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Repairing a hole in kitchen sink




Is there any way to repair a small hole in a stainless steel kitchen sink? e.g., patch, putty, etc

John Smith
student - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2003


Now that depends on a great deal of criteria that you did not mention. Obviously, you could put a rubber stopper in it. You could also use one of the floppy rubber sink drain stoppers. All of this is pretty ugly. If you had access to the right toys, you could weld a patch into or onto the hole. Again ugly or expensive. Buying a new sink is the cheapest way out for most criteria.

James Watts
- Navarre, Florida
2003



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2003




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