V.T. Eric Layton Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 A couple years ago, after doing a bathroom remodeling job for my niece, she gave me a nearly-new (and expensive - $250+) Kohler Devonshire pedestal sink like this one... Here's what mine looks like after me dropping a bottle of aftershave in it this morning... The aftershave bottle didn't break. Oh, well... I'll just have to wash and brush teeth in the kitchen now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Ugh that sux. Can you not glue it back together? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted March 19, 2014 Author Share Posted March 19, 2014 Not easily. My brother seems to think it can be done, but the way the pieces broke, they have to be pulled up from inside the hole and epoxied in some way. I don't know if it would work or be leak proof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Well if you could get them in place, I think you could easily make is leak proof with epoxy or something similar from Home Depot or Lowes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Sorry to hear about your day starting like that Eric! Hope you can get it fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 http://www.screwfix.com/p/gorilla-glue-115ml/54593?kpid=54593&cm_mmc=Google-_-Product%20Listing%20Ads-_-Sales%20Tracking-_-sales%20tracking%20url&gclid=CJTovr-Vn70CFagBwwodLU0AXQ http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000XZTD14/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/ Either of those should work though a cheaper alternative would be, You can cover up the repair with http://www.amazon.com/Sheffield-1126-Porcelain-Touch-Up/dp/B000BZX28Q/ref=pd_sim_auto_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=12HF6TRTAVPGRX44GT5D Aftershave for a big badass biker 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebrke Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 (edited) And it's not even Monday! Hope one of the solutions linked earlier will help. I remember I couldn't believe it when a bottle of olive oil fell from a shelf and took a piece out of my ceramic tile kitchen floor. Bottle was intact (thankfully--nearly a quart of olive oil would have been an unbelieveable mess). Edited March 19, 2014 by ebrke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted March 19, 2014 Author Share Posted March 19, 2014 Of course, I needed my morning splash of aftershave. I wanted to smell good for the kitties, after all. We're going to make an epoxy attempt sometime this week. My brother and I are masters of the improvisational fix. Poverty hones that skill. I like the plastic basin bowl idea... if worse comes to worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 You could glue a finger holder to the pieces to allow you to pull them up into place.Superglue or some such that comes of with hot water.Plasticine might do. Plasticine stubs sticking out from the side o f the fragments would allow you to rest them in place whilst they set. Or if you are handy with fibreglass you could roughly glue the pieces in place. Them make a funky new covering for the bowl. Fibreglass is a bit messy to use but would be pretty funky especially if you added some colour to the top coat of the fibreglass. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Kohler has it down for $331.80 these days! After you get it fixed, might want to check out this Vitreous China repair kit instructions for making it look like new afterwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest LilBambi Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Good point sunrat! Things could be much worse! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 My my things do look bleak in downtown Detroit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 The "rest of the story"... The Brokeback Sink Saga 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebrke Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 That's great, Eric! Wish I had a brother like that *sigh* 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 Yeah, we enjoy our "projects" at his daughter's house and my aunts' houses, or our own places. We have fun fixing stuff like this. You should hear about the "back doors" one of these days. I really should write up a little story about them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Neato job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Now that it's fixed, might want to check out this Vitreous China repair kit instructions for making it look like new so you can't even see the lines. But that would be truly only cosmetic at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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