Re: Removing countertops Reply #26 – April 27, 2020, 09:13:21 pm Quote from: Bob and Julie – April 27, 2020, 02:12:39 amBacksplash is finished in the kitchen and bar. Had so much fun with this I've decided to go all out and do the tv cabinet top and dining room table and office. Take a week or two for that to be ready. Beautiful!!! Quote Selected 1 Likes
Re: Removing countertops Reply #28 – April 28, 2020, 10:36:20 pm Looks awesome! I also love the pullout counter extension. Great idea and use of space. If only I had more time to play with toys... Quote Selected 1 Likes
Re: Removing countertops Reply #29 – April 30, 2020, 11:40:06 am Bob,You've been very busy. Good to be busy during this quarantine. It helps us keep our sanity. Great job on all of you work. It all looks great! And I thought my projects were big. 😁 John M. Quote Selected 2 Likes
Re: Removing countertops Reply #30 – April 30, 2020, 12:35:29 pm Great idea Bob, on the extension! Not showing this to DW as that will be the next project to delve into! lol Quote Selected 1 Likes
Re: Removing countertops Reply #31 – May 01, 2020, 12:38:59 am Thanks guys. Glad you liked it. Going with a ying yang theme on the other side. Should have pics by Tuesday. You know, one side white/Blac, other side black/white.... John I'd say that painting the roof is pretty ambitious 👍Joe, I understand. Sometimes it's better to not show them stuff. More work for us. Eric that cutting board should get a lot of use since I don't want to cut on the new countertop. Bob Quote Selected 3 Likes
Re: Removing countertops Reply #32 – May 04, 2020, 10:01:23 pm So I've been busy. Been working on a dining room table / office. This extends from the coffee bar area forward to the TV cabinet. Near the coffee table is a 15-in x 32-in office space. They'll be a under table keyboard for a desktop computer but you can also use my laptop there as well. Then there's a 34x40-in area for a dining. Five people, six if you include the office area can snugly fit. But it'd be more comfortable for four to five people. I wanted it to be a yin yang kind of a thing with the opposite of the kitchen countertop. That one is a white Carrera marble look. Mostly white with black accents. This one as you'll see is mostly black with white veins. I got a little carried away with the veining so there is some other colors in there as well as well as some glitter. This mimics real stone. It's 90% of the look that I was going for. The pictures I'm going to show right now are right after the flood coat, which is the second coat of epoxy. The flood coat is a clear epoxy. The first coat is a colored coat with the additives glitters and mica powders. The flood coat protects the colored coat. In 5 days I will take my sander to it and go from a 220 grit all the way up to a thousand grit with sand and that will hone the surface. Toning the gloss down. With the ultimate look to be like a slate.This epoxying / art is kind of addictive. The more I do it the more I want to do it. I still have to do the lid above the pop-up TV cabinet which will look very similar to this slate table.Bob Quote Selected 4 Likes
Re: Removing countertops Reply #33 – May 04, 2020, 10:07:38 pm The wooden brown thing is from the coffee cup holder next to the co-pilots chair. It broke apart when I took it off and had to epoxy it back together again. I used some walnut dust to glue it together. Then I coated it with epoxy. Sanded that down smooth now applying another coat.Here's a couple more pictures that I wouldn't let me do in the first post. Quote Selected 2 Likes
Re: Removing countertops Reply #34 – May 11, 2020, 02:54:44 am Quote from: Journey, Roam, Explore – April 27, 2020, 02:12:39 amBacksplash is finished in the kitchen and bar. Had so much fun with this I've decided to go all out and do the tv cabinet top and dining room table and office. Take a week or two for that to be ready. Looks great! I'm getting ready for this too. From my basic measurements looks like a 25x22x9 composite sink will fit. Can you send me a link to what you used?...Thanks Quote Selected
Re: Removing countertops Reply #36 – May 13, 2020, 04:28:42 pm Well I got a new stylish paper towel holder.. Guess I'll hold up on showing it off for now.. Darn nice work you did for certain. Quote Selected 2 Likes
Re: Removing countertops Reply #37 – May 13, 2020, 05:18:00 pm I am happy with the counters in my coach, but unhappy with the counters in my 1951 house kitchen. Thanks for the know how as the kitchen here will get your treatment. Quote Selected 2 Likes
Follow-ups Electro hydraulic pump wanted new for 1990 villa, oshkosh v815 chassis Re: Removing countertops Reply #39 – May 14, 2020, 03:19:07 am Quote from: craneman – May 13, 2020, 05:18:00 pmI am happy with the counters in my coach, but unhappy with the counters in my 1951 house kitchen. Thanks for the know how as the kitchen here will get your treatment.Craneman, it's addictive. once you do one or two of them you're going to want to keep doing them. The beauty of the system is that you can do it over anything pretty much. they recommend the MDF and I liked it so I went with that. Creates a lot of dust when you cut it, but once you're finished with that it's not bad. Couple coats of paint and primer a light sanding, route the edges over a little bit, and you're ready for the pour. You makes the epoxy in equal parts, mix it with a drill for 2 minutes, add your color, when you get to play with what kind of design you want. There's lots of ideas on YouTube on how to do it. If you mess it up you have a fairly long working time so you can easily fix it. And if you still messed it up, you can pour another coat on top. It would actually add to the depth of it, and look better because of it. You use three ounces per square foot. And another three for the flood coat. and there's some really talented people that have made it look like almost anything, from Rock, to marble, to Wood, to stone, or polished cement.I'm still working on the top for the TV cabinet, and I have to hone the dining table and then install it. Should be done by early next week hopefully. Of course pictures will follow. Quote Selected 2 Likes
Re: Removing countertops Reply #40 – May 14, 2020, 10:18:44 am That is just OUTSTANDING!! I have watched those guys on You Tube for a couple of years. It surely is cool stuff!! I may do it in my house. LOVE the effects you can get! Super job, indeed! Quote Selected 1 Likes
Re: Removing countertops Reply #41 – May 16, 2020, 11:23:35 pm Thanks Carol! Appreciate that.It's been about 30 minutes honing up to 1,000 grit The desktop / dining top. Looking for a slate like look. Here it is Hope you like it. Wanted to take the shine out of it make it more like slate or soapstone. Quote Selected 3 Likes
Re: Removing countertops Reply #42 – May 30, 2020, 11:19:23 pm Preliminary photos of dining table and tv cabinet. Still waiting on decent hinges for the TV cabinet lid. Not really crazy about how the front came out but it will do for now. At some time in the future I may redesign the whole thing for the TV cabinet. The pull out shelf in the desk I'm still waiting on some ball bearing slides. The first ones I got from Amazon were pretty bad. Quote Selected 3 Likes
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