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Nothing but the kitchen sink

This sink has been sitting under all of the dirt and demolition for 10 months, progressively looking worse and worse.

It was finally time to hook up the plumbing fixtures, so I spent a day cleaning, scrubbing off rust, and re-enameling it. The new faucet helps too ...

Before:
kitchen sink before

During:
painting the sink

painting the sink

After:
kitchen

Posted by Jenny on 03/08 at 07:22 PM

Would love to know what Jenny used to re-enamel her sink. We have one exactly like it (down to the cabnet underneath) and are trying to decide how to save it.

Posted by Crist Berry on 08/06 at 08:23 AM

As long as the sink basin is in good shape, any enamel paint should do the trick for the rest. I used a spray enamel from the local hardware store. From what I understand about the sink itself, like the inside of a clawfoot tub, the part that is exposed to water requires re-firing to repair if it is chipped. Anything painted over existing chips will just chip back off with use.

Posted by Jenny on 08/08 at 11:53 AM

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Braddock, PA

Braddock is an urban 'burb of Pittsburgh that has been drawing in DIY types willing to put their time and energy into making this a better place for everyone here. We heard about it in January 2008 from a friend of a friend whose brother had moved to Braddock in December. We made it here for a visit in February and were back for good in March. It's an almost empty town somehow full of energy.

This site is a story of our journey to and within Braddock ... "what follows is a story; one version only of the many possible narratives that could be told of these events." (Kolko & Reid, 1998)