[Darkroom] Sink table

[Kelly]

I actually need counter space that's not in a sink for the kirilian
photography stuff. A lot of the digital work people are doing can't be
done in a sink, but still requires a darkroom. I guess I'm against the
longer sink for these reasons. I don't really see it as a great gain.
Trays in the sink vs trays on the counter is not a huge gain to me.

I think the spatial concerns would be a lot clearer if it were
actually in the space. So maybe we'll see then. $35 is not a big deal.

-K

On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 17:18, Lilia Markham <liliakai at gmail.com> wrote:
> I feel our current sink is on the small side. The larger sink lets us
> process things in trays in the sink (even for large format stuff) rather
> than on a countertop. Every darkroom I've seen follows this convention. It
> makes it no biggie if you spill things and minimizes time and effort during
> prep and cleanup.
>
> I know there was at some point a suggestion to build a work surface with a
> lip that drains into the small sink, which would be great but I think
> getting a longer sink is a lot easier..
>
> I also think the extra 3" depth would do more good than harm.
>
> So to recap... Vinyl sink has 2 yays (me,miloh), 1 nay (Kelly), 1 "not
> strongly opposed" (Ben),  and 1 maybe (Sean?)
>
>
> -Lilia
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Ben Rupert <meowdip at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> So the vinyl sink is probably okay for most things that would be safe to
>> do in the darkroom.  It's stable to most common acids and bases in
>> reasonable concentrations and most moderately strong oxidizers like
>> peroxides.  It has terrible performance for organic solvents, but I wouldn't
>> recommend using most of them in the darkroom anyway.  Those require a fume
>> hood, not just a well ventilated room.  The only solvents that would be
>> reasonable to use in that room which vinyl is incompatible with are acetone,
>> ethanol and isopropanol. The first and last are nail polish remover and
>> rubbing alcohol, respectively and I assume that you all know what sorts of
>> things you find ethanol in.  These will pretty much dissolve the sink.  On
>> the other hand the stainless steel will be stable to these but eventually
>> corrode with acid or bases.  Although this can be minimized by pouring these
>> solutions into a stream of running water to dilute them (although I donlt
>> know if we can pour these down the drain at all or need to collect them in
>> chemical waste bottles and dispose of them separately).
>>    I am not strongly opposed to the vinyl sink since we can probably
>> figure out other ways to deal with those few solvents which might destroy
>> it.  I think the size might be an issue though, that space is really tight.
>>
>> Ben
>>
>> On Aug 4, 2010 4:24 PM, "Sean Cusack" <sean.p.cusack at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> As far as general chemistry goes, vinyl should be OK for stuff that is OK
>> to be poured down the drain anyways. Also, its going to be acid resistant
>> whereas stainless steel is not which is probably most important in the
>> foreseeable future.
>>
>> 27" is only 3" longer than what the currently planned space for the table
>> is...don't know if that really kills it or not.
>>
>> My big question - does this particular sink offer us some benefit that the
>> stainless one will not (i.e. is there a really cool reason for us to get the
>> defacto darkroom sink instead of the one thats already sitting in the
>> space)?
>>
>> Sean
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Kelly <hurtstotouchfire at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > More alsoer, 27" dee...
>>
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