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SKIM COAT COUNTERTOPS WITH CONCRETE INSTALL

Protective Gear – goggles, gloves, and clothes that can get dirty.

Prep Supplies – painter’s tape, drop cloths or plastic tarp, coarse sandpaper (for roughing up the counters).

My supplies are generally listed above in the budget breakdown, but here’s a more specific list with links to sources. Click here to read my full disclosure policy. This post contains some affiliate links for your convenience.

Supplies Needed for DIY Concrete Counters TOTAL COST: with a few days labor and $120 in supplies, I have all new countertops! When you compare that to the cost of new counters, I’m a pretty happy home owner. miscellaneous supplies (most of which I had already from other projects) like a scraper, masking tape, sandpaper, mixing buckets, etc.countertop sealer and wax – $65, in hindsight, I would have only purchased the sealer and not the wax, so you could save some money here.concrete and bonding additive – $35, and I have LOTS of leftover product here, so you could easily do a bathroom vanity or tabletop for no additional cost.Here’s my budget breakdown for this project: Since painting the counters didn’t work for our needs, I needed another budget-friendly countertop option. How much do skim coat concrete counters cost?

My biggest deciding factor here was budget.

SKIM COAT COUNTERTOPS WITH CONCRETE INSTALL

So what I’m getting at here is this: I’m not going to buy and install new counters until I replace the cabinets as well. Painting them has definitely helped, but it’s kind of like putting lipstick on a pig. Our kitchen cupboards are nice, but not great. They just weren’t a great option for our busy family. First things first – I didn’t hate my painted counters.