{"id":250,"date":"2010-04-02T21:21:02","date_gmt":"2010-04-03T02:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jbhphoto.com\/blog\/?p=250"},"modified":"2023-07-16T22:29:32","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T04:29:32","slug":"dont-scratch-your-sink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jbhphoto.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/02\/dont-scratch-your-sink\/","title":{"rendered":"DON\u2019T SCRATCH YOUR SINK"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-251 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jbhphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/dd1.jpg\" alt=\"Darkroom Sink\" width=\"216\" height=\"210\" \/><strong>If you build you own darkroom sink or use a commercially available unit, you need something to protect the floor of the sink from scratches and abrasions. It has been a common practice to construct wooden Duck Boards for the bottom of the darkroom sink. These work well, they protect the sink, and allow water to drain, but wood is hard to waterproof and keep from warping.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>I have heard of people using plastic lighting grids or plastic rods in the sink, but I have never tired them. I have constructed and used the usual wooden Duck Boards for years. Then I found something even better.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-254\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jbhphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/dd2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"330\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jbhphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/dd2.jpg 330w, https:\/\/www.jbhphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/dd2-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong> Dri-Dek\u00ae is sold as an anti-fatigue flooring for use in commercial work areas such as industrial manufacturing or commercial kitchens. It comes in 12\u201d interlocking squares or rolls. This is a soft, flexible Vinyl that is perfect for the floor of a darkroom sink.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We installed Dri-Dek\u00ae in our sink two years ago and it has been an excellent investment. Water easily runs through and under the lattice work, it protects the sink floor, and it provides a soft, yet firm surface on which to work. Note, that the Vinyl does stain when exposed to some chemicals, like Amidol and Pyro, but it has remained flexible and I would not hesitate to recommend it to replace those old, warped wooden Duck Boards.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about Dri-Dek\u00ae click <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dri-dek.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>JB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you build you own darkroom sink or use a commercially available unit, you need something to protect the floor of the sink from scratches and abrasions. 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