Today you will add 3 coats of colored concrete to your countertops.
Concrete over existing countertop.
Now we have done several concrete countertops before and have removed the old countertop and poured a whole new one.
Pour some ardex powder into your mixing container and slowly add water until you have the desired consistency see photo below.
Seal covered in the next post.
Because you are only coating your existing countertop you don t need a lot of this product.
Overlay ensures a durable concrete look and feel at a fraction of the cost required for freshly poured concrete slabs.
I spoke to the encore specialist and got an okay to water it down but i also recommend it because ours turned out perfect.
And i must say it has worked out so far.
We only used about half of the 10 lb.
If your measurements were near the 50 sq foot max i recommend adding water to the mixture.
Tile needs a roughened surface to bond with the concrete overlay and heavy duty sandpaper with a.
This was an experiment to pour concrete over the top of existing countertops.
I talk about how we poured a concrete counter top over a pre existing on.
Concrete overlay for countertops is an ultra strong easy to apply concrete layer used to lay over existing laminate formica wood or tile countertops.
There are a couple cracks but all concrete cracks.
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Allow to dry for 12 hours before applying and smoothing out a third and final layer.
Clean and rough up your laminate to create a surface to which concrete can bond.
Apply a second layer of concrete by hand spreading a thick layer over the entire surface of the counters.
Skim on the concrete i applied four layers.
Cure and apply silicone at sink if needed.
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.
Use the tools to spread a thin layer of concrete over the top of your countertop.
Bag for the entire project.
Use a trowel to square off the edges and smooth the top.