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   eddiefromAustralia | May 04, 2003 01:28pm | #1

   BG,

   I put one in when I built a new garage.

   Saves the messy cleanup for outside, not in the laundry.  But I still save the thinners/organics and get rid of them legally.

   Cheers,

   eddie

   
   

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   Edited 5/4/2003 6:30:26 AM ET by eddie (aust)

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   BG | May 04, 2003 04:51pm | #4

   Eddie,

   I'll probably save enough on acid brushes alone to give me an adequate payback.  My wife loves to see my finish brushes drying on her drainboard....

   I was just surprised that I have not seen them in shops....thanks 

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   lostarrow | May 04, 2003 01:51pm | #2

   Mercy sakes BG, I say take the plunge and go for it. If you want a slop sink in your shop have a slop sink in your shop. If you want a beer cooler, have a beer cooler, if you want a TV ,have a TV, if you want a couch,have a couch.It's your shop to do as you please. Never mind what a zillion others have in their shop. Who knows,you might be the first ever to have a slop sink in your shop. If anybody says anything,just tell them that Ken said it was OK.

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   BG | May 04, 2003 04:38pm | #3

   ken,

   Your right !  Beer cooler, TV and couch are more important..okay,let me go down and re-design the layout one more time...lol.

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   forestgirl | May 04, 2003 06:11pm | #5

   I've always wanted one in my shop -- just have to convince my Sweetie that digging a trench and installing water pipe is "Fun, fun, fun!"  Then, have to find a vacant space on the wall.

   PS:  When I saw your thread title, I played the "what could this thread be about" game.  Possibilities:

   • Someone was designing a kitchen for pampered porkers
   • Someone had discovered that clutter and junk ("slop") falls to the floor

   Had no idea that those sinks were called "slop sinks."

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl   ;-)

   
   

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   Edited 5/4/2003 11:14:02 AM ET by forestgirl

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   BG | May 04, 2003 07:01pm | #6

   FG,

   I probably should have titled it Shop Laundry Tub or something like that...but how many guys would respond to that...lol.  Eddie is an exception, he is due south of me and greatly concerned with what I do with my waste...lol.

   I've been saving this corner of my shop that has the waste line coming down from upstairs and the water supply overhead....it would be real easy to do...of course its also a great corner for a new toy...

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   RANGERP75R | May 05, 2003 07:51am | #7

   BG

      Let me tell you why I don't have one...! I never thought of it. <G>

       That's a great idea. As you know I paint a lot. I clean poly brushes outside with a special tub I can seal and dispose of properly. I don't want the left over toxic stuff going in my septic tank.

       Different story with latex paint brushes. I bring them upstairs to the kitchen sink to comb out and use hot soapy water with. A slop sink would be a great idea to have in the shop providing you have the room. I would connect it with water faucets also.

      Let's see, sleep on the assembly table. Take showers in the slop sink. Got the frig under the table saw and can grill on the extention. Hey, a place of my own free of teen-agers. Sounds better every minute. ha..ha..

   Go for it...

   sarge..jt 

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   DShinn | May 06, 2003 09:16am | #12

   BG -

   If you have a corner location for a slop/floor/mop sink, perhaps you'd like the one I offered Jamie. (I don't see her rushing over here to get it! -haha-) This is a real gem of a floor sink, pal. Believe me, you can't live without it.

   Incidentally, shipping the 150lbs of enameled cast iron isn't part of the free price! (grin)

   [email protected]

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   BG | May 06, 2003 12:47pm | #13

   Woodnut,

   I do believe your correct in your definitions, the slop sink is down on the floor and the laundry tub on a stand.  Thanks for the offer of the used corner CI Slop Sink...but I'm going with fiberglass/plastic...lol. 

   When I was young, and first working, I made deliveries of Plumbing and Heating supplies to contractor job sites...I carried many a CI fixture up three story homes..the 5' tubs were a bear.

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   Jeff | May 06, 2003 03:49pm | #14

   Funny how we remember things.

   I always called the Laundry sink a slop sink because my father did.

   Best bet for sinks is the dump (or transfer station as we call it here).

   Talk to the attendent.

   I mentioned I needed a sink for my shop.

   By the following week he had 3 sinks for me.

   Could have had more if I wanted.

   Jeff

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   DShinn | May 06, 2003 09:13am | #11

   > ...Had no idea that those sinks were called "slop sinks."

   Strictly speaking, and I know you're a stickler for speaking strictly (grin), they're called laundry tubs, if I'm picturing the kind of large sink BG is thinking of. The kind that has one or sometimes two compartments and is on a stand. A slop sink, more accurately called a floor sink or mop sink, is installed literally on the floor so you can let stuff slop into it.

   By the way, I scored a corner mop sink off a project a while back that you're welcome to if you like. Enameled cast iron, worth about $300 off the plumber's shelf. All's ya gotta do is come over to the Sedro Woolley construction site and pick all 150lbs of it up in your truck! (grin)

   [email protected]

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   AlanTurner | May 05, 2003 08:18pm | #8

   In my bsement (next to the beer cooler) is an old, 2 bin, stone slop sink, and it is a great convenience.  Cleaning up glue brushes and rollers, paint brushes of course, cold coffee, rinsing off saw blades cleaned with a water based cleaner.  Go for it.

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   BG | May 06, 2003 02:15am | #9

   S4s,

   Yours is probably the old soap stone laundry tubs?....with a sloped side? Like Sarge said, its not something that is not high on the needs list and you just don't think about it.  I was surprised though, after looking at all the shops that used to be posted on Badger, not one had a sink visible..and wondered why not, sounds like no particular reason... 

   Edited 5/5/2003 7:16:22 PM ET by BG

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   AlanTurner | May 06, 2003 06:55pm | #15

   I think it is soad stone.  Must weig about 600 lbs or so.  When we moved the laundry, we moved it as well.  The plumber wouldn't do ti, said it was too heavy.  Took a hack saw to an old hand truck, used wedges and such, and my carpenter and I moved it.  He was strong, but I am not.  The plumber was quite surprised as he watched us do it.  AS I said, very handy.  You can't hurt it.

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   Lilshaver | May 06, 2003 04:29am | #10

   I have a big ol' double utility sink in my shop. I never thought about doing without. Nor did I ever think that others would do without. It is probably one of the most "tools" in the place.

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   MarkRoderick | May 07, 2003 07:05pm | #16

   I'm putting one in now and think it's absolutely necessary. I spend too much time going up to the wife's laundry room and having to deal with all the stuff she has piled up in the sink.

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   pzimmer | May 08, 2003 04:06pm | #17

   Years ago I salvaged a 6' enamelled steel double sink / steel cabinet base cabinet (a circa 1950s kitchen unit), with intregal drainboards on both sides... It has done wonderful double duty in my basements for a decade or so - for shop clean up and for my wine and beer making. I think the working height and the drain boards make it far more convenient for general shop use, cleaning up glue applicators, brushes, rollers, paint trays, .... than one of the standard laundry tubs would be. (Historically, the laundry tub size was dictated by a need to hold a whole washing machine full of soapy water for re-use.) I can't think of a situation where the size / height / depth of a laundry tub would be anything but a pain to use.

   
   

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   Edited 5/8/2003 9:08:18 AM ET by HfxPeter

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   BG | May 08, 2003 06:02pm | #18

   HfxPeter,

   In a way, that is the other side to my question.  I've got very limited space and a fiberglass laundry tub is all I can fit in.....and of course putting a laundry tub in means I can't use that space for something else.  So the question is kinda two fold:  (1)does having a place to wash stuff in the shop make sense, and, (2) is the laundry tub adequate to provide that functionality..

   It seems many, if not most, agree it makes life better to have a wash up area near by....and no one has addressed the other utility it provides..eg. a tree in the forest...lol

   It would be nice to have the drain boards...but I don't have the space...I may put a draining rack or two above the laundry tub.. 

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   pzimmer | May 08, 2003 06:30pm | #19

   I'd say a wash-up station is a good thing... and if you are looking at the laundrey tub, you have allowed for its 2' x 2' footprint. Do you really need that 20+ gallon capacity, and having the bottom of the sink a few inches above your knee caps?

   If you use that floor space, but put something like a standard 2' wide kitchen cabinet base module (34 1/2" or so high), + a 2' piece of off-cut post-formed countertop, and a SS kitchen sink, you'll have a much much more comfortable work height, space for stuff below, ....

   I'd wall-mount a laundry-type mixer faucet (one that is threaded to fit hose connectors) high enough above the sink bottom so that you can easily fit a 5 gallon bucket under...

   I'd look at yard sales, and recycling places, and want ads for the parts...

   A decent light is helpful for getting things clean.

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   BG | May 08, 2003 08:22pm | #22

   HfxPeter,

   Good thoughts !  I have not actually measured the space...maybe a 21x30 SS sink would fit too....or a recycled restrauant sink with splash.  On the other side of the shop wall is the garage and I did think about putting the sink out there with frost free sill cocks so i could use it all winter.  My thinking now is to put it indside.

   The recycling concept appeals to my cheap side...and i am devoutly cheap.

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   smijal | May 08, 2003 06:59pm | #20

   In my shop (newly built addition) I addned not only a laundry tub with water and sewer, but a shower stall that is only 3 feet high. A top goes on it so it can be used as a surface for setting something(storage) . Whats it used for?  Saving the marriage----  The two dogs come in with mud and dirt, now instead of toweling them off before they enter into the kitchen, they come in through the shop, get hosed in the mini shower stall, and all is well with the better half!

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   forestgirl | May 08, 2003 07:21pm | #21

   What a great idea (with the dogs)!  My sweetie's been wanting another lab, I'm anti-big-dog because I'm usually the one who has to bathe them.  I might, just might, be able to get a sink and dog-shower put in for a new puppy (and me).  forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl   ;-)