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Well, yeah, up around Puget sound you'd have quite a few marine specialty places, just like here in the SF Bay area. I actually sold incredible amounts or marine finishes for actual architectural applications as well, far more than for for actual boat use, since these hold up a lot better in general. I try to avoid liquid epoxies as much as possible these days, however. One can get permanently sensitized to them. But here, increasingly stringent air quality rules have eliminated most traditional oil-based finishes per se. Some of the marine houses illegally sneak them into inventory from out of State; but the fines are awfully high if they get caught. Smaller containers up to quart sized are often still allowed. That's how I had to sell a lot of Daly's products made in the NW. But it was the Sikken's line which was the real gold mine - now itself somewhat emasculated in quality for sake of CA smog rules. I still have my own personal stash of the good ole stuff, and even use one type of it periodically on my mahogany view camera.
As a moderator, I always like it when I see a thread asking for a "sanity check"!
But as a darkroom user, and continuing on with jeffreyg's excellent suggestions:
- a surface that isn't slick and slippery makes it easier to place things and have them not move on their own;
- consider incorporating easily removable plastic or wire shelving material that allows trays to be off the sink bottom;
- consider cushioned material on the adjacent floor;
- set the height carefully to match your height and where your arms rest comfortably;
- make sure the edges are smooth and comfortable to lean on;
- a bar rail to rest one foot on is nice; and
- allow for a ledge to support hoses that can be used to move water to various parts of the sink .
I may put a bead of clear DAP sealant along the corners and around the drain just as an extra insurance.
I'd post pictures, but I took a couple with my phone, resized them down to about 300kb each, and when I try to upload, I'm still getting an "uploaded file is too large" error from the forum.
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