Today's DIY video is about protecting your countertops from your
cutting board. After refinishing my kitchen islands last week, I asked husband,
Stanley, to place these, Yueton
Anti-slip Rubber Hardwood Floor Protectors on my cutting boards.
The video states how they work very
well.
What I Began With And Used To Transform My Kitchen
Islands
First of all, let me state that this is not my first
DIY project. I have been doing sanding and refinishing projects off and on for
some 40 years. However, it is my most ambitious DIY project in that it contains so many items
and consumes a lot of time. in addition,
there is a lot of great DIY channels of You Tube. As promised here is the list
of items I used to transform my kitchen island from their before pictures to
their present beautiful state.
Olympic
Assure Black Flat Latex Interior Paint and Primer In One Paint (Actual Net
Contents: 128-fl oz) - had satin
gloss added for slight sheen
Minwax 2
qt. PolyShades American Chestnut Gloss Stain and Polyurethane in 1-Step (correction: I used the Pecan Gloss, and not the Chestnut Gloss which is the dark stain.)
Jasco Easy
Liquid Sander Deglosser
Jasco Paint
Thinner
Jasco Odorless Mineral Spirits
Project
Source Natural Bristle Flat Sash Paint Brush 2- inch
Liberty
2-1/2 or 3 in. (64 or 76mm) Copper Kettle Dual Mount Cup Pulls
Amerock
Colonnade 1-1/2 in. Antique Copper Cabinet Knobs
TOOL
Black &
Decker BDEMS600 Mouse Detail Sander
Black &
Decker BDAMX Mouse Sandpaper
·50
Grit
·80
Grit
·120
Grit
·180
Grit
1medium Philip Screw Driver
1mini Phillip
Screw Driver
Paint And
Varnish Mixing Sticks
Cardboard
Boxes - Completely Spread Out On Floor
Lots Of
Free Time And Patience
I used the deglosser as a
pre-sander to reduce the amount of finish on the islands. After following the
direction on the bottle, I then waited 24-hours and then used my mouse Sander.
The courser sand paper was used to remove the PolyShades on one of the
islandsafter I got messy on it, which
means never work after you are exhausted. Quit and relax for a day or two.
This is a brief update. Yesterday, I was clumsy in
applying the stain finish on the third countertop, and it showed badly. So
today, I sanded it all off and started again. The results is the three
beautifully chestnut glossy stained countertops (photo). Once these are
dry I will move on to painting.
Video: How to cover up unwanted holes using wood putty.
Today, I have been working on a project that has
delighted me and tested my artistic strengths andpatience. Below are a few pictures and two of
the three videos showing my progress in transforming my three kitchen islands
from their former color scheme into a unified trio of black, chestnut, and
copper.
The black island, which I recently purchased, came
with a natural wood countertop. I love it because of its two wide shelves that
lets me store away large items. The middle island, I got last year, came in all
natural wood, and the third island with the four drawers in front, also, came
in natural wood, and I have had it for five years. As a trio they have enough storage space for everything
I use the most for cooking on any given day. However, I wanted them all the
same in color and decor. So here I am, making my idea kitchen island trio a
reality.
I will post the third and final video below after
the completion of my project. I will also list the products I am using to make
this transformation workable. I used my cell phone to record these videos, so the quality isn't as the islands really look, but you get the idea.
