Cement Countertops Over Laminate

Overlay ensures a durable concrete look and feel at a fraction of the cost required for freshly poured concrete slabs.

Cement countertops over laminate.

You may or may not be aware that you can replicate the look of concrete kitchen countertops with a concrete underlayment called ardex feather finish spread onto existing. I also painted m. All opinion are 100 my own. The concrete forms are made of 3 4 melamine boards.

You read that correct. I got mine from home depot in a 7lb. I m going to share how we did it with you the good and the bad because i want you to be able to learn from our mistakes. Enter to win a free countertop refinishing system kit here for those of you who don t know we bought our first home several months ago.

I suggest only doing 1 cup water and 2 cups of dry cement per batch so that you can spread it all before it dries any more and it tends to harden before you can use it. July 27 2015 by bethany 14 comments. Diy concrete kitchen countertops. Concrete overlay may be customized with concrete dye stain and pigment for rich color and texture at a fraction of.

This post is sponsored by encore. Box for around 17 but you can. In this video i will tell you step by step how i used feather finish concrete over my existing laminate countertops to transform my kitchen. It s a lovely 50 s era single level house.

Concrete overlay for countertops is an ultra strong easy to apply concrete layer used to lay over existing laminate formica wood or tile countertops. Melamine is readily available at home centers and lumber yards has smooth surfaces that don t imprint on the finished concrete and won t de laminate. I have about 25 sq. We got all sorts of crazy and decided to pour concrete right over the laminate counters in our kitchen.

Concrete countertops over existing laminate. The product i used is henry brand feather finish concrete underlayment patch and skimcoat. Concrete countertops are on trend right now for many people even replacing the granite that was the elite countertop material of choice for the last 10 20 years. Cut one piece of melamine the same size as the finished countertop.

Of surface area so i figured it wasn t too large for me to take on.