In reply to Suzy.

Suzy, yes, steel wool. Both sinks looked like they were not really scrubbed for a long time. My sink took me about 6 steel wool scrubbies and an hour and a half of hard labor. Tedd and I both decided that a) it will be easier to clean next time now that we have scrubbed them down to the metal, b) that whoever has paste week duties should scrub both sinks at the end of the week, and c) whoever gets sink duty shouldn't get it twice in a row.

I think once we get hot water in the lab it will be easier to keep the glue and paste clear of the sinks, too. It's a long story, but in this round of construction we are due to have point of use water heaters installed. I really hope that happens!