Putting Concrete Over Laminate Countop

July 27 2015 by bethany 14 comments.

Putting concrete over laminate countop. In this video i will tell you step by step how i used feather finish concrete over my existing laminate countertops to transform my kitchen. I also painted m. Installing the new laminate right over the old made this project go so much faster than having to build all new countertops from scratch. Enter to win a free countertop refinishing system kit here.

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. All opinion are 100 my own. Measure each section of the countertop where you re going to put laminate. You should expect to put effort into this project.

During the course of a recent kitchen remodel i recovered a laminate countertop with newer more brightly colored laminate sheeting with a granite type pattern. Gracing the kitchen in which i grew up laminate seemed to me the workhorse of countertops most homes seemed to have them. I ve been putting off new countertops for years because i didn t want to spend a lot of money. 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.

And it saved some money as well. Hellooo diy concrete countertops. I have also. Transfer the dimensions to your laminate sheets adding an inch all around to each section.

For better or for worse many rentals in my adult life continued my kitchen kinship with laminate. For the back edge of the top piece of laminate and any other part that will butt against a wall don t leave an overhang. Concrete countertops over existing laminate. If installing new sheet laminate over old laminate material first thoroughly sand and clean the old surface.

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. This post is sponsored by encore. We got all sorts of crazy and decided to pour concrete right over the laminate counters in our kitchen. Cut out the pieces using a razor knife.

I m going to share how we did it with you the good and the bad because i want you to be able to learn from our mistakes. Use the tools to spread a thin layer of concrete over the top of your countertop. Diy feather finish concrete countertops three years later.