Zinc Bar Top Diy

I have seen a smaller farmhouse table with a zinc top at my favorite high end furniture store.

Zinc bar top diy.

People have for centuries and if you ve eaten in an oyster bar for example you ve seen a zinc countertop. There are large numbers of choices available for counter top materials if metal is the choice for your counter then zinc is a very good option. As zinc has a living finish it will form a unique patina and pattern of use over time. Zinc counter top corner fold detail tutorial duration.

As a bar top material zinc is low maintenance. It ages to a dull pewter like color that separates zinc from other options like stainless steel. An example of a bar top using our 5 mil rojo aged patina sheets sealed with a flood coat of a two part epoxy resin. Step 2 cut the corners photo by james worrell.

Zinc provides subtle yet a warm character. The table is priced at 2500. Flip the top over metal side down and use a utility knife to score the metal along all four edges for an easier fold. Mar 7 2017 the use of zinc as a countertop material has become a recent trend in the design industry.

Take a zinc lozenge for a cold slather zinc oxide on your baby s rash and what the heck put it on your kitchen countertops. A nice example of a counter top made from 5 mil where the customer created her own patina design and sealed with a two part clear polyurethane. Zinc countertops have been a classic in bars and seafood restaurants and fit perfectly for residential kitchen. Zinc is softer than many materials such as stainless steel marble and granite typically used for tabletops and zinc can easily be damaged by vigorous chopping.

Thanks and please suppor. The diy zinc top table is the first piece of furniture that we have ever built. Daily cleaning can be done with windex or any other non abrasive household cleaners. Zinc is a reactive living material that will show patina and change with age.

I am making 30 x 30 zinc hammered table tops. Use a clean wooden glass or plastic cutting board instead if you have limited space and need to use the table for food preparation. Using zinc for the countertop in kitchen and bar area is getting very popular. We are building the table base with pine boards and we are adding gorgeous chunky farmhouse legs to the table.

Load the caulk gun with heavy duty construction adhesive and glue a thin sheet of zinc to the plywood top. Attach the zinc photo by james worrell. Why zinc countertops and bar top should be the choice for your kitchen and bar. Skip the polish and zinc s silver shine will develop a blue gray patina.