MasterBathroom Sink – While studying Ancient Greek Architecture I viewed a sink carved from stone. Remembering the design, I drew plans to build one…The basic sink form was ¾” plywood with scrap wood stiffeners for reinforcement…Again out of scrap wood, I cut, glued, sanded and formed a spill lip around the top edge of the form…I used fiberglass rosin and matte to reinforce the exposed joints and cover the (exposed to water) area under the drain lip…Then, thinned spackle to glaze the exposed surfaces, sanded, primed and finished sanding with 400 grit paper…I then applied 3 coats of white appliance spray enamel …

I used a large diameter piece of PVC to build the drain manifold, but I could not find any material that would glue properly to close the ends…I then cut an 18” piece from the extra PVC tubing that remained and made a straight cut from end to end…when the wife went shopping, I put it in the oven at 350° till I could bent it open with pot holders…quickly on to a piece of plywood, a second plywood on top and then a dining room chair with me sitting on top of that…when the flat piece of PVC cooled, I cut 2 circles and used PVC cement to glue them to the ends of the tubing manifold…I added a drain hole, a curved PVC mounting block and a glued drain fitting…I poured mixed epoxy into the manifold to form an angled bottom so no water would stand when draining…I added a piece of hidden hardware wire across the drain opening to catch dropped tooth brushes, attached the manifold, sealed the edges and installed the sink with the faucet unit already in place…

…I have used it for a year and enjoy the soft sound of the water draining down the angled bottom, but best of all is my lady, Trish, shows it to all “newcomers”…total cost without fixture, under $75…  

 

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