Hey everyone!
We are renovating our atelier to be a temporary house while we completely strip and redo the main house for a few years.
One thing I am really struggling with is how to make a large 255cm x 65cm dirty concreate workbench into a kitchen countertop for 2 years or so.
We are based in Belgium, so wood prices are about 2x what they are in the US (250cm x 125cm OSB board is 50€ or so).
The height is already quite high for a countertop (for me and my girlfriend it is perfect) so adding a thick slab of butcher block or something would make it unusable.
I don’t really know what my options are. Maybe a wood veneer? Some sort of cheap-ish tile?
We used some iron-on white to finish the edge of our custom sink cabinet made from some old office cupboards, maybe there are larger ones like that that would work for concrete?
We are trying to stay below 2cm thickness. Idealy 0.5cm or so, but that would be difficult.
If anyone has any ideas to throw out, we would be open to it! It is just temporary, so it doesn’t have to last more than a few years
Thanks!
Edit: I realized I didn’t have any good pictures of the bench itself since it always took a back seat, but here are a few bad ones to give an idea from in the beginning https://imgur.com/a/KgiqHrC
Can you upload a photo so we have an idea?
I realized I never took any great pictures of it since this was lower priority, but here is a few that I have that include the bench to give an idea https://imgur.com/a/KgiqHrC
You get a resolution? I’d buy a cheap wet grinder and some sealant. You can polish it smooth and all chamfer (?) the corners of you so desire. You can also look at putting a fresh coat of concrete on top of its super pitted.