My son-in-law has a company in the US that refinished sinks and tubs. I believe that you can buy special paint to paint the sinks. We would get it from Home Depot here, perhaps they would have it in the UK also.
For a minute, I thought you were going to suggest I fly the sink to the US for some special treatment - haha!! Yes we have many of those places here and they’re all still open too which is good news. 👍🏼
I realize I don't know all the plans you have for your spaces,however I lived on a boat for several years. In the galley in the corner between the sink and the stove (hob) there was dead space under counter. They had made access buy cutting a hatch and putting shelf about 16 inched down. And a ring on top of hatch to lift best storage I had. Held a lot of appliances out of the way and easy to get. Hope this is useful. Love watching all the vids and am amazed at your skills and energy.
Hi James to get rid of the stain in the sink try mixing bicarbonate of soda with lemon juice, make a paste, put it in the stain, leave it to work for about 20 to 30 minutes an rub it off with a scouring sponge, rinse the sink. Should come off and be white and good as new.
Hi James , regarding the sink, I would use Spirit of Salt’s, it’s cheap and will burn off the staining. My Dad used it many times on an old toilet when I was a kid (75 now) and it makes it look like new. Try it on the other sink first so you know what to expect.. love your Blogs BTW.
Cleaning the enamel sink is easy mate, put the plug in a mix some strong bleach 50/50 with water and leave it a few hours then clean it with a scrubbing brush and rinse it all out with clean water
Barkeepers Friend is a slightly abrasive cleaner (like Ajax), which uses muriatic acid as the base rather than chlorine bleach. It works very well on metal and on porcelain surfaces like your sink. The kitchen is coming along beautifully James. ("Couldn't everything?" made me smile. Very philosophical!)
I totally agree with Gregory M, bleach may be the best and simplest solution. That's how I restore my enameled cast iron dutch oven. After weeks and weeks of tomato sauces and stews my pan bottom is a cooked on red. I cover the bottom and the stained areas with plain household bleach, let them sit for a couple of hours then maybe a quick hit with Barkeeper's Friend, if necessary, and the stain is totally eliminated. BTW, your sink looks like a great choice. All the best.
never mind cleaning the sinks think you should give that coffee cup a good going over as well James don't think you need two big sinks in a kitchen that size keep up the great work Bud. S C UK.
Have fun with the stove installation. Screwfix do Bosch jigsaw blades. One pilot hole and a Bosch blade and the steel on my narrowboat roof was like cutting butter. It took me from February to October to fit the stove in my spare time. ( alot of time cutting tiles 2.5 cm square ) Two days sounds impressive. Looking forward to future great videos. PS Don't forget the carbon monoxide detector and smoke alarm. Got mine at Screwfix in Rugby, and the kitchen tap !
Oh I really like what you’ve done in the galley. Quite usable. We continue to enjoy every episode. You’ve come such s long way. The baking soda and vinegar works on Koehler products. Cheers from Texas.
Yeah you guys should know - this is one of your sinks. What a beaut she is !! Baking soda and vinegar it is then. I might give my tea mug a rinse out too !!!! Keep watching and stay well
Good news and bad news. The stains in the sink are easy to clean. Here in the us we have a product called comet. It is a bleach abrasive cleaner. Put enough on to form a thin paste. Leave that on the sink surface overnight. Bad news is that it will need to be done every 6 months or so. Easy fix. Some of your commenters suggested acid. I have never heard of that but I would suspect it might actually etch the glaze finish.
James hydrochloric acid cleans badly stained porcelain.from builders merchants.or on line and enamel. also limescale in porcelain toilets.and also used to clean brickwork .it can be diluted.
Another vote for bleach here. I put neat bleach on my white sink (composite not Belfast like yours), scrub at the dirt with a kitchen brush or nail brush and they dilute it with cold water and add more bleach as the sink fills to get a stronger concentrate and leave for a good while. I do that once a week as maintenance and use good old fashioned Cif cream cleaner most days after washing up. Was thinking instead of your one month beard progress you should have taken tea stain progression pics on your mug 🤣 Loving the daily updates and seeing how fast it’s changing now
Meant to add a nice bit of solid wood over the sink would work better than worktop with the edges being on show, easier to angle the edges to fit and keep treated with oil than the side of worktop getting water damaged or knocked
Great looking sink James and the hob looks nice .I have a brand new regulator you can have .I accidentally ordered two when I built my campervan .Its the right regulator for a thetford triplex so should work with your hob,let me know if you want it .
All the tips on stain removal will work well. Somewhere along the line, I picked up another that helps it stay crisp longer... car wax!! Not food safe, of course... but a little rubbed in and buffed has helped my old enamel stay nice longer - especially dumping tea and coffee 😉
Probably tea stains on the sink . As a one off , I would use strong bleach (Domestas) and a scouring pad . put a bucket under the plug hole and dispose of the water down the elsan . Be more careful with the chemicals once you are plumbed in and on the cut. Eco friendly solutions then.
I've seen a bunch of hints to clean the sink, but if you absolutely have to - they do make paints that will paint over the enamel, too. I hope it doesn't come to that, though.
You mention fitting battens onto the fireplace wall, presumably to create the air gap. I suggest that you use strips or small blocks of calcium silicate for these spacers, rather than something combustible. Also, I don't know if you intend to use single or twin wall flue pipe but either way you will need to keep combustible ceiling material away from it, further away obviously for single wall than twin wall.
I’m on it. Air gap created using steel. Then CS board, then cement board, then fireproof tile adhesive, then fire proof tiles topped with fire proof grout !!! Single flue but more than 150 from combustibles
@@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt As you stated at the outset, trying to pick the bones out of the available information is very difficult. Having looked at the various sources (but without seeing a full copy of BS8511) this is my understanding. Using a protection panel (consisting of a 10mm air gap at the surface of combustibles, 25mm CS board and tiles), in conjunction with a gap of 45mm between the stove and the tiles, is an alternative to the minimum distance purely in air (typically 600-700mm) required by stove manufacturers. This is illustrated in the diagram produced by SOLIFTEC that is shown on theirs and BSS's website. (Note: Cement board is not mentioned in relation to wall protection). That same diagram indicates that the same construction, topped with 15mm thick cement board, can be used for the hearth, in cases where the stove is on legs. This hearth bit seems odd to me because Diagram 27 of Part J of the building regulations (which are available free online) indicates that where it is guaranteed that an appliance cannot cause the hearth temperature to exceed 100 degrees C (typically one on legs), it is sufficient for the stove to stand on a 12mm thick hearth of non-combustible material fitted directly on top of a combustible floor. I’m not sure which Hamlet stove you’ve got. Some are specified as being ‘suitable for a 12mm hearth’ and others are not. This might save you some time and effort.
I was trying to figure out what sort of kitchen faucet could work with that backsplash, and then I thought what you could actually use is a tub faucet - the kind with two knobs and a spigot that come through the wall of the tub. you'll have to drill three holes in the backsplash, but it should work very well. The only thing you'd give up is some flexibility to move It from side to side.
Bar keepers friend is good one or 50/50 bleach and water as already mentioned in the comments. Was expecting just a stainless steel sink but those are spot on. Can you use the other one for the bathroom sink? Not sure how it would look but would be a shame to get rid of it.
The tiny sink would have driven you mad trying to wash half a plate at a time. Now to tape an old blanket or something over that glass hob top while you work around it !
Hi James. Try caustic soda or hydrochloric acid on the sink stains. (Not at the same time!) Don't forget your gloves, or you'll never play guitar again! All the best.
At least in *this* case, if you mix them it’s not dangerous, just ineffective. You end up with a salty water mixed with whichever of the two dominates. Instead of ending up with chlorine gas, which often offends.
Now you have put in the sink, any idea where the watertap is going, above it or on the left or the right? Have watched all of your videos and really love seeing the progress of this massive project ♥ Take good care of yourself!
Not being critical as I applaud your willdo cando attitude but please, please put some support in at the front intersection of your worktop. As I presume you are having some doors on your cabinets they will require something to hinge off or close onto so insert an l shaped corner post at the front of the worktop joint asap. Otherwise much more weight than a cup of tea will spell disaster. Please don't take this the wrong way.
I’d double check with the boat safety scheme literature or better still the assessor regarding the installation of your stove as you may find it easier all round to leave it to the professionals who can furnish you with an appropriate certificate of installation. The Boat Safety Scheme assessment is perhaps a little more in-depth and more detailed than you may be expecting. But only speaking from experience. You’re doing a great job though, hugely admire your dedication!
Hi James two thoughts, could you fit a chopping board in the sink to give you moor surface to work on and I saw you push the hob in when it gets hot will it expand and distort
Fine, following your process. No need for airodrome and fancy things. It is so great just to see the process from one camera.
Bicarbonate of soda and white vinegar mix might do the job on the sink. I do know you can repaint them also. Coming together nice James.
My son-in-law has a company in the US that refinished sinks and tubs. I believe that you can buy special paint to paint the sinks. We would get it from Home Depot here, perhaps they would have it in the UK also.
For a minute, I thought you were going to suggest I fly the sink to the US for some special treatment - haha!! Yes we have many of those places here and they’re all still open too which is good news. 👍🏼
I realize I don't know all the plans you have for your spaces,however I lived on a boat for several years. In the galley in the corner between the sink and the stove (hob) there was dead space under counter. They had made access buy cutting a hatch and putting shelf about 16 inched down. And a ring on top of hatch to lift best storage I had. Held a lot of appliances out of the way and easy to get. Hope this is useful. Love watching all the vids and am amazed at your skills and energy.
I assume you will have a bowl in the sink so worst case, no one is going to see any partially cleaned sink
Hi James to get rid of the stain in the sink try mixing bicarbonate of soda with lemon juice, make a paste, put it in the stain, leave it to work for about 20 to 30 minutes an rub it off with a scouring sponge, rinse the sink. Should come off and be white and good as new.
Hi James , regarding the sink, I would use Spirit of Salt’s, it’s cheap and will burn off the staining. My Dad used it many times on an old toilet when I was a kid (75 now) and it makes it look like new. Try it on the other sink first so you know what to expect.. love your Blogs BTW.
Thanks for the comment. I know spirit of salts - that stuff makes your eyes sting!! 👍🏼
Cleaning the enamel sink is easy mate, put the plug in a mix some strong bleach 50/50 with water and leave it a few hours then clean it with a scrubbing brush and rinse it all out with clean water
Barkeepers Friend is a slightly abrasive cleaner (like Ajax), which uses muriatic acid as the base rather than chlorine bleach. It works very well on metal and on porcelain surfaces like your sink. The kitchen is coming along beautifully James. ("Couldn't everything?" made me smile. Very philosophical!)
Baking soda, rock salt, and lemon juice worked into a paste, and rubbed vigorously with a soft cloth will take a lot of that out of the sink.
Galley is coming along well James. Stove next, you are moving really well, that's one good thing come out of lock down, and winter. Well done !
I totally agree with Gregory M, bleach may be the best and simplest solution. That's how I restore my enameled cast iron dutch oven. After weeks and weeks of tomato sauces and stews my pan bottom is a cooked on red. I cover the bottom and the stained areas with plain household bleach, let them sit for a couple of hours then maybe a quick hit with Barkeeper's Friend, if necessary, and the stain is totally eliminated. BTW, your sink looks like a great choice. All the best.
well done James keep it up good videos is also good to see your repurposing some stuff great for the environment
I must say repurposing something is a great sense of achievement !!
never mind cleaning the sinks think you should give that coffee cup a good going over as well James don't think you need two big sinks in a kitchen that size keep up the great work Bud. S C UK.
You can buy re-enamel kits for sinks
I came here to say this!
@@evabarnett8131 it works very well I've done it to my bath years ago
All the new work with old sinks! Stainless!
Stainless - no way!! Do extra work and have something much better. Although I’ve just had a nightmare - you’ll have to watch later to see what !!!
Have fun with the stove installation. Screwfix do Bosch jigsaw blades. One pilot hole and a Bosch blade and the steel on my narrowboat roof was like cutting butter.
It took me from February to October to fit the stove in my spare time. ( alot of time cutting tiles 2.5 cm square ) Two days sounds impressive. Looking forward to future great videos. PS Don't forget the carbon monoxide detector and smoke alarm. Got mine at Screwfix in Rugby, and the kitchen tap !
Oh I really like what you’ve done in the galley. Quite usable. We continue to enjoy every episode. You’ve come such s long way. The baking soda and vinegar works on Koehler products. Cheers from Texas.
Yeah you guys should know - this is one of your sinks. What a beaut she is !! Baking soda and vinegar it is then. I might give my tea mug a rinse out too !!!! Keep watching and stay well
Good news and bad news. The stains in the sink are easy to clean. Here in the us we have a product called comet. It is a bleach abrasive cleaner. Put enough on to form a thin paste. Leave that on the sink surface overnight. Bad news is that it will need to be done every 6 months or so. Easy fix. Some of your commenters suggested acid. I have never heard of that but I would suspect it might actually etch the glaze finish.
James hydrochloric acid cleans badly stained porcelain.from builders merchants.or on line and enamel. also limescale in porcelain toilets.and also used to clean brickwork .it can be diluted.
Clothing washing powder is great for enamel cleaning sinks. Soak for 24hrs. Great idea to have two..
Give a combination of baking soda and household vinegar a go to clean your sink. I tried it in a granite sink and was sceptical but it came up great!!
Another vote for bleach here. I put neat bleach on my white sink (composite not Belfast like yours), scrub at the dirt with a kitchen brush or nail brush and they dilute it with cold water and add more bleach as the sink fills to get a stronger concentrate and leave for a good while. I do that once a week as maintenance and use good old fashioned Cif cream cleaner most days after washing up.
Was thinking instead of your one month beard progress you should have taken tea stain progression pics on your mug 🤣
Loving the daily updates and seeing how fast it’s changing now
Meant to add a nice bit of solid wood over the sink would work better than worktop with the edges being on show, easier to angle the edges to fit and keep treated with oil than the side of worktop getting water damaged or knocked
You can try rubbing compound (the car polish stuff to remove deep scratches).. That might brighten up the sink
Another well thought through vid,, I'd leave the sink stain as it matches your cup HA HA... Take care mate!
LOL !!!
Great looking sink James and the hob looks nice .I have a brand new regulator you can have .I accidentally ordered two when I built my campervan .Its the right regulator for a thetford triplex so should work with your hob,let me know if you want it .
Mate if you’ve got it going spare then yes, I’ll check it fits first - thanks 🙏
All the tips on stain removal will work well. Somewhere along the line, I picked up another that helps it stay crisp longer... car wax!! Not food safe, of course... but a little rubbed in and buffed has helped my old enamel stay nice longer - especially dumping tea and coffee 😉
I found that Drayno is a great stain remover as well
Yes, it's an important tip from the "bachelor's housekeeping manual," for people who put off house cleaning for a year or more at a time.
Probably tea stains on the sink . As a one off , I would use strong bleach (Domestas) and a scouring pad . put a bucket under the plug hole and dispose of the water down the elsan . Be more careful with the chemicals once you are plumbed in and on the cut. Eco friendly solutions then.
I've seen a bunch of hints to clean the sink, but if you absolutely have to - they do make paints that will paint over the enamel, too. I hope it doesn't come to that, though.
to be honest it does not look to be that badly stained. steel wool should get the drains shiny though
Great James, put the kettle on now.
Hi James wow that sink, Brill, but you may have to move some ballast over a bit HaHa (PJ)
Hi James, perhaps the small sink will go in the shower room? Take care.
My Ten Favourite ... you and me both!! It’s too big for the bathroom, I’ll give it back to my mate, now I’ve cleaned it up
I hope you saved the cut-out from the hob. You can use it as a cutting board.
It’s a bit rough for a chopping board, but I have kept the one from the sink and may use it as a bing for the sink for extra space
You mention fitting battens onto the fireplace wall, presumably to create the air gap. I suggest that you use strips or small blocks of calcium silicate for these spacers, rather than something combustible. Also, I don't know if you intend to use single or twin wall flue pipe but either way you will need to keep combustible ceiling material away from it, further away obviously for single wall than twin wall.
I’m on it. Air gap created using steel. Then CS board, then cement board, then fireproof tile adhesive, then fire proof tiles topped with fire proof grout !!! Single flue but more than 150 from combustibles
@@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt Where does the 150 dimension come from?
@@TheNarrowboatThatJamesBuilt As you stated at the outset, trying to pick the bones out of the available information is very difficult. Having looked at the various sources (but without seeing a full copy of BS8511) this is my understanding. Using a protection panel (consisting of a 10mm air gap at the surface of combustibles, 25mm CS board and tiles), in conjunction with a gap of 45mm between the stove and the tiles, is an alternative to the minimum distance purely in air (typically 600-700mm) required by stove manufacturers. This is illustrated in the diagram produced by SOLIFTEC that is shown on theirs and BSS's website. (Note: Cement board is not mentioned in relation to wall protection). That same diagram indicates that the same construction, topped with 15mm thick cement board, can be used for the hearth, in cases where the stove is on legs. This hearth bit seems odd to me because Diagram 27 of Part J of the building regulations (which are available free online) indicates that where it is guaranteed that an appliance cannot cause the hearth temperature to exceed 100 degrees C (typically one on legs), it is sufficient for the stove to stand on a 12mm thick hearth of non-combustible material fitted directly on top of a combustible floor. I’m not sure which Hamlet stove you’ve got. Some are specified as being ‘suitable for a 12mm hearth’ and others are not. This might save you some time and effort.
Michael Burns aesthetics mainly. As long as it’s more than 45mm then I’m cool.
If the stain will not come out of the sink there is an epoxy based sink paint that you can use.
Milton baby sterilising fluid will get rid of them stained, James. Let it sit there for a while and rinse out.
Thanks
Harpic strong bleach possibly? Nice job on the galley
For your sink lemon and bicarb or you could try The Pink Stuff (it's a paste - bit of elbow grease required)
They say tea tastes better in a stained cup, your must be delicious
🤣🤣🤣 I know - it’s awful isn’t it !!!
I was trying to figure out what sort of kitchen faucet could work with that backsplash, and then I thought what you could actually use is a tub faucet - the kind with two knobs and a spigot that come through the wall of the tub. you'll have to drill three holes in the backsplash, but it should work very well. The only thing you'd give up is some flexibility to move It from side to side.
Nah. You need height and flexibility of placement in a kitchen faucet. You just have to come in from the side.
Use a pumice stone. Should be able to find one at the local DIY store.
Hi James. What we all going to do when you’ve finished your boat 😩😎
Bar keepers friend is good one or 50/50 bleach and water as already mentioned in the comments.
Was expecting just a stainless steel sink but those are spot on. Can you use the other one for the bathroom sink? Not sure how it would look but would be a shame to get rid of it.
No stainless in here thank you very much !!! It’s a sink from a pal, so I’ll give him the small one back - now I’ve cleaned it up for him
The tiny sink would have driven you mad trying to wash half a plate at a time. Now to tape an old blanket or something over that glass hob top while you work around it !
Two very well made points - thanks 👍🏼
💙👊😎
White vinegar overnight and/or Cif mate.
Hi James. Try caustic soda or hydrochloric acid on the sink stains. (Not at the same time!)
Don't forget your gloves, or you'll never play guitar again!
All the best.
At least in *this* case, if you mix them it’s not dangerous, just ineffective. You end up with a salty water mixed with whichever of the two dominates. Instead of ending up with chlorine gas, which often offends.
Now you have put in the sink, any idea where the watertap is going, above it or on the left or the right?
Have watched all of your videos and really love seeing the progress of this massive project ♥
Take good care of yourself!
I reckon the tap will go on the side near the back - thanks 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Not being critical as I applaud your willdo cando attitude but please, please put some support in at the front intersection of your worktop.
As I presume you are having some doors on your cabinets they will require something to hinge off or close onto so insert an l shaped corner post at the front of the worktop joint asap. Otherwise much more weight than a cup of tea will spell disaster.
Please don't take this the wrong way.
I’d double check with the boat safety scheme literature or better still the assessor regarding the installation of your stove as you may find it easier all round to leave it to the professionals who can furnish you with an appropriate certificate of installation. The Boat Safety Scheme assessment is perhaps a little more in-depth and more detailed than you may be expecting. But only speaking from experience. You’re doing a great job though, hugely admire your dedication!
The BSS info on stoves is really quite straight forward. As long as the right material is used, it’s quite easy. Tiling is the trickiest part.
I’ve already double checked my plans with my BSS inspector and he’s given it the thumbs up
If it’s an enamel sink could you get it redone?
Hi James two thoughts, could you fit a chopping board in the sink to give you moor surface to work on and I saw you push the hob in when it gets hot will it expand and distort
... in order to fit the sinks, you need to fit the shower to wash them in🤔
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