Painting a Slop Sink

This is where it started. I know, I know, a paint sink should be dirty, and usually it is. Since I was cleaning and reorganizing everything in my workshop I needed to know if the sink could be spruced up too.

First I cleaned it. I scrubbed the sink with a scrubber and soap to remove all the grit. Cleaning it did a fairly good job but now my question was, "Can you paint a slop sink?". 

This sink is plastic  or something like that so I thought why not? It was about 6 years old now and I had nothing to lose.

I'm experimenting with an oops paint from Home Depot. It was a paint that included primer and while I wasn't too concerned with the color, I wanted something light so I'm using this very light grey color. If I didn't have a paint with a primer in it, I would use a primer first before I painted the sink.

The very first coat made it look amazing! I could have stopped there and been happy but I let the first coat dry then gave it another coat. I painted all around the edges and around the faucet. The faucet is going to be another story, it is a cheap plastic faucet with a lot of paint stains. 

After the second coat dried  I sealed the sink with Polycrylic. It seemed to do the job!I couldn't even believe the difference myself. I was actually afraid to use the sink when I was finished... but I did. I waited 3 days before I even ran the water. After 3 days I cleaned a paint brush or two. I am happy to announce to you right now that yes, painting the slop sink worked! I am sure it is not going to stay like this for long but if it matters to you to start fresh with a clean sink, then this is the way to go.I can not even believe that this is the same sink!

I'm so happy with the results and I hope it stays like this for a long time! Thanks so much for visiting and please hop on over to Homeroad.net for more workshop DIY tutorials by visiting the link below. You can sign up for emails so I can send my tutorials straight to you!