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How do you do a cement counter top.?
I have a art studio that I am creating from the gound up. I don't have much money I need to do most every thing myself. A friend who was redecorating her kitchen gave me her cabnets that she took out the problem is the counter tops are in real bad shape. I would love to do a cement counter top as they will take a lot of abuse from all my projects.
Answer:
Its a tough on if you're gonna do it yourself. But before you start, you'd need to realise that the countertop will probably have to rest on those cabinets since they're already fabricated. Normally, you'd do the countertop first, then measure, fabricate, and put in the cabinets after. I've recently answered a somewhat similar question and you can take a look at my answer: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ArZf0W3GmnQe6o91WnJSH0bsy6IX?qid=20070501121547AAyChPi&show=7#profile-info-75354f898ff7737b3aacdf85ed7acf69aa
To start, I'd suggest placing the cabinets where you want to, then working from there. Have them against the wall, then get 1" x 3" wood and nail that against the edges of the existing countertop (don't drive the nails all the way in, easier to remove later). That will give it a perimeter from which you can pour your concrete. If the existing countertop's surface is smooth, you'd need to rough it up a bit. You can nail some 1" nails all over the surface spaced out about every 6" or so, then put in rebar (an iron mesh thingie) and use wire to tie the rebar to those nails. That should be sufficient for the concrete to grip the existing surface.
You'd then need to mix and pour in the concrete (3 parts sand, 1 part cement). Don't pour too much, you'd want only about 1" of thickness at the very most since your existing countertop and this new concrete counter will make it 2"+ in total. Smooth it out and let set for a few days. Once set, remove the perimeter. Make some cement with lime (5 parts lime, 1 part cement) and smooth out the surface. After, you can paint with an epoxy paint with whatever design you want. Alternatively, you could disregard smoothing the countertop and put tiles instead. But that will raise your countertop height even more.
An alternative is to just replace the countertop with a wooden one. They come in 12' lengths and you'd need to get the trims for the inner edges as well. That is much easier to do and can be finished in half a day. Cost of that will probably be in the range of a few hundred bucks USD. Just rent a jig saw for the day so you don't end up getting a stiff back from all the sawing that needs be done.
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