Concrete counters
Hi all, allow me to preface this with I am by no means a mason. This morning I poured concrete for my counter top and bar top in my outdoor kitchen! All was going well until the bar top. Yesterday while I was forming them I decided to use expanded steel mesh with the openings being about 1” x .5”, evidently this was a mistake as the aggregate wasn’t able to get under the mesh and all got caught on top. So I wasn’t able to get a good smooth finish troweling it. I’m wondering if I can use self leveling concrete to pour over and fill all the voids in it to get a good surface? Either that or I’m going to chip and start the bar top over again. I also had a hairline crack form in the base counter top (dried too fast in Phoenix sun) and I’m wondering if I couldn’t use that self leveling compound to fill that crack before I cut and polish the slab? Also what sealer would you folks with experience recommend? Thank you in advance! submitted by /u/travp14 [link] [comments]
Hi all, allow me to preface this with I am by no means a mason. This morning I poured concrete for my counter top and bar top in my outdoor kitchen! All was going well until the bar top. Yesterday while I was forming them I decided to use expanded steel mesh with the openings being about 1” x .5”, evidently this was a mistake as the aggregate wasn’t able to get under the mesh and all got caught on top. So I wasn’t able to get a good smooth finish troweling it. I’m wondering if I can use self leveling concrete to pour over and fill all the voids in it to get a good surface? Either that or I’m going to chip and start the bar top over again. I also had a hairline crack form in the base counter top (dried too fast in Phoenix sun) and I’m wondering if I couldn’t use that self leveling compound to fill that crack before I cut and polish the slab? Also what sealer would you folks with experience recommend? Thank you in advance!
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