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| John Hill:
Hi Pekka, I think I will be sealing the surface, maybe twice, but leaving it the 'concrete colour'. I am relying on the concrete casters to tell me about the appropriate sealers as they have a lot of experience including concrete in dairy milking sheds and you know the sort of 'chemicals' that abound in those places! Of course if some time in the future I decide the top is getting just too unsightly I will always be able to put a wooden or sheet steel top on it but I doubt it will come to that as this is a home shop, not a serious business operation running 44 hours a week. The rest I will paint with just ordinary house paint, I have a bucket of a nice blue shade! |
| Davo J:
--- Quote from: John Hill on August 11, 2011, 12:25:16 AM ---Hi Dave, I am still undecided about painting the top, I know it cannot last forever. Maybe I can find some nice vinyl floor tiles and stick those on? :scratch: --- End quote --- Thinking of tiles, that might be the perfect idea to put some sort of ceramic wall/floor tiles on the top. They would be hard wearing, easy cleaned and are not very hard to lay. They come in sizes up to 600mm square and a heap of colours. Dave |
| PekkaNF:
--- Quote from: John Hill on August 11, 2011, 03:10:32 AM ---Hi Pekka, I think I will be sealing the surface, maybe twice, but leaving it the 'concrete colour'. I am relying on the concrete casters to tell me about the appropriate sealers as they have a lot of experience including concrete in dairy milking sheds and you know the sort of 'chemicals' that abound in those places! --- End quote --- Very good. That looks very professional establishment and their information will be good. If it can take good wash, accids, disinfectants and general heavy object handling it will do the job. Normal sealers are very often aimed only to prevent the concrete dusting, they will not necessary form very good barrier against oils, water and other chemicals. Many primers are only diluted pva glue or size and they so pretty good work for what they are for, but do little to us without sealers. I must agree with others, your work is really inspiring. Are there holes on the table top for chemical anchors are they metal inserts? Pekka |
| doubleboost:
That wont move much Very well done As far as paint goes it has to be twin pack to be any good I painted my boxford suds tray with floor paint the soluble oil made the paint go soft It did not touch the bed (twin pack) John |
| John Hill:
Dave, I think ceramic tiles would be unsuitable as just a little 'ding' can crack them. They would sure look nice though! Pekka, I will need to pay careful attention to the advice they give me about sealers and painting, but I think I need to let the bench 'sit' for some weeks before doing anything to it. John, thats the reason why I am uncertain about putting anything other than sealer on the top. But I am really still undecided. |
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