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DIY & Home Improvement

Sylvere

(19 posts) Wed Feb 27, 2019, 08:26 AM Feb 2019

Looking for advice on filling a gap between wall and sink [View all]

My husband and I remodeled our kitchen, and installed a vintage stainless steel sink.

The problem is, the wall isn't straight, so the sink meets the wall at the far right of the backsplash lip, then gradually pulls away to 3/4" at the far left. The cabinets that the sink sits on do the same thing, so it's not really possible to shove the left side closer to close the gap.

Husband wants to caulk it, but the caulking he's done isn't really good.

Any ideas for fillers - preferably paintable so we can match it to the wall paint?

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Looking for advice on filling a gap between wall and sink [View all] Sylvere Feb 2019 OP

I suggest Bondo. Zoonart Feb 2019 #1

That sounds like a good way to go mercuryblues Feb 2019 #9

can you just replace the sink? samnsara Feb 2019 #2

This is the replacement sink. New ones like it cost upwards of $1500, and we wanted used. Sylvere Feb 2019 #4

Look on Amazon or EBay DUgosh Feb 2019 #3

Thank you. Sylvere Feb 2019 #5

Your sink isn't fabulous btw DUgosh Feb 2019 #8

It's pretty much all done, really. That's just something that's been Sylvere Feb 2019 #12

Awesome I followed you DUgosh Feb 2019 #16

Ooh - I like it! Sylvere Mar 2019 #17

We used the "Not So Big House" books as our bible. Sylvere Feb 2019 #14

We're in the midst of a kitchen remodel too, likewise procon Feb 2019 #6

We have uneven log walls Bayard Feb 2019 #7

Great idea, but we're avoiding a backsplash there, because the kitchen window is so low Sylvere Feb 2019 #11

"Floating" the wall with drywall mud is the way to go. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2019 #10

Taking out the cabinets and sink has been nixed by Husband. Sylvere Feb 2019 #13

I'm in the mortgage business and the construction business. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2019 #15

HUGE DIYers, but we don't watch the DIY channel. Sylvere Mar 2019 #18

Did you find a solution to your issue? shanti May 2019 #19