Bathroom sink salvage – you don’t have to add to landfills to have a beautiful home!
My husband and I are in the process of renovating a 40 year old cabin. We are trying to save/repurpose as much as we can. Keeping that in mind, I was not about to replace the bathroom sink/vanity. Even though it was ugly! I started by painting the cabinet with charcoal chalk paint and a wax finish. Then I gave the original knobs a quick coat of pewter rustoleum.
For the countertop, I removed the formica covering, which had been glued to a wood base. I was careful not damage the wood. Mostly I used a razor blade and scraper. Wear eye protection because some of the tiny pieces were really flying around.
I chose these small circular white procelain tiles because I don’t have a wet saw and only picked up one of the small procelain tile cutters, which worked great and was only $17 at home depot. I will definitely be using it again :)!
These tiles come in 12 x 12 inch sheet, so the spacing is not an issue. I applied tile adhesive to the wood, then placed the sheets of tile on, which I had pre-cut to fit around the sink. Then I used my tile cuter to make half circles to fill in around the sink and edges. The sides were just as easy, but a little more difficult once it was time to do the grout. In the end, I mixed the grout slightly thicker for the sides. I am using subway tiles for my kitchen back splash, so I thought it was a good way to tie everything together for the edging on the wall. After the grout had cured for a few days, I covered it with polyurethane to protect the rounded grout edges.
22 Comments
Poston Diane L
Why did you remove the Formica? Could you put the tile right on the Formica?
chaosqueen
Hi Diane, you can tile over formica, but the adhesive to glue the tiles down works better on wood. In this case, the formica was so old it had started to peel in a few places and was fairly easy to remove. Where the formica is firmly attached, I would sand/rough up the surface before attaching the tiles. Cheers!
Damion Ehrenfeld
Wish you the best. Sounds cool!
Rhonda
Most awesome makeover. You polyurethanes over the grout? Is there a special kind for grout?
chaosqueen
Hi Rhonda, it was actually a hypoxy. Very easy to do over the grout because it is thinner than polyurethane. Cheers!
chaosqueen
Hi Diane – yes, you could tile over formica but I would scuff / rough up the top edge to add to the grip of the adhesive. If you can get the formica off easy, it is best. Good luck.
Cynthia Parker
I have a bathroom his and hers type vanity that is a marble or “marble like material” that is in two pieces higher for his and obviously lower for me. The actual sinks are inset and part of the two individual marble pieces. The sinks are worn and hideous and when placed by contractor were not level and sit so that water gathers around faucets which have been damaged by the sitting water as well as this fake marble. My cabinets are ok or at least not a big problem to address. What I would like is any idea that would help me address these inset sinks short of removing the entire fake marble top and replacing with similar. I am wide open to any ideas.
chaosqueen
Hi Cynthia – it’s hard to recommend anything without seeing a pic – please send one and I will try to offer up a few ideas…heidikleiber@flawlesschaos.com
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