[TheForge] Brushed Finished Stainless Steel

[debmiller at fuse.net]

Bill,
To boil it down, I am making a ss counter top with a decorative base for a flagstone deck. In the counter top there will be a sink.

I priced the #4 finish sheet goods, and then visited a restaurant supply warehouse. I was able to buy a 2ft x 4ft prep table with a bottom shelf in a box with a #4 finish SS table top for less than I could buy the sheet metal!!

So now I am making a cutout in the table top for the sinkand will be attaching it to the table top. My decision is:
do I weld the two together? silver solder? or silver chaulking once the base is installed on the deck?

I hate it when I give myself too many options.....

Ray
Cincinnati
> 
> From: "Woolley" <wjec at verizon.net>
> Date: 2005/03/24 Thu PM 04:14:12 EST
> To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Brushed Finished Stainless Steel
> 
> Ray,
> 
> What is it exactly that you are making?  What are the material dimensions?
> When I have had stainless jobs that required matching commercial finishes I
> went strait to the source to find out how they produce their finishes.
> There is a maker of restaurant equipment in the immediate area that I use
> for some fabrication, some finishing work and for advise.  They have been
> immensely helpful. After I used them for a couple jobs they let me walk
> right into their finishing dept and ask their guys anything I wanted.  I ask
> the first two questions to get an idea what I would use.  Scotch brite in
> it's various forms and weights is usually a final step.  Do you have a
> stainless supplier that sells sections in a #4 finish?  Most clients that
> want brushed stainless are usually satisfied with that.
> 
> Regards,
> Bill Woolley
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <debmiller at fuse.net>
> To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:51 PM
> Subject: [TheForge] Brushed Finished Stainless Steel
> 
> 
> > Hey People,
> >
> > I have a new project where I actually have to try to match a commercial
> brushed stainless steel finish. Something like a B4, I believe.
> >
> > With everything I've done before I have just used scotchbrite drum
> finishing. Now I am integrating a commercial sink into a cool stainless bar
> stand for a deck area, so I have to kind of match it
> >
> > Any tips? Scotchbrite? Sandpaper? Outside vendor???
> >
> > Ray
> >
> > Cincinnati
> >
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