How To Make Your Own Countertops. Poured concrete countertops are very trendy these days and add a cool industrial feel to a kitchen bathroom or laundry room. If i made a countertop out of those with the rounded edges id be sanding for days or using an obscene amount of wood filler in order to get a flat surface.
5 inches times 5 boards comes out to 25 inch depth for the countertop. All boards are like this 2 x 4s are actually 15 x 35 etc So when we cut them down by 14 inch on each side that equaled 12 inch per board which brought it down to 5 inches per board. This is a very in depth concrete.
You can cut the melamine using a table saw or similar tool.
5 inches times 5 boards comes out to 25 inch depth for the countertop. To prep the countertops for the epoxy I sanded the countertops with the provided sandpaper. The countertops have to be pulled away from the wall when you place the laminate on so just keep that in mind. For the sink opening tape plastic to the underside of the counter to catch the epoxy.
