Duckboards on sink floor

[cyrus]

Thanks for all the ideas. It can't be anything that absorbs water, of course. I like the restaurant stuff, if it only was a little higher (1 inch, say). Can't use metal because photogravure chemicals etch metal.

[Tony Lakin]

Hi
I have used shelves from an old oven, stainless steel is best if you can find them otherwise replace them when they get too corroded, no labour and free.

Good luck

[John Powers]

Another option could be to use the plastic grating intended for use as a diffuser in light 2x4' suspended ceiling light fixtures.

These are plastic and 5/16" high. Would the chemicals melt plastic? They are cheap and could be stacked to an inch high or more. Got mine at Home Depot. I think Lowes also carries them.

John

[cyrus]

These are plastic and 5/16" high. Would the chemicals melt plastic? They are cheap and could be stacked to an inch high or more. Got mine at Home Depot. I think Lowes also carries them.

John

No the chems don't melt plastic - they just etch metal (ferric chloride)
Yes I have been investigatign light grills! How well do they drain water underneath the grille? Anyway they're cheap enough.

[John Powers]

How well do they drain water underneath the grille? .

They drain water from underneath the grill as if the grill wasn't there.

John

[Merg Ross]

I have been using the light grills for 25 years. They will drain better if slightly raised off the floor of your sink. You can accomplish this by using short pieces of wooden screen bead. No problem with chemicals. Also, they are easy to configure to the size of your sink.

[Toyon]

Costco sells interlocking 2" square rubberite mats that are nicely cushioned. They are really cheap and work well, with one caveat - if water gets underneath them they get slippery and have to be pulled up to dry.

[Erich Hoeber]

Those corrigated polycarbonate roofing panels work great too.

[Michael Kadillak]

I would angle the sink toward the drain and fiberglass or resin coat the base. Then I would use a router to cut a groove on each side of the sink that would accept thin segments of the recycled decking material that is sold at hardware stores to go from front to back with spacers inbetween that will allow fluids to pass by.

The best professional sinks I have seen incorporated this simple design and it could be built such that the slats can easily be removed from one end for cleaning or for special applications. That is how I am going to build my next sink.

Cheers!

[Michael Daily]

1x2 redwood strips over three lengthwise strips.
Michael