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This job could be done in a day and ready to use the next day but you’d need to start early to allow yourself to get all the coats of varnish on.Ĭlear Coat: 1 day due to drying time of 2 hours in between each of three coats. If you’re doing a larger area you might use a foam roller.

Good quality paint brush or foam brush.

Rust-Oleum Polyurethane Water Based Gloss Finish Heavy Use (This is the best deal by far) Single Quart Normal.

Vinyl Squeegee or something with a very smooth edge to press with.

Granite Contact paper or other Paper of Choice.

One roll “barely” did my small countertop. If you’re using a pattern that you can match you’ll need more.

NOTE: Once companies realized people were using granite contact paper to cover counters they raised the price of that type so its a bit more costly. You would have to do some light sanding to get through the gloss. You cannot easily remove the paper later. But if you have edges of your counter like mine, I’d still suggest gluing them somehow as they will find a way to peel just from leaning against them.įYI This does make it more of a permanent thing. But if you have kids or just don’t want to worry about being extra careful you don’t have to use it. You can just treat your contact paper with great care. Buying it in the two quart package can save you almost $15.

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It’s a bit pricey but we use it for all types of things such as my post on how to build a Large Surface Home Office Desk. The only type I found is linked below and made by Rust-Oleum. It protects the surface and all your hard work. It seals over the seams and edges so water cannot get in. Because it’s water based it doesn’t harm the contact paper. How To Make a Contact Paper Countertop Last However, if you’re really careful in your kitchen, go for it! NOTE: This is best done in bathrooms mainly because you can’t cut or place hot things on it even with our method. You still can’t set extremely hot things on it or cut on it but water and peeling should not be an issue which is the biggest problem in a bathroom. But we found a way to make it more sturdy and long lasting. Those are some pretty big issues considering all the work you go through to put the stuff on. You just have to be careful because it can be nicked with anything sharp or discolored easily. If your countertop has a straight edge as the one shown below, the paper will peel away easily where it meets together when anyone rubs against it. In the bath room no curling irons can touch it. In a kitchen you can’t cut on it or put anything hot on it. It’s easily damaged because, well, it’s paper.

With granite paper you can’t match patterns and they show up more. There’s no way around having seams and even with pattern matching they tend to show. Make sure you check that out too> Magical Dark Sea Bathroom Makeover

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We also did a full makeover on our master bathroom complete with recovering the counter with contact paper. Well, we’re going to show you how to fix almost all of them on one fell swoop! And if your looking for other great inexpensive fix-up ideas check out our Frugal DIY Bedroom Makeover Ideas and our Classy Living Room Ideas on a Budget. Granite contact paper is typically used as it resembles a real granite countertop and while if done well it looks awesome, this comes with a variety of inherent problems. Please read before starting!ĭoing a contact paper countertop makeover has been a popular way to inexpensively cover up an old ugly countertop.

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NOTICE: One year update at the bottom of this post.