revitalizing a stainless steel kitchen sink. From the Lazy landlord series

[Steven Maduro]

Hello bigger pockets

I am a newbie in the land lording game
and I tend to do a lot of remodeling and rehabbing on my foreclosures

I always have an eye to make things look really nice. Hoewever, I do not always have the budget,

Recently I bought a beautiful faucet for my Girlfriend I told her to get a plumber to install it because I hate crawling under a nasty sink wrestling with a 50 year old faucet. and connection,

The plumber she hired stated the faucet is brushed nickel and her sink was a shiny cheap type sink and they wouldnt match. But he would install it if she wanted but suggested she buy a new sink to match the look of the faucet.

I dug in my tool shed and found some body shop sand paper
800 grit and 400 grit and 600 grit

on her sink I opted to use the 800 grit and it came out really nice
I kept the sand paper going in the same direction so you could see the brushed look
I sanded the entire sink including the bowls and outside edges
It came out really beautiful

I then did a sink in one of my rentals
this sink had some bad scratches so I chose to use 320 grit sand paper
again making sure I kept my strokes going in the same direction,

the sink looks brand new.

it took approx 10 minutes maybe 15 I am not sure I wasn't timing it

but it was certainly less time then replacing the sink.

Anyway thought I would share. my experience.

[Ben R.]

Nice tip for refinishing a sink. Did you wet sand?..and the faucet as a gift had to have been a lot better than a washing machine...