Comment on How to Remove Burn Mark from (acrylic ?) Sink
Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 3 days agoMost 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.
dudesss@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
If it’s soft plastic (acrylic), what could I do instead?
_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 11 hours 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.
Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 3 days 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.
Big_Boss_77@lemmynsfw.com 3 days ago
Go find a discount building material store… most larger metropolitan areas I’ve been in have them. You can find a replacement sink for pennies on the dollar because contractors screwed up the order, or the owner changed their mind.
roofuskit@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Adding, habitat Re-store is a common option in the US.
dudesss@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
What’s a rouge?
Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Very fine polishing compound. Often called jeweller’s rouge because they ise it to polish fine jewelry. Find it at home depot, some craft stores, comes with a dremel kit etc…