Posted by: "JEFFREY WILLIAMS" livhosaere62@
>I'm sure you meant to say if the replacement drain basket and
strainer was made of plastic then no stainless steel plumbers
putty and not a plastic sink, correct?
Uh, Maybe not quite.
MAYBE inexpensive BATHROOM sinks (I missed some of the original
context, being new here,) are what I will say, in laypersons terms,
PLASTIC/resin. Do not use typical plumbers putty when installing the
sink-drain-"basket." It has mineral oil and clay, and the cut-hole of
plastic sinks is porous. Over time some sinks will discolor and even
crack. ***Even instructions say this.***
Many plumbers and TradesPersons are... "Professionals."
I hate 'em. They know every corner to cut. Sometimes that's great
and appropriate. Violation of manufacturers explicit warnings
is not, they get away with this 98% of the time, so "It's cost
effective for them & the consumer." And so, they don't bother
with instructions. ~"My dad showed me & he did it 40 years.
I've done it for 25. No problems." They never SAW the few
problems, and the next guy didn't [take time tio read and]
know any better, either. So 5% of the customers who think
that sinks last a lifetime or 3, don't get full value as they have
an old discolored or cracked resin sink. ~"Well, it's ugly; but
it's just the workhouse/etc, bathroom..."
>and what should he/she use if they are made
of plastic? Read the instructions if your product is new.
A "kitchen/bathroom" grade silicon is often suggested.
Some come with a suitable rubber washer.
If this is a sink surround, the silicon mentioned is
*usually appropriate.*
Happy NonDeNominational HollyDaze-
& God Bless!
;>)
BillSF9c
"Small minds discuss people,
average minds discuss events,
great minds discuss ideas."
Eleanor Roosevelt,
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