Cob: Looking for a finish/sealant for concrete counter

[Ocean]

Hi Charmaine,

We have finished grinding down the concrete counters at the restaurant, and
are still looking for a good sealant which will be both food grade and
UV-resistant. The counters are outdoors and will experience blowing rain and
sunlight.  Do you have any suggestions?  We thought Varathane might work...

Ocean

Intaba's Kitchen
http://www.intabas.com

Ahimsa Sanctuary
http://www.peacemaking.org

> From: Charmaine R Taylor <tms at northcoast.com>
> Organization: www.dirtcheapbuilder.com
> Reply-To: Charmaine R Taylor <tms at northcoast.com>
> Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2002 13:54:59 -0800
> To: strawbale at crest.org, coblist at deatech.com
> Subject: Cob: low cost concrete-cement countertops (cross posted)
> 
> Here is a new book by Taunton, $30. on making concrete countertops-
> 
> http://www.taunton.com/concrete/pages/sample.asp
> 
> There are sample pages, but you can't actually read the info, gotta buy
> the book- but it may be a good one!
> 
> Making your own counters, table tops, etc is getting more and more
> popular, and the ingredients are cheap- cement- sand-poly fiber or
> peatmoss, etc.   Using the peat moss to make Tufastone ( hyper tufa)
> gives a porous surface, aged and old looking, so for food prep you need
> a smooth sealed
> surface. Contractors charge thousands of  dollars for cement tops, but
> most experimentors with 'crete know it isn't that hard.
> 
> Using a 3/4 inch ply base, with a 1/2" or 1/4" cement backerboard  on
> top as the base for the cement is recommended.
> 
> just a FYI for all...: >
> 
> Ms. Charmaine  Taylor/ Taylor Publishing
> http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com
> http://www.papercrete.com
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