Thinset Concrete Over Laminate Countertops

Setting tile on laminate.

Thinset concrete over laminate countertops.

There are a ton of different sealers available on the market. If your counter has curved edges as most do you ll have to grind off the raised bead at the lip with a belt sander and you won t be able to tile the backsplash without cutting off the curved top edge. After i was happy with the final results i sealed it with a concrete sealer. All opinion are 100 my own.

Concrete countertops over existing laminate. You read that correct. We re really happy with how they turned out. Easy diy concrete countertops over existing laminate countertops for a beautiful industrial look in your diy kitchen renovation.

If you are going to be using the countertop for food prep i would recommend a food safe sealer. May 8 2017 at 7 43 pm. We did this to our kitchen countertops which were laminate almost 3 years ago and honestly they have held up. I decided to give these a shot mostly because i didn t have the money yet to go full on with new counters and didn t.

It does kind of feel like you are icing a cake but it also reminded me of using spackle to patch a hole in a wall you use the same type of motion. 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. We concrete d our kitchen s laminate counters. We got all sorts of crazy and decided to pour concrete right over the laminate counters in our kitchen.

It s a lovely 50 s era single level house. Here s a pic of the original counters if you haven t seen it yet check out the how to post for concrete countertops over laminate to install your own counter. A laminate countertop is an acceptable base for ceramic tile but think carefully before you attempt it. Sherry shared this quick peek at our first coat in friday s post and we re back with the final results the details of how we got there and an in action video to hopefully help explain the process.

So we did it. I am thrilled with the way this diy concrete countertops using self leveling cement turned out. This post is sponsored by encore. July 27 2015 by bethany 14 comments.

Diy feather finish concrete countertops three years later. Use the tools to spread a thin layer of concrete over the top of your countertop.