Shop Sink?

Ah, let's just say that I didn't have room for
a shop sink *and* a urinal.

Jim

Installing the deep laundry tub in my shop was one of my better moves. It gets a lot of use. It's deep enough that I can put 5 gallon buckets in it and fill with hot water for car washing etc.

I've got a shelf with all the hand-cleaner, brushes, paper towels etc right above the sink. The solvent tank is right next to it for heavy duty hand-cleaning before going to the sink.

An old enameled cast iron high back wall mount kitchen sink.Think 1930!s. Room for a pail under the spout,enamels stained some but rugged enough . Good light and mirror over it for eye care. Best part is ,it was free. We installed and plumbed it in,the old solid brass faucet has not leaked a drop in over 10 years. Original washers and seats just as we were given it. Sure beats the galv 10 qt pail hanging on a hose bib we had before.
Lee

reminds me of a studio I had 30 years ago, an old school buiding in Cincinnati, I was on the 3 rd floor, the bathrooms on the first, there was a guy on the 4th floor, one day I was looking out the window and saw a steam of water flying past my window.....

I have an old tub I thought about putting legs on to use as a shop sink. Plenty large and very cheap. Just think when you get tired after a long days work you could just fill it up and add some of them fancy soaps for a hot bath. Even add a small heater underneath.

Then again I probably could't keep my wife out of the shop! Bad idea!

An idea I had and didn't implement was to make sort of an aqueous parts washer in one of the basins.

You know, small pump to recirculate the fluid, let parts sit in the aqueous solvent and degrease, then release down the drain...which I understand is safe and legal for aqueous.

I kind of got hung up on 2 points and never went in that direction.

1. heater for the solvent...apparently they work a lot better when heated. And Safety Considerations thereof, possibly a GFI module?

2. A "two position-three way" drain valve. To allow the recirc pump to pull and seal off the drainpipe. And to open the drain, and I guess block the recirc pump. I suppose some inline PVC ball valves would have worked. Space underneath and cost steered me aside.

I would love to see someone's setup if they also had and implemented this idea.

-Matt

I use a small bar sink in my garage. Put a big back splash behind it. or a tall mirror. I seem to get that hand cleaner all over the place when I am cleaning up.

Brent

Matt -- Not quite the same as your idea, but I found a decent sized (approx. 20" by 12" by 6" deep) Branson ultrasonic cleaner for similar applications. One problem for us is that we're on a septic system, so dumping quantities of chemical wastes isn't a great idea. With an ultrasonic cleaner it's less a matter of using gallons of rinse water to flush chemicals and more one of disposing of some sludge from solvent and ultrasonic cleaners. The Branson unit has a built-in heater as well. You might want to keep an eye out for a used one?

Mine is the sink that the milkers were worshed in after chores were done. I saw no reason to replace that with some new junk at this point. You guys all replaced the sinks in you milkhouses?




I did opt for removing the bulk tank to make room for a break room table tho.


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Ox

Same as Used-Iron.......high back enamled.Free from plumber bud.

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Just tell her that you were just thinking of her, when she walks in.... LOL!

If you don't have the aforementioned sump in the system, skip the bleach! The local sewage treatment plant will appreciate it! Just run enough water to rinse out the P Trap.

One of the required 'Tours', that we went through at my last place of work, was the sewage treatment facility, (Also known as "The Officers Swimming Pool!",where they showed us not only how the system worked, but how they backtraced the drainage system, when something hit theirs, that shut it all down (like a jug of bleach being flushed!). It was on a fairly large Military base, and they were pretty serious about tracking down anyone who saw fit to pollute the sewer system that they had to deal with.
It was an educational and informative visit. And, as they guys working their said, you always knew who to ask, whether fresh corn was in season yet or not! LOL!

FWIW, at work, we always had formed and ground aggregate (terrazzo?) sinks, with a couple jugs of Swarfega hand cleaner sitting on the middle section. Wash up, at end of day, was almost as much a tradition as coffee break was. These were big round units that a dozen or more could stand around, and they had foot operated triggers for the water around the base.

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They should nuke the link so that cretin’s intention fails. Favourite sink? It’s not a GD hockey card.

Thread from 2005. A trip down memory lane.

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My shop is a dry shop. Water is available but costs more than it's worth. I've been getting by with a jug of water and some waterless hand cleaner. I started a few years back gathering pieces to make a water system.
So I bought a used pallet rack and a couple of 275-gallon tote tanks. I figured on filling them from the neighbor's hose (with their permission). I picked up a $50 laundry sink at HD and plumbed it to the tanks. For now it drains into a 5-gallon bucket, but it will end out through the wall into the ground. Nothing harmful goes down that drain.
In the meantime I saw a dehumidifier I had bought for the house and no longer used. I bought a 50-gallon plastic barrel, sat the dehumidifier on that and attached a drain hose into the barrel. Then I bought a submersible pump with a float switch, set it in the barrel. PVC from the output runs up to the top of one tank to the fill cap.
Once all that was together I plugged all that in and turned it on, and went home. Came back a few days later and had 230 gallons of distilled water in the tank. The shop was dry as a bone.
That's been working fine ever since. The only issue is the shop is now so dry I can't add any water!

But yeah, those plastic laundry sinks work fine for my needs. Also have one at the home shop/garage, which gets more dirty use.

Also, someone mentioned an ultrasonic cleaner. I bought a 22-liter stainless tank with heater from Vevor for $225 shipped. Works great, seems well made, and cleans very well. It's really bigger than I need.