atcNick wrote:flboy wrote:I think a good coat of countertop paint to seal and protect. The you can take either 3/4" or 1/2" aluminum channel (depending on plywood thickness) to trim and finish and protect the edges. Following are a few pics of mine in process and finished if it helps. Maybe hard to see, but the edges of the countertop are trimmed with aluminum channel. I used 3/4" plywood for this.
Countertop.jpg
20170514_162623.jpg
20180524_190545.jpg
I really like this. How did you attach the aluminum? Is there a paint called “countertop paint”?
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Yes, there is countertop paint at HomeDepot or Lowes. It is an oil based acrylic paint. Water beads on it. You can see my sink and I get water all over it and no issues after 2 years. Seems very durable as well. It is called Rust-Oleum Countertop Coating and it is tintable to almost any color you want. I think it is meant to go over existing laminates, but I used directly on sanded furniture grade plywood. Use a Zinsser primer or Kilz primer first however and it will be fine.
I used liquid nails to glue the trim on, but it pressed on well to start with. You call also run a self taping screw in on the underside to hold. I did that while the Liquid Nail set up besides the fact I tend to overbuild. :-).
Good luck.
Sent from my SM-G935P using Tapatalk