Grandmothers Belfast Sink

[rkinsella]

I inherited my grandmothers Belfast Sink. Well kinda inherited it, it was being used as a plant pot and I asked could I have it. My dad remembers installing it in her kitchen in `59 or `60. I remember it in her kitchen in my childhood. It was removed in the mid `00s and put into the garden by an relative after her passing (to my horror, but I could say nothing then). There is lots of lines in it, but no cracks. Lots of dirt and a few stains. Clearly huge emotional attachment for me.

Anyone any experience of this kind of restoration?

https://goo.gl/photos/haiFt41nAwMgTjTo9

 

[Doggit]

I think that it might just be beyond the point of no return. Try it with a cream cleaner, but nothing more abrasive than those green pads.

 

[ianmcd]

will clean up fine, I have done a few restorations where they used a Belfast sink, they go for good money , do not let the memories go , get it installed, wouldnt be any good in my house as my missus would just have more room to pile up feckin dishes

 

[rkinsella]

What do people typically use for this?

https://www.rustins.ltd/rustins/our-products/ceramic-care/acrylic-ceramic-glaze

 

[RigidRaider]

Huge emotional attachment to you? Did Grandma used to bath you in it? Nice old sink anyway, it will look gorgeous finished off with car polish.

 

[dilalio]

You could have it re-enamelled!

 

[rkinsella]

So some lemon, bread soda and alot of elbow grease - this sink has cleaned up pretty nicely!

It is as actually very beautiful as is, au natural.
Full of lines, showing it's age - like all of us I supose.

I would be slow to respray it to a show room finish - I think it would look weird or artifical.
My problem is there are quiet a few chips in it as is.

Is there a way to fix the chips without a full respray?

 

[RigidRaider]

No, leave it as it is and accept that a few chips are to be celebrated as signs of honourable wear and hard use.