Original and stylish kitchen - the dream of every mistress. An integral part of the kitchen interior is a tabletop. There are many varieties of this essential kitchen attribute. Our article we will talk about how to make a tabletop from Polymerbeton.

The advantages of polymerbeton

Many will see the question: why exactly Polymerbeton? The answer is obvious. The coating made from this material is characterized by:

• exceptional stiffness and strength (polymerbeton is difficult to damage);
• resistant to the effects of the chemical environment;
• the use of any methods of care (household chemicals, scraper or abrasive means);
• the possibility of dismantling work.

If necessary, in the kitchen countertop, you can drill a hole anywhere and without the use of a special tool. The main "plus" of polymerbeton is its independent manufacture at home.

Tabletop from polymerbeton with his own hands. Preparatory stage

Regardless of whether you will be made with your own hands a tabletop for a bath or kitchen, you should conduct a preparatory stage.

It is immediately necessary to determine the size of the new table and make the appropriate drawings. And it should be noted that the design being created will have a solid weight. For this reason, you need to divide the countertop into several parts. This procedure will facilitate the process of filling concrete and will save the table from the appearance of cracks during operation.

It is also recommended to strengthen the support elements. From the boards made from the solid wood, the carcass is made of the cabinet and the places where the parts of the countertop are connected.

In such a process, how to install a countertop with your own hands, will additionally need the following materials (except solid wood boards):

• plywood;
• bar (5 * 5 cm);
• plastic sheets with a thickness of over 18 mm;
• concrete solution;
• acrylic resin polymer plasticizer;
• reinforcement grid that has small cells;
• silicone sealant;
• olife (can be replaced with machine oil);
• dye;
• polyethylene film;
• selfless.

It will also be necessary to get such tools:

• bulgarian equipped with an abrasive circle;
• screwdriver;
• hacksaw;
• spatula;
• construction level.

Video on how to install a countertop with your own hands:

Manufacture of Polymerball Countertops

The quality of this work depends on the correct creation of forms to fill the polymer concrete. As a base, you can use plastic sheets.

The process of creating countertops for the kitchen itself consists of these steps:

• installation of sides of timber on plastic sheets (the height of the side does not exceed 6 cm);
• sealing sealants of all joints and seams;
• fastening the reinforcement grid at a distance of 3 cm from the bottom (plastic sheet);
• preparation of concrete mix with the addition of dye;
• lubrication of the surface covered with oil;
• concrete Pouring in Molds Molded;
• checking the correctness of the horizontal position of the countertop construction level;
• the shelter of the surface of the plastic (the sheet is pre-lubricated with oil) and the polyethylene film;
• removing the film and formwork elements (10-12 days after the fill).
• after the week, the table is subjected to finishing finish.

When cooking concrete, a polymer plasticizer is added to it (3 hours cement, 2 hours of river sand, 1 hour plasticizer). The dye is also poured into the dry mixture. Water is poured after stirring all components. If you need to get divorces (so that the table is similar to granite or other natural stone), the addition of the dye occurs in the already cooked solution.

When the tabletop is done with their own hands, then the free space is protected and amplified by additional partitions from the boards. If the shape of the side surface of the table must be rounded, then the silicone inserts can be used (they are usually installed at the corners of the table top and are removed after graspting concrete).

Grinding and polishing countertops from polymerbetone

After installing the countertop, its grinding is carried out with their own hands. Only the implementation of this procedure will make the surface as attractive and similar to natural stone.

For grinding countertops used Bulgarian and grinding discs that have different abrasives. You should first take advantage of a coarse disk, with which the surface is aligned and concrete pores are opened.

After that, with their own hands, with your own hands alternately, with disks with abrasiveness 50 and 100. For polishing, several discs with abrasiveness are not less than 400. Each subsequent disk must have a higher figure.

Polishing is completed when the tabletop is purchased by a smooth and shiny surface, which will be similar to marble, granite or other natural stone.

Video about creating table tops from polymer concrete with their own hands: