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Installing a shop sink in my basement. What to use for countertop?
« on: April 12, 2012, 08:33:01 AM »
I've been needing a sink in my basement/garage for a while now.. so I picked up a really decent 2'x2' (approx) sink with hardware for cheap at the local Habitat Home Store. I've built a fixture for it to go in with pressure-treated 2x4's and some OSB for the top. Need something to go over the OSB though.. cheap, durable, and easy to install. I thought about just painting the OSB and caulking the edges but I want something more durable. Thoughts?
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Re: Installing a shop sink in my basement. What to use for countertop?
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2012, 09:31:41 AM »
If it's really a 'shop' basement, I'd say stainless steel...but I don't know how pretty you need it to look.
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Re: Installing a shop sink in my basement. What to use for countertop?
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2012, 09:45:49 AM »
Stainless sheet would be my 1st suggestion too. In lieu of that (pricey) you might try 1/4" hardboard (or "pressboard", like clipboards are usually made of) but I don't know how well it would hold up to water. As the hardboard gets beat up you can always add another layer of 1/8" hardboard right over top. A butcher block top would hold up well but that would also be pricey.
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Re: Installing a shop sink in my basement. What to use for countertop?
« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2012, 09:55:12 AM »
Quote from: madmtnmotors on April 12, 2012, 09:45:49 AM
Stainless sheet would be my 1st suggestion too.
...then take your grinder to it and give it a good once over.  it'll give it a nice surface design
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Re: Installing a shop sink in my basement. What to use for countertop?
« Reply #4 on: April 12, 2012, 11:26:27 AM »
try some linoleum you can get remnants at lowes or home depot pretty cheaplay it out on what you need cut your hole for the sink then glue it down.
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Re: Installing a shop sink in my basement. What to use for countertop?
« Reply #5 on: April 12, 2012, 08:09:08 PM »
Have you considered cementboard?  Comes in 1/4", 1/2" , 3'x5' and 4x8'
Hardibacker not effected by water., can run a torch on it won't burn. cut with grinder w/ cement wheel  around $13 per sheet
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Re: Installing a shop sink in my basement. What to use for countertop?
« Reply #6 on: April 12, 2012, 11:28:03 PM »
Quote from: rb550four on April 12, 2012, 08:09:08 PM
Have you considered cementboard?  Comes in 1/4", 1/2" , 3'x5' and 4x8'
Hardibacker not effected by water., can run a torch on it won't burn. cut with grinder w/ cement wheel  around $13 per sheet

You can lay tile on it readily, too.

Look back at your habitat store, I found a small pice of granite cheap. Usually porcelain tile for >75 a sq/foot , too. Harbor Freight has circular and recip  blades that are supposed to cut rock.
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Re: Installing a shop sink in my basement. What to use for countertop?
« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2012, 03:38:30 AM »
Quote from: Tugboat on April 12, 2012, 08:33:01 AM
I've been needing a sink in my basement/garage for a while now.. so I picked up a really decent 2'x2' (approx) sink with hardware for cheap at the local Habitat Home Store. I've built a fixture for it to go in with pressure-treated 2x4's and some OSB for the top. Need something to go over the OSB though.. cheap, durable, and easy to install. I thought about just painting the OSB and caulking the edges but I want something more durable. Thoughts?



If you do go with OSB use an oil base primer, you can then put latex over it.  The Hardibacker is a good idea, the edges would be a bit rough so you'd need to trim that off...Larry
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Re: Installing a shop sink in my basement. What to use for countertop?
« Reply #8 on: April 13, 2012, 11:49:00 AM »
You could always go with cast concrete.
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Re: Installing a shop sink in my basement. What to use for countertop?
« Reply #9 on: April 13, 2012, 03:25:17 PM »
You might check a few lumberyards for a junk/ mismeasured counter top. Galvanized steel might work for you too.
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