Finishes available for solid wood kitchen countertops, island tops, and butcherblocks. The type of finish you choose will depend on how you plan to use your kitchen countertop, island top or butcher block.
All wood top finishes by DeVos Custom Woodworking have ingredients that are safe for food contact. However, countertops that are used as cutting surfaces are finished differently from countertops that need to be waterproof, scratch-resistant and heat-resistant. Waterlox® (recommended as a permanent finish not to be used as a cutting surface) Waterlox® is a tung oil-based permanent finish that will stand up to hard daily use. It is ideal for countertops (especially those around sinks and stoves), island tops, bar tops and tabletops. All tops that are treated with Waterlox® receive a minimum of four coats on the visible side of the top and three coats on sides that are not visible, though six coats are typical for tops with cut-outs for sinks or cooktops, or for satin-finish tops.
Waterlox® is an excellent finish. Build Your Own Concrete Countertops Part 2 Part 1. Our appreciation to DECORATIVE-CONCRETE.NET for allowing us to reprint this reader's submission to their site.
Unfortunately, their webiste is no longer available. This article is both instructional and painfully honest presentation by a dedicated do-it-yourselfer and his experiences in making his own concrete countertops. Hope it is as inspiring for you as it was for us! To read Article 1, click HERE. The Whole Messy Process... one person's experience building a concrete countertop Since many have asked, here is how I went about making my countertops. I started with several test pieces about 1' square and an inch thick. The side that faces the poly does come out smooth like glass but I did end up with small air bubbles, the concrete picks up any folds or ripples in the poly, and overall it looked like something that was manufactured instead of man-made. You will need to do a little math and experimentation to make your color work. I looked high and low for concrete sealers to use. Quick n' Easy Granite Countertops.
How Install Corian-Type Solid-Surface Countertops by Mark Johanson for the Handyman Club of America on the Natural Handyman Home Repair and Do It Yourself Website. By Mark Johanson for the Handyman Club of America Note from NH...
Unfortunately, Solid Surface Kits, the company who supplied much of the information and graphics for this article, has gone missing... either totally out of business or nearly so! I've received some negative feedback about them lately, so I have disabled all links to their website to protect the innocent. However, I believe the article does provide much valuable information that isn't readily available elsewhere, so I intend to leave it posted. Click HERE to visit our links to solid surface and countertop supplies.
If you tell an avid handyman that something is not a do-it-yourself project, he or she will likely take it as a challenge, not a prohibition. With the launch of Solid-surface-kits.com, however, a band of enterprising Texans is planning to shake up the kitchen-and-bath industry by offering solid-surface countertops directly to the general public. SolidSurface.com: Sheet Material, Bulk Wholesale, DIY Countertops and Supplies. Extreme How To, DIY - Do it Yourself, Home Improvement, Home Decorating. Construction How-To, Countertops Sonia (For a more up to date article, go here Installation Guide for Solid Surface Countertops) Most solid surface countertop materials can only be installed by installers licensed by the manufacturer or distributor.
One of the main reasons is traditional solid surface countertops are fabricated by building up 1/2-inch-thick materials with underlayment to create the appearance of thicker materials, then cutting and gluing-up a front edge, much in the same manner as a plastic laminate top over a plywood subsurface. Both procedures are labor intensive. Love the look of Corian®, but don’t love the cost? EOS countertop materials, available from EOS distributors, are available in thicker sheets, 2-centimeter (.79-inch) and 3-centimeter (1.20-inch) thick, solid countertop materials. The 3-cm top provides a finished solid surface countertop without any complicated build-up procedures. First Steps Cutting the Top Placing the Sink The next step is the sink.