Thinset Concrete Over Laminate Countertops

Concrete countertops are on trend right now for many people even replacing the granite that was the elite countertop material of choice for the last 10 20 y.

Thinset concrete over laminate countertops.

We concrete d our kitchen s laminate counters. Setting tile on laminate. 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.

There are a ton of different sealers available on the market. Victoria i would take the tile off and sand down the thinset that is under the tiles so that it s not such a rough surface and will adhere better. Use the tools to spread a thin layer of concrete over the top of your countertop. So we did it.

We got all sorts of crazy and decided to pour concrete right over the laminate counters in our kitchen. We re really happy with how they turned out. 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. A laminate countertop is an acceptable base for ceramic tile but think carefully before you attempt it.

July 27 2015 by bethany 14 comments. After i was happy with the final results i sealed it with a concrete sealer. 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. 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.

We did this to our kitchen countertops which were laminate almost 3 years ago and honestly they have held up. 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. 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.

It s a lovely 50 s era single level house. Concrete countertops over existing laminate. Diy feather finish concrete countertops three years later. This post is sponsored by encore.

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. All opinion are 100 my own.