Greetings
Planning some "hunnydews" - one is to put a shelf behind the sink, over the backslash, for holding scrubbies, dish soap and the like. Wife is concerned about wood getting all "funky" (not her term). I'm thinking that either spar varnish or one of the polyurethane would work to prevent water from soaking into the boards.
What sayeth the hive mind?
What's the counter top material? This is a good place for a small piece of Corian or the like.
PVC one by twelve?
On Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at 7:53:13 PM UTC-6, pyotr filipivich wrote :
Well, corian or PVC would work, but so will spar varnished wood (of your ch oice or to match what may already be in the neighborhood). How big is the shelf to be? It will likely be well away from most splashes. I highly s uspect any problems will be with soap and other cleansers.
Part of my home is old, built in 1934. The kitchen sink didn't have a back splash. I installed a 1X12X8' salvaged cypress board, finished with 3 coa ts of spar urethane 30 yrs ago. It's still in great shape.
As for as a shelf, it can always easily be replaced if it get messed up, es pecially if it's not too large.
I vote to match your present woodwork or trim. Matching the counter top i s a good choice, also. Wood finished with spar urethane may be your easies t and cheapest option. Subsequently, replacing a small shelf is an easy an d cheap option, also.
Optional: If you are a classy guy, want to impress the Misses, go to an ar chitectural salvage place and get some nice corbels/brackets for the shelf supports.
(The next thread will be what's best for finishing corbels. LOL.) Just k idding.
Sonny
Oh, you have one of the new houses. B-) (Ours was built 1905. But was upgraded since then.)
LOL.
Hmmm, I do have some of that. And some stone bits too.
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The latter is indeed the deal; depending upon just what is placed there.
It's a tossup imo altho if there's a leftover of the counter material from sink cutout or the like it's then both at hand, in synch with existing material and very abuse tolerant for the purpose... :)
There's not enough room under or around window over the sink in this kitchen but wish were for precisely the purpose as the back edge of the sink is always cluttered as is...
Any cutouts from the counter install went bye-bye years before she bought the house.
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