Sandpaper for your belt sander 3 different grits we used 35 80 and 120.
Countertops from wood flooring.
For this project adam wanted unfinished solid hardwood but we used engineered and prefinished flooring leftover from our floor for the countertop in our laundry room.
How to make a countertop using wood flooring.
2 1 4 inch wide unfinished hardwood floor planks.
120 grit sandpaper for your hand sander.
I m back today to share another tutorial for the recently completed coastal farmhouse laundry.
Food safe butcher block sealer.
How to make a diy wood countertop and how i gave it a tiny bit of aging too.
However we have made a few countertops out of wood flooring instead with great results.
If the ends of your countertop are going to be exposed do the same adjustment for the length.
The unfinished wood was actually a little hard to find adam got some maple from a place called s s wood floors in san antonio.
It s so much easier than you thought.
Hardwood flooring boards are often milled from quality lumber that is more expensive if you buy if by the board foot so it makes sense to put boards.
That was the price of the flooring and we had the rest of the materials on hand but if we didn t the total cost would have still only been about 60.
I used unfinished 3 4 oak wood floor material because it was cheaper than buying regular 3 4 oak from the lumber store.
Staples for your brad gun.
Making a countertop was slightly more work but the total cost was only 11.