Creative Countertop Issues That I Can't Find Addressed Anywhere... DIY *smh* 0.o

[ChickAudie]

I will be sure to add lots of pictures, whenever, of course, I get done

 

[hollys chooks]

(here I am, hugging wallpaper, don't judge.)

This gave me the giggles.

You are right about chicken fanciers being awesome, I suspect you are one of them.
Now I'm waiting to see the finished result photos.

 

[ChickAudie]

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Ha! Glad to share smiles

I unfortunately, am not a chicken owner...yet... (fancier for sure

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We have been working on our coop for the past few weekends, slowly but surely, she's a-comin' along. Someone told me it looked like a french chapel, hehe! I am stoked to be able to put a My Coop page up when it's all done!!

The counter-tops are ummm, getting there? I am working on an "end of the year" budget, which basically means, I can't spend anything until further notice....ahhhhhhh, they don't call it work fer nothin'. Fortunately, that will be about all I have left to do in mah office make-over

I will have to share some before and after of the "non-counter" areas :0)

 

[mrwoodboat]

FYI- I used to have a restoration shop that specialized in old mahogany runabouts and sometimes we would be contacted to do bar tops.
You can do the fabric in epoxy- but use the correct epoxy, it needs to be a pour on 1 to 1 resin Here are the steps and you will needs glass mat roller

1- do a tack layer of epoxy on the counter (after it is sanded to a flat finish) and lay you fabric out, working the wrinkles out as you go. This is a messy process so wear gloves.
2- after the fabric is tacked (the resin will begin to grab and get real sticky) do a 1st pour over the fabric to fill the weave (this is where a mat roller will help- a brush will only introduce air bubbles that you will have to heat out)
3- let dry over night, then wash with a green Scotchbrite pad and water
4- After it is dry, do a second pour and let cure for 2-4 days.

If you have any air bubbles in the resin, you can take a hair dryer on high heat and slowly heat the area in a circular motion to help release the bubble (this will only work on bubbles 1-2 mil deep)

Hope this helps

 

[ChickAudie]

FYI- I used to have a restoration shop that specialized in old mahogany runabouts and sometimes we would be contacted to do bar tops.
You can do the fabric in epoxy- but use the correct epoxy, it needs to be a pour on 1 to 1 resin Here are the steps and you will needs glass mat roller

1- do a tack layer of epoxy on the counter (after it is sanded to a flat finish) and lay you fabric out, working the wrinkles out as you go. This is a messy process so wear gloves.
2- after the fabric is tacked (the resin will begin to grab and get real sticky) do a 1st pour over the fabric to fill the weave (this is where a mat roller will help- a brush will only introduce air bubbles that you will have to heat out)
3- let dry over night, then wash with a green Scotchbrite pad and water
4- After it is dry, do a second pour and let cure for 2-4 days.

If you have any air bubbles in the resin, you can take a hair dryer on high heat and slowly heat the area in a circular motion to help release the bubble (this will only work on bubbles 1-2 mil deep)

Hope this helps

Thank you MrWoodBoat! I found this most helpful! I am not there yet, but I am sending some before/after pics of the main office area, 'cause I promised I would!

 

[ChickAudie]

Here is a terrible photo of the front desk area - before






Here is what it looks like after




Here is a terrible photo of our conference before




.....aaaaand, here is after



Again, photos are horribly, terribly, just plain bad

Here is a close up of the artwork I did out of our raw material (plastic pellets)

 

[hollys chooks]

i like what you've done with the place.

 

[ChickAudie]

Thanks! I had a $700 budget and made it in $550, so I am thrilled it was so cheap!!