Comments | gypsymarie: diy project

gypsymarie

diy project

Apr 24, 2009 23:17

for those of you who don't know, my family lives in my parent's guest house. it's a 1000 square foot townhouse. my dad pimped it out with wood floors and crown molding. it looks amazing except the kitchen is still left to do. well, my mom FINALLY just decided to paint the countertops until they can afford the real thing.....

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modernarchetype April 26 2009, 00:11:41 UTC

OMG. I had NO idea you could do that. I am so going to Lowes. I NEED to paint my counter top immediately. What kind of paint did she use?

gypsymarie April 26 2009, 00:31:53 UTC

Don't do it quite yet! We haven't finished doing the 3rd coat and its got kind of a tacky feeling. She is going to use a clear glaze. I will let you know how it all turns out!
The black paint(which looks great!) is krylon brand, acrylic latex enamel gloss. Color is gloss black and the type of paint says "color creations"

modernarchetype May 4 2009, 01:08:19 UTC

So how did the counter turn out?

gypsymarie May 4 2009, 01:12:43 UTC

Still hasn't. Haha. My mom is sloooow!

mieliefish April 26 2009, 17:58:38 UTC

totally stunning :)

gypsymarie April 26 2009, 18:10:36 UTC

thank you!

justme_always April 28 2009, 12:59:15 UTC

That looks great! I'm assuming you guys are going to cover it with some sort of varnish so it won't scratch?! I'm curious to see how this holds up!

gypsymarie April 28 2009, 17:26:24 UTC

yeah, she got some kind of glaze cause EVERYTHING sticks to it. its very "tacky" without anything. now we just have to do the other counters and finish another coat. i'm anxious

justme_always April 28 2009, 17:56:08 UTC

oh geez good luck with that!

I may be able to help with some ideas....Mark used this crazy stuff before to lacquer one of his guitars. He put this amazing picture on it and it worked pretty well. I have seen the stuff used in bars before to put guitar pics and stuff on the tables. hmmm, I don't think I'm making sense.

It's like this stuff you mix together and pour over whatever you want and it makes it like hard as a rock.....HAH! It's not lacquer....it's epoxy (gawd I love google) http://epoxypour.com/default.aspx

gypsymarie April 28 2009, 17:59:13 UTC

Yeah, I think I know what you mean. Like at a bar it looks like there is a foot of clear shit on top of the wood. Is that epoxy?

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