Antique Sink with Legs Restored

Antique sink restoration, including legs

We are called upon to restore quite a few antique sinks. On some it’s a case of handling the staining and crazing which has built up over many, many decades of use. On others we have to repair cracks or even, on occasion, put together sinks which have been smashed.

The sink below was one in which it was just a case of handling the crazing and staining. This is quite typical of sinks this age.

This sink was in the Lewisham area of London. It had the original legs. They also required restoring along with the rest of the sink.

Here is the sink prior to restoring it:

Antique basin before resurfacing

Here is a further away shot showing the legs of the sink which are original:

Lovely antique basin with legs

On sinks like this it is worth noting that they all tend to be a very off-white colour. They usually almost have a yellow tint to them. And quite often they have a logo stamped on them which is very much part of the character and attraction of these antiques.

We can restore them with a brilliant white finish or we can match the existing colour and restore them to that colour. And, if we have matched the existing colour of the sink, we can retain the logo too if this is desired by the client.

On the sink above, the customer was really only concerned with the crazing and discolouration and wanted a sink which looked bright and fresh. So the basic white was used in the restoration.

Here is the sink after it’s restoration: