NOTICE: One year update at the bottom of this post. Please check out prior to starting!

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PROBLEMS WITH A CONTACT PAPER COUNTER TOP.

1. Joints. There’s no way around having joints and even with pattern matching they tend to reveal. With granite paper you can’t match patterns and they appear more. Accept it.
2. Water can get under the seams.If it does, they will start to peel up.
3. It’s easily damaged because, well, it’s paper.In a cooking area you can’t cut on it or put anything hot on it. In the bath space no curling irons can touch it.
4. Edges peel up.If your counter top has a straight edge as the one revealed listed below, the paper will peel away quickly where it satisfies together when anybody rubs against it.
5. Be cautious.Since it can be nicked with anything sharp or discolored quickly, you just have to be cautious.

Those are some quite huge issues considering all the work you go through to put the things on. And it does take an excellent bit of work. But we found a method to make it more durable and long lasting. You still can’t set extremely hot things on it or cut on it but water and peeling need to not be a problem which is the biggest problem in a restroom.

NOTE.: This is best done in bathrooms mainly because you can’t cut or place hot things on it even with our method. However, if you’re really careful in your kitchen, go for it!

How To Make a Contact Paper Countertop Last.

Water Based Polyurethane Gloss End Up..Because it’s water based it does not hurt the contact paper. It seals over the edges and seams so water can not get in. It protects the surface area and all your effort. The only type I found is linked below and made by Rust-Oleum. A little goes a long method. It’s a bit costly however we use it for all types of things such as my post on how to build a. Large Surface area Office Desk . Purchasing it in the two quart plan can conserve you almost $15..This is of course optional.You can just treat your contact paper with fantastic care. However if you have kids or just do not wish to fret about being additional cautious you do not need to use it. If you have edges of your counter like mine, I ‘d still suggest gluing them in some way as they will discover a method to peel simply from leaning against them.

FYI This does make it more of a long-term thing. You can not easily eliminate the paper later on. You would have to do some light sanding to make it through the gloss.

Contact Paper Countertop Supplies.

KEEP IN MIND: Once business recognized individuals were using granite contact paper to cover counters they raised the price of that type so its a bit more pricey. One roll barely did my little countertop.

Amount of time.

This task might be performed in a day and all set to utilize the next day however you ‘d need to begin early.to enable yourself to get all the coats of varnish on.

For How Long It Took Me.
( I’ve never ever done this previously.).

Covering little bathroom vanity2 Hours
Clear Coat1 day due to drying time of 2 hours in between each of 3 coats.

Download Reminders.

Ought to you choose to not utilize clear varnish grab among our complimentary pointers to print and/or frame and set on your counter top! Pictures of them printed up are at the bottom of post. Different sizes!

Directions.

1. Scrub and clean your countertop thoroughly and wipe with a tidy dry cloth. You want to make sure there is nothing left on it to make the contact paper not stick to the surface.
2. Having somebody to help makes it go much faster and makes the paper simpler to deal with.
3. This project takes persistence if you hurry it up you’ll mess up.

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This is what our restroom appeared like prior to we repainted our walls. Your house needs to have been a rental since eventually they had actually painted over wall paper. True however unfortunate. For the moment we were searching for a quick repair up so we did a little sanding and hole filling and added a new coat of paint. Ultimately we’ll renovate the entire bathroom the best way and also replace the vanity however for now we were searching for a quick economical facelift.

It appeared that some past owner had actually likewise painted the counter top. It wasn’t too bad of a task, however, they went over whatever including the part of the back splash that was metal.

I disputed what to do and lastly chose I would paint the metal parts metallic silver.

I chose Martha Stewart’s metallic silver as it’s close to the genuine thing.

I masked off whatever with painters tape

I most likely didn’t need to do the within parts as those would be painted over anyway however I was extensive

I painted two layers of silver paint on all the trim parts, enabling it to dry in between coats

It looked quite a bit much better in my viewpoint

Now it was time to start on the counter leading itself. I grabbed my roll of granite contact paper

There will be some measuring included on parts however for the bigger areas you simply begin and unroll. Once again, your surface must be cleaned up free and clean of any soaps and so on so that the paper sticks well

The technique is to ensure you have no bubbles which it’s even as you lay it out. Utilize a credit card or something similar to help smooth it down as you go

When you pertain to the sink you will carefully press up to it and down into the location around it. Since our sink was curves as lots of are we were just able to presume and then required to begin cutting small slits that permitted us to press the paper better to the sink. Cut a big hole out for the sink, making sure to offer you lots of paper to work with on all sides

Notification how I cut the paper and moved on. At some point you may run out of paper and have to make a joint

I ‘d go back and do the information work around the rest of my sink as soon as I had my paper laid longways across my counter. I make small slits with my X-acto knife, part method down and NOT TOO FAR, just enough to enable me to push the paper around the edge of the sink and curve it around as revealed

Once again, you desire no bubbles. This may require some lifting and re-positioning. It takes patience and time. Go slow..

You want your paper tucked securely next to your sink

More slicing down to enable the curve. Again, do not decrease too far

Trimming off extra

Moving onto the other side

The front edge

The paper was not deep sufficient to go to the back which is where I believed I would rather have my seam as apposed to having a seam vertically down my sink. I chose this would show much less

I cut a piece of paper a bit bigger than the location and moved it around to figure out where the pattern was the finest. Remember you can’t match granite precisely

I then put it in location and rubbed it down

My piece was going to require a joint at some time. I chose right behind the element was ideal

After it was in location I carefully trimmed it with my knife

I cut the pieces for the backsplash and included and cut those, seaming if needed

I was now prepared to trim around the sink. I cut a bit high to begin

Then I went back and trimmed it where I desired it. You’ll observe my sink has a brown area where it was caulked years back. I plan on re-calking around it, so that’s fine

I purchased a tube of waterproof DAP acrylic latex silicon caulk

I ejected a bead around my sink Since it is water based I damp my finger..

slightly

I smoothed it out. Do not use excessive water or it thins it out too much

If you screw up, you can quickly wipe it off with a damp rag and add more

Make certain to rub out any extra with a damp paper towel

I now have a better edge to my sink I now need to cut the pieces to go on the edge of my counter

I cut them larger and included them on..

Corners like this are tricky and these locations problematic if the contact paper is not sealed with something as they tend to come up if leaned versus

I then trimmed the sides

More cutting

As an added safety measure, I dabbed some clear glue under the corners

Now comes the part that makes your brand-new countertop last. The clear finish

I included a light coat of this all over on my counter where I positioned the paper

Make certain its brushed on evenly. Let it dry 2 hours or until its not ugly. I then included another coat, it dry as previously and included another. Once the last coat is on, let it cure 24 hours and its set!

You now have a gorgeous brand-new counter top that will last a great long while

Here are some close ups to show the information

The joints are obvious but due to the fact that of how the human eye works, many people won’t see them unless you point them out! See the. One Year Update

at the bottom for an issue with the joints separating and perhaps solutions

You can pick to utilize this humorous poem to set on your counter or tape to your mirror if you don’t use the clear finishing. Or even with it!

Here’s an update!

It’s been a year because I covered my counter top and I desired to provide an update. The only issue is that my one seam, which I placed at the back where it would reveal less, has separated a small bit on most of it and in one small section it’s lifted a little. I’m not sure why this took place however I’m going to suggest that where you have any joints you may require to use some sort of glue and paint a strip down where the joints will fulfill … before you lay down the paper The joints will show more or less depending on your contact paper style, but the lifting and separating makes them show even worse … and dirt gets in them due to the fact that there is no finishing over where it separated. I’m going to ask on some online forums about that.

It does not look too bad from a range

Another area. You can see on the right that it’s separated a bit

This is the even worse spot and is CLOSE UP which of course makes it reveal up much more. I wanted you to see it. Possibly I didn’t press or coat it all right on the joint

As you can see, overall it’s still beautiful and I’m extremely delighted with it.