Outdoor Concrete Kitchen Countertop, Start to Finish
Justin Richardson
Art D. built this outdoor kitchen countertop himself, evenings and weekends, over about two months — and had never cast a concrete countertop or used acid stain before either one. It is the most complete start-to-finish sequence in the countertop cluster.
The finished outdoor kitchen countertop — Malayan Buff, English Red and Cola EverStain™.
3-inch metal studs, skinned with 1/4-inch cement backer board
Mix
12 × 80 lb sacks of 5000-plus concrete mix, hand-mixed in a wheelbarrow
Edges
Full bull-nose templates
Finish
Hand-trowelled
Colors
Malayan Buff base, then English Red, topped with Cola
Sealer
Polyurethane countertop sealer
Time
About 2 months of evenings and weekends
Note on results: every photo here is a real Direct Colors customer project. Acid stain is reactive and every countertop mix behaves differently, so test on an offcut or a hidden section before you commit — on a surface this small and this visible, it matters more than anywhere else.
Framing and forming
The cabinetry came first — metal studs skinned with backer board — then the forms, with bull-nose templates for the edges. Everything from here was hand-mixed and hand-trowelled.
Twelve eighty-pound sacks, mixed in a wheelbarrow, poured and trowelled by hand.
Outdoor Kitchen Countertop.Malayan Buff, English Red and Cola Acid Stains Sealed with Single Component Polyurea Countertop Sealer.Outdoor Kitchen Countertop Stain.
Staining and sealing
Malayan Buff as the base coat, English Red over it, Cola last — then a polyurethane countertop sealer. Art ordered an acid stain trial kit first, which is what turned a first-timer into someone who now wants to acid stain everything.
“I had never done a concrete countertop before so I did a lot of research on YouTube, especially when it came to the acid staining, also a first for me. I am hooked!! I had previously ‘painted’ and have done an epoxy-type finish on a garage floor but had never done acid staining. You have created a monster!! Realizing how simple the process is and the beauty of the results, I will now forever do acid staining on my concrete projects.” — Art D.
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EasyTint™ and OxiGrip™ are not compatible when used together directly. For slip resistance, use EasyTint™ as the color layer and apply OxiGrip™ only with a clear solvent based sealer as the topcoat.
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