Comment on How to Remove Burn Mark from (acrylic ?) Sink

_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• dudesss@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  How can I find out?

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  • Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Most people can tell by touch. Knock on it and you’ll feel and hear if its porcelain or enameled steel/iron like most are. If its dead sounding, like knocking on a coffee cup its porcelaine, if it rings a bit, enameled steel.

    As long as its one of those two, you can try scrubbing 000 or 0000 steel wool. If its soft plastic, don’t as you’ll scratch it.

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    • dudesss@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If it’s soft plastic (acrylic), what could I do instead?

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      • Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The burn would be IN the platic not on it. Best solution would be to replace it. If you really can’t do that, you can consider some combination of bleaching it to lighten the colour, or gently polishing it away (like a dremel and rouge) then clear coating.

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      • _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        If it’s acrylic, you can use an acrylic tub/sink repair kit but you need to use the right kind of kit so make sure you know which it is before you try. Based on what it looks like, it appears to be some sort of plastic.

        Tap on it: Does it sound ceramic? Plastic? Metal maybe? Do magnets stick? If so, it’s probably some sort of enamel over steel.

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