Slop sink in the garage, what uses do you have for it?

September 28, 2023, 04:16 PM

selogic

Filling or cleaning the pump up sprayer , washing the pre filter for the ZTR , washing paint brushes and rollers ,cleaning muddy shoes , filling the watering can for the plants on the porch , it just goes on ..

September 28, 2023, 04:19 PM

TMats

We clear now?!?

September 28, 2023, 04:22 PM

bald1

Had one back in the day in upstate NY. Muddy boots and anything else that needed to be cleaned up before entering the house.

September 28, 2023, 04:36 PM

TomV

Tried to get my builder to upgrade mine from the standard plastic tub to a stainless steel. Got the "no one has ever asked for one".

Keep eyeing one at Costco everytime I walk by it.

September 28, 2023, 05:11 PM

Patrick-SP2022

quote:
Originally posted by TomV:
Tried to get my builder to upgrade mine from the standard plastic tub to a stainless steel. Got the "no one has ever asked for one".

Keep eyeing one at Costco everytime I walk by it.

That is the sink we installed last year as a replacement for the builder grade sink.
I see it go on sale fairly regularly.

September 28, 2023, 06:04 PM

1s1k

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Originally posted by snwghst:
I use mine all the time. After yard work, greasy hands, cleaning paint brushes. Just about anything I don’t want to bring inside the house it’s so dirty

Same here. One thing I didn’t think of was putting raw meat on the grill and being able to just clean up outside.

September 28, 2023, 06:09 PM

selogic

quote:
Originally posted by TomV:
Tried to get my builder to upgrade mine from the standard plastic tub to a stainless steel. Got the "no one has ever asked for one".

Keep eyeing one at Costco everytime I walk by it.

What do you mean " Tried to get my builder to upgrade mine . " ? Did he refuse to do it ?

September 28, 2023, 06:55 PM

tatortodd

I wish my house had one.

Like others have mentioned - cleaning paint brushes, cleaning greasy hands (aka not bringing greasy hands in the house), rinsing off boots/shoes, filling sprayers, etc.

Sigforumites have failed to mention - long term storage. Much like an elliptical machine or treadmill, it will attract some long term storage items.

September 28, 2023, 07:08 PM

Rey HRH

Someone else said it: dogs.

Also for washing mops, rags, other stuff.

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September 28, 2023, 07:59 PM

wrightd

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Originally posted by darthfuster:
You’ll grow into it. It’s remarkable how convenient a sink in the garage/shop is. Once I had one I don’t know how I managed without one.

This is the best answer, Df is correct here. If you ever do anything DIY related outdoors or on anything you don't want to work on in your house, you'll be glad to have the sink. I'm a huge diyer and I use it almost daily.

September 28, 2023, 08:26 PM

Prefontaine

They call a bathroom out there a mud room. Come home from hunting, fishing, or changing oil on your car or motorcycle, sink etc is there. Mowing/landscape work, yet another useful tool to have at your disposal. I’d MUCH rather have one in the garage than the laundry room. When I build my Morton, I’m putting a full bath with shower in the garage. Looking forward to it.

By the way, as a garage aficionado (it’s the most important room in the house for me), that’s a fucking kick ass garage there. Love the flooring

September 28, 2023, 11:04 PM

CPD SIG

First- Nice Garage!
Don't worry about all that "whiteness", it will get dirty quick enough.

I wish I had a sink in the garage!
Mine is in the laundry room in the basement. It's used for cleaning almost everything outside of dishes.
Filters, filthy boots, brushes, parts -car, gun, motorcycle, boat et al. Tools, super muddy clothes before they get tossed into the washing machine.

I guess it also depends on how much you work on stuff.

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September 28, 2023, 11:27 PM

YooperSigs

When I was a kid, my old mans garage had a huge double sink made of concrete in it. I would love to have one just like it.

September 29, 2023, 12:13 AM

Skins2881

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Originally posted by frayedends:
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Originally posted by PASig:
The biggest one I can think of is washing paint brushes and gear, you've never had to do that???

Also: cleaning muddy shoes and boots, dumping anything like a mop bucket of dirty water that I wouldn't want to dump down my nice new kitchens sink, etc

I do my own painting. Always cleaned up in kitchen sinks. But yeah, makes sense.

I guess having never had one I just didn't think of all the good uses for one.

My friend/idiot painter used my brand new kitchen sink to clean his brushes today. Sink was easy enough to clean up the paint, but the black rubber thingy for the garbage disposal was a major pain in the ass to get the paint off of. I wanted to strangle him when I got home at 9:30 after a 12hr day and had to clean up after him. He knows I own both a slop sink and a garden hose but still chose my kitchen sink, fuck. Make your wife happy, fully utilize the slop sink and don't use the kitchen sink for anything other than dishes.

September 29, 2023, 12:21 AM

bubbatime

I have that same "slop" sink in my laundry and I have never used that sink once in 5 years.

September 29, 2023, 04:17 AM

selogic

We had a sink in the laundry room and never used it . After the flood we remodeled and moved the sink location to the garage . Now I use it all the time .

September 29, 2023, 04:19 AM

selogic

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Originally posted by Skins2881:
quote:
Originally posted by frayedends:
quote:
Originally posted by PASig:
The biggest one I can think of is washing paint brushes and gear, you've never had to do that???

Also: cleaning muddy shoes and boots, dumping anything like a mop bucket of dirty water that I wouldn't want to dump down my nice new kitchens sink, etc

I do my own painting. Always cleaned up in kitchen sinks. But yeah, makes sense.

I guess having never had one I just didn't think of all the good uses for one.

My friend/idiot painter used my brand new kitchen sink to clean his brushes today. Sink was easy enough to clean up the paint, but the black rubber thingy for the garbage disposal was a major pain in the ass to get the paint off of. I wanted to strangle him when I got home at 9:30 after a 12hr day and had to clean up after him. He knows I own both a slop sink and a garden hose but still chose my kitchen sink, fuck. Make your wife happy, fully utilize the slop sink and don't use the kitchen sink for anything other than dishes.

You know that black rubbery thing takes about 10 seconds to replace . Easier than trying to clean it . My wife replaced ours because she said it was grungy .

September 29, 2023, 04:44 AM

frayedends

I'm glad it's in the garage. Seems I'll get a lot of use out of it there. Some houses they are in the laundry (depends on layout). The laundry is usually right off the garage also, so probably not a big deal. But definitely better in the garage. I'll make a mess out of this one and then replace with stainless.