>>2941516
Its not wildly outlandish because the epoxy or lacquer over the wood is doing all the waterproofing.

What does OP need to know? >>2940791 (OP)

>>2941531
>t. pallet board pintrest shit apologist

>>2940791 (OP)
>>2940794
>>2941516
>>2941531
>>2941535
I like it

>>2941535
I don't know what anything you said even is or what it is you're trying to communicate.

>>2941516
>sinking a cooking pot with a hole into your counter op.
this actually sounds kino

>>2940791 (OP)
how do you clean this?

>>2941820
Sponge, mild cleaner, and a small amount of light scrubbing?

>>2941838
Every crease will be filled with gunk after 1 month

>>2941839
What creases? Do you mean the corners where the layers of plywood meet up Again, you use a clear epoxy or resin, the epoxy acts as a filet material at the corners giving a small radius.

Secondarily, this isn't going into a barth bathroom where 1000 patrons a night will spit in it, its probably not even going into a master bathroom where it sees daily use. Its going into some yuppies powder room or some wealthy persons side bathroom that gets used once a month.

>>2941846
Imagine closing the valve 99% shut and not noticing it drips every 2 minutes, then leaving it alone for a month.

>>2941848
Okay, then what?

>>2941531
okay, but even if you have magical epoxy that's somehow perfectly applied to that convoluted, porous material, the accumulated filth from washing whatever it is you wash will pair with the minerals in the water and build up over time into something that can only be cleaned with abrasives, which will eventually ruin the epoxy. Your only way to preserve this coating would be to use a soft cloth to wipe dry every drop of water from every crevice, every time you wash anything. Nobody's gonna do that. The sink is cool looking but stupid.

>>2941882
Exactly this.
>t. Person that's been alive more than 20 years

>>2940791 (OP)
This is gore.

i doubt something like this sounds like niagara falls

>>2941882
>>2941897
You're both playing this "whatabout" game without even knowing what you're talking about. The clear epoxy resin is intended for applications like this; its intended to be left outdoors, its intended to be a bar top, its intended to be be used in a commercial setting such as a bar tabletop.

So you're telling me (you), who has never used this product, are definitively saying it'll never hold up against water, never hold up against grime, never be cleanable, and will get soaked into a porous material, and it'll just be terrible in every conceivable way is where the manufacturer of this product in production for like 60 years has been wrong this whole time?

Woah.

>>2941927
It's pretty simple, letting dry multiple applications of tap water = calcium buildup. Your fancy tabletop there and your fancy wood bar you're talking about are both wiped dry with a soft cloth every time they get water splashed on them, just like I said would be necessary, and the water that does get splashed on them and left to dry is more often going to be filtered drinking water, thus less likely to leave a calcium rime. Calcium is not smooth and clear, it is crusty and white, and you have to basically sand it off once it's hardened. Do you have special sandpaper that's made for polishing epoxy? That would probably work. In any case, the smooth planed surfaces you are talking about are much easier to keep clean than the crenellated corrugated plywood relief map of a sink in the OP. Your logic is flawed, and your sink is stupid.

>>2941935
You can just spray some vinegar on lime and let it sit, it wipes off with a cloth. You don't need an abrasive at all.

>>2941927
Epoxy tables always discolour and wear terribly and look like shit after a year

>>2940791 (OP)
>awful
>rots
>hell to clean
>will discolorate
0/10

>>2942507
retard
>>2942023
sand it and polish to shine
>>2941935
>Do you have special sandpaper that's made for polishing epoxy?
do you know they make more than one grit of sandpaper?
it's not exactly a revolutionary concept to refinish things like epoxy
epoxy countertops are not new, yes it would take slightly more work than a completely smooth sink bowl but I would assume someone would consider that

>>2942520
>i cant go out this weekend bro i gotta sand my sink again

>>2940791 (OP)
>Plywood sink
Why stop there? How about a particle board sink? Maybe a cardboard sink?
Why not a sink made of layers of American cheese, think how much epoxy we could slather on that.

>>2941942
if it's fresh, sure. Vinegar doesn't do shit to months-old calcium buildup. Barkeepers friend chews it right off, but that stuff scratches chrome, epoxy won't stand a chance.

>>2942659
>Vinegar doesn't do shit to months-old calcium buildup.
You've never cleaned anything with vinegar, have you? I have very hard water to the point where it builds up in my kettle and has clogged faucets and shower heads to 50% water flow. You let the part soak overnight in plain white vinegar and its like new again.

Did /diy/ fill up with retards that don't know what epoxy is or how to use vinegar around the house?

>>2942659
yeah it does you just spray it on and it comes off with a paper towel after like 30 minutes lmfao

>>2940791 (OP)
I assume you would take 2 planks, and start cutting circles in them, alternating both size and which piece of lubber, until you have a pile of rings.

>>2942694
Sounds like a great idea.

>>2942852
You're now manually aware of the curing process which chemically alters the epoxy.

>>2940791 (OP)
There's an esoteric manufacturing technique called incremental step forming you could make this with, not you specifically the abstract you, you need real machinery to do it

>>2940791 (OP)
10/10 diy!

Has "impact" and "Wow factor". sure to hold brats and women's attention for a couple minutes in the AirBnB, and probably have them posting pics giving you free ads. :)

Can be made with just a jigsaw or even coping saw if you wanted some even more custom angles.

Uses spare fairly small scraps, and some epoxy.

Nice way to learn how epoxy and wood work together on a small but useful project.

Fact it uses plywood as main top part makes it perfect if you need to solve a difficult space. You could have a fucking 10ft piece of plywood wrap around a corner or some shit, and include this (or more than one) super custom show piece.

Overall, 10/10 concept, with "embrace and extend" future possibilities.

>>2940791 (OP)
So much gunk is going to build up in all of those edges. That'll be a pain in the fucking ass to clean.

>>2944971
retard

>>2940791 (OP)
I'd rather just have that done with marble or stone. Doing that with plywood (or any real wood, for that matter) comes across to me as hokey and more of a pain in the ass than it's worth. But it's your sink to ruin and cash to burn with dummy ideas you saw on Instagram or AirBNB highlights, so fuck it. Full send.

>>2945095
>Doing that with plywood (or any real wood, for that matter) comes across to me as hokey and more of a pain in the ass than it's worth.
How do you envision making that out of concrete, plaster, or stone?

>>2945096
Alright Graham Hancock

>>2945096
You could easily make that out of concrete or plaster by building a negative (out of plywood!) and casting it.

>>2945008
calling everone who disagrees with you a retard won't make it work.

>>2940791 (OP)
Why not just make it out of paper mache while you're at it?

>>2940791 (OP)
This epoxy/plywood layer cake is stupid because dirt and lime scale will accumulates in all these nooks and crannies. Epoxy is also stupid as a material because dirt will stick to it to an extent and because you risk wearing through it when doing abrasive cleaning. If you want to do something like this, build it around a transparent glass washbasin. With that, you work from underneath and fit the layer cake to the funnel until you reach the bottom.

Bonus points if you want to spend retarded amounts of money on expoy (you are going to need a fair amount, depending on the tolerances of your layer cake) and really want to have epoxy in there: Leave a small gap in the top layer somewhere it isn't visible. Same with the bottom layer You need to make sure the rest of the layer cake is airtight. Once you're finished, use a vacuum pump to fill the gaps between glass funnel and layer cake with epoxy.

>>2941927
>>2942520
Those are flat. At worse, a decorative edge that may have a scallop or something. And I don't know about you, but I usually use coasters on bar tops and my countertop is usually dry, when it gets wet it gets wiped down shortly after.

This is a sink, something that's constantly going to have water in it, with a ton of inside corners that you'll need to scrub with smaller implements or specifically using the corner of a sponge because you'll never get down in there with a normal wipe down. Multiplied by however many layers it may have.

You want this look but actually have it functional? Do your stupid plywood layers, then flood the thing with resin and sink a conventional clear basin into it. Now you can look at all the fancy corners while still having something that can be cleaned in less than an hour.

But the better suggestion is to just sink your face into the resin bath and save the rest of the world from dealing with you.

>>2946882
hey cool it with the antifeminism

>>2941531
You probably should fiberglass the basin. Alternatively, I'd prefer your abomination leak after a few months.

>>2946992
>You probably should fiberglass the basin.
Yeah, fiberglass with the resin will waterproof it. Alternatively, skip the glass and just use the resin/epoxy/lacquer.

I'm still confused why diy thinks this is a horrible sink. No its not intended for daily use, hall bathroom that might have someone washing their hands once a day it'll be fine.

>>2946998
Because you're putting lipstick on a pig. Shiny =/= good. Epoxy isn't intended to be a waterproofing membrane. Subflooring isn't the designer's first choice of countertop material. They're trying to make a statement with some diy gore. It will hold water for long enough to record the content. The clear will crack when the wood fluctuates, it will wear from use or cleaners, it will collect scale that will be difficult to remove.

The effort and material put into this could have been spent on something reasonable. Somebody's drunk uncle can do what they want.

>>2947006
>Shiny =/= good.
So, fuck up the clear and shiny goop with fiberglass to do... nothing?
>The clear will crack when the wood fluctuates,
See >>2941927 Its been used for decades, possibly a century to clearcoat wood tables and bars, to be used outdoors, and its just fine.

The amount of effort you people are putting into saying this is bad despite never using the product is incredible.

>>2947008
A glass basin would impede waterproofing failure. Fiberglass and resin are clear.

Just build your epoxy sink and prove us wrong lmfao

>>2942542
>I also don't ever wash my sink or do any kind of upkeep because it'll just get dirty again, bro.

>>2948275
no shit that's what the cleaning lady is for

>>2940791 (OP)
It's one of the stupidest things I can conceive of. Punchline of a joke kind of thing.

>>2940791 (OP)
looks cool but will be hell to clean