Building a BBQ/Bar in my back yard.

[havasu]

Next time you drive by, give me a "honk" and I will wave back to you!

[Chris]

I will definitly do that be sure to be listening on May 2nd about 7am.

Back to the BBQ here is my daily pic update, they only thing I got accomplished was filling in some more holes, hopefully this weekend will bring some progress.

[Chris]

Tell me if I am crazy but I am thinking of using this wooden bowl as a sink in my BBQ?

[phishfood]

That would be an interesting touch, for sure!

I would be wary of water getting into the wood, though. I don't know that you could get a durable and long term water proof finish onto it.

[havasu]

That is a great looking bowl, but leave it in the kitchen. To use it without ruining it, you would have to apply several coats of resin or other form of waterproofing, and with the flat bottom, the water will just sit ther until you either wipe it out manually, or let it seep into the wood and it would rot in no time.

It is obvious you have talent, so why don't you try building a vessel sink with concrete?

[Chris]

My original plan was a concrete sink but I am not sure if that is what I want. The wooden bowl is not flat in the bottom just not as much a slope. I would give it several coats of the same product I use on my boat and that holds up in much worse conditions so I am still up in the air with the idea. I am going to give it alot of thought today and see if I can make it work otherwise I will go back to plan A of the concrete sink. Thanks for your guys input.

[Chris]

OK I have decided to give the bowl a chance. I went back and forth all day yesterday and decided to drill the hole and recess the flange on the drain just to see if it would work and it drains perfect, not a drop of water left behind. So far I have the hole drilled and flange recessed and three coats of marine varnish satin. Today i will toss a few more coats on and hope for the best. I went down to Habitat for humanity and grabbed some misc faucet parts for the contraption I am putting together I will get some pics of that later but here is a pic of the bowl sink for now, sorry it's blurry I have been taking all these with my phone since it is quicker to get online.

[havasu]

I'll be the first to admit, it looks great! I guess if it does break down, you could always go to plan # 2, right?

[Chris]

Plan 2 is always an option but I think if I take care of this one it will last a long while. I need to pick up one more piece for the faucet set up and then I will get a few pics of that part.

[Chris]

Well I just got through with a bunch of grinding on that counter top here are a couple pics, I think it looks pretty good but it still needs more, I just ran through one of my disc's.