DIY Wooden Counter Top
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- Опубліковано 16 лип 2020
- In this weeks video I made wooden Countertops. This project was something my wife and I wanted to do for a long time. It took a lot of planing and took about 2 weeks to fully complete. The video is about the countertops but not a video on my kitchen remodel. Sit back and enjoy the video.
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FYI: We did a similar installation in our kitchen TWICE. The first time we did not seal the under portion of the countertop. This was evident quickly with just a few uses of the dishwasher. The countertop started to bow drastically. I remade the second countertop but I did epoxy the entire thing to seal it up on all sides so no warping.
what caused it to bow? Will this guy's benchtop will likely to face the same issue?
@@cubitme moisture/heat from the dishwasher?
Thanks for the helpful advice! I would have never considered the issue with moister from the dishwasher. So, thanks!
@@cubitme all the steam that comes out of a dishwasher
What silicone glue do you use to glue on the counter tops besides screwing them underneath??
Some tips on ways to improve this for anyone who might read : 1) edge joint each board with a "spring joint" - google it for explanation, it ensures the ends don't separate and stay tight, which is a common problem with multi-board tops as the ends dry out faster (shrink) than the middle, a "spring joint" stops this. 2) the cupping he mentions was because he only "clamped" the boards on one side, this meant the side with the clamps was in compression more than the other - to keep it flat you need alternating clamps on BOTH SIDES, with equal pressure applied. 3) I would personally have added splines in between the board joints, this increases the surface area for glue, and keeps the faces aligned with each other while clamping (and allows other forms of clamping like using rope and a stick to wind it tight if you don't have wide clamps) - you can add other forms of alignment helpers using biscuits or dominoes, but they require more tools, whereas a spline is simply a slot cut in the edge of the two glue faces (to create a channel) and can be done on each board using a tablesaw - the spline is best made from thin sheet ply .
Those techniques will give a novice a better chance at a good result without having to resort to remedial work like planing down the entire top.
Important info! Thank you!
I did a similar counter top and it looked great, but I found that the polyurethane coating I used got water spots real easily, especially if the liquid was hot, like it might be in the kitchen. Maybe if I'd put more coats on it. I also had to do a lot of planing and sanding to get it nice and flat and smooth, so your tips for that will help when I do it again pretty soon. I was thinking of using an epoxy coating because of that water spot problem.
Those are some great points that I’m going to use when I do mine this week. Thank you!
Also, the epoxy touch-up should go before the poly, and since it's gonna be wet most of the time, and oil-based poly is a much better choice of finish
This is well explained and beautifully done! I lost my dad not to long ago and we were going to try and do something like this together, with him gone I was scared to try it myself but after seeing your video I feel like I could do it! total confidence boost. Thank you!
Wow! I’m sorry for your loss. I’m glad I could be an inspiration
I really hope you give this a shot, Briana. I'm sure your dad will be looking on very proudly at all you achieve x
Your dad is going to be extremely proud of you.
Best luck on your project.
I hope you got a chance to do the project! Alot of times it is not nearly as bad, as one may think. You got that
Absolutely gorgeous! Love it and want to do this when we redo the kitchen.
Looks absolutely amazing ❤
I am loving that countertop! Wow! I am in the process of redoing my kitchen cabinets and tops. I was very impressed with the kitchen overall. Now I have a lot of ideas! Thank you for the awesome video!
Really nice job. I was surprised how well it turned out with simple constuction lumber. Your family must be proud! :)
Beautiful!! Buying my first home this year, will deffinitly be swapping the counters for this look. Stunning colour! 👌
Loved the simplicity of this project. I was going to have granite installed. But not now your counter top looked fantastic.
Great work. True craftsmanship. Loved how you show people how to kept an budget, while making beautiful work.
CONGRATULATIONS, beautiful countertop and kitchen update!!!
I really love your work.One can tell you enjoy it that's why your projects !ook awesome.Lucky wife!
Your kitchen is a place of beauty!
Hello. I just wanted to say that I enjoyed how you explained how you put together a brand new countertop in butcher block style. Your kitchen looks beautifully put together. You are an inspiration.
I love this idea!! This will be one of our first projects this year.
My husband always says, you can never have to many clamps. Love those double windows by the counters. Beautiful
Wonderful craftsmanship. When you explain you explain at a level of DIY. Thank you
Really nice, Chris! 😃
Beautiful job. My husband and I wanna do the same thing. Thank you for the epoxy bit, I've been looking for something to fill my wooden knots with.
We just did pine counter top in our bathroom and we used marine top coat.Years ago I also used it in a bathroom and the marine finish and no problems.
That counter top looks spectacular!
Thanks. I tried
This was a great build, and I appreciate this guy motivating me to try it myself, but I ALSO thank those of your for your helpful tips and advice to avoid possible mistakes. I would have never considered the moister issue from the dishwasher. So, thanks!
You did a spectacular job! It is beautiful. Now I know how to do one for my kitchen. Thanks.
I just love, love, love it. Great job!
Nice counter top ive been rebuilding kitchen cavinets fo 20 + years i like the idea looks good
Wow, this came out beautiful! You inspire me to make my own countertop. Love that you wrote "for my wife" on the wood btw, haha.
Your countertop and kitchen are absolutely beautiful!
Awesome! Looks great-thanks for sharing the process.
mannnn that is the best looking ct i have ever seen super fine job god bless u and family please stay safe
Man that looks amazing!! Great job!!!
Thank you for the simple video! Your kitchen looks great!
You did a great job! Wow I cannot wait until my husband and I do the same.. thanks for sharing.
I'm excited! I'm using our 200+year old threshing floor for countertops ❣️. Glad for ur vid, so I can "see" the outcome 😍
I'd love to see them!
I'm definitely saving this video for when I'm done my list of other projects!!! being a new home owner is fun!!!!
Go for it!
Absolutely beautiful!
Wow man! I was looking at doing this myself. I think you just made up my mind.
My son, 4 yrs ago came across a bucket of 100 plus yr old planers, some 2ft long. He is a self taught wood worker. he went online, learned how to restore, sharpen, care for such tools. I couldnt believe how nice old fashion 2 ft plane can smooth up wood...like glass.
Some had 1850 NY Foundry on them. He has "step planer" for cutting step grooves god drawers. He demonstrated how fast one can build a drawer w hand tools.
Two videos I needed to see on the first day I found your channel. Subscribed. 👍
Great job! My husband will love this video.
Your video is so helpful! The countertops look great and thanks for sharing that painter's tape trick.
Thank you so much for sharing this. My husband and I are remodeling our kitchen and wanted Bucher block countertops. They turned out beautiful. You did an amazing job.
Hello. I’m remodeling my kitchen and am thinking in buying a bucher block countertop. But we can’t find a color that we like. Can it be stain painted?
Gorgeous!!!
Wow, wow! It’s really beautiful.
I'm glad I found your video. Today, a friend sold to me three 2x8x12 sawmill boards, and I had no idea what I would do with them. It would take time because all I have is an electric hand planer, but I only have to do one side. Thank you!
Good job, I love working with wood, as a child
My dad would let me use tools I use to build all kinds of stuff, I also at 9 years old was fixing my roof and laying cement, so when I pass unique stores in pa and south jersey I always touch the wood, smell it and a person who loves working with real wood can see a piece of wood and tell you if it’s oak, chestnut, Brazilian, etc. I would do my kitchen in teak or Brazilian
my grandfather was a lumberman, we would drive by a lumberyard and he could tell by the smell what kind of wood they were cutting. thanks for the memory.
That was very informative and came out lovely, also your wife has excellent decorating taste. Thank you for sharing
That is an amazing job I love it and thank you for teaching us
Great job God bless you
Oh, I love the look. You did a great job. Well done!
"About a whole foot longer, not sure how that happened" Story of my life in every carpentry/wood project I do, at least once in the process. Made me giggle, thanks for that.
It's the measurement fairy, they always add or subtract feet or inches when they see fit! dirty lil rats they are...
Im always short! lol At least when its long you can cut it back.
Just Me 😂😂😂
I cut and I cut and it's still to short
My husband says the same lol
Just love the kitchen. She has a wonderful, handy husband.
That's looks absolutely beautiful! It made such a difference in your kitchen it's Gorgeous! I have been wanting to do a wooden countertop you have definitely giving me the motivation. Great Video thanks for sharing this~
Wow you did such an amazing job!! I never liked wood countertops but this looks so elegant!
This was great! Husband had to get a different job because of Covid so he took a big paycut. But im still determined to fix up our house. So instead of laminated countertops(would cost us about 1k), I'll do this instead! 😁
That turned out very nice! I have a few tips that may save some time in the future. You can use your table saw as a joiner and get your boards perfectly square before gluing. Set your fence about a blade thickness shy of the thickness of the material. Use a piece about 4' long and run it to the end but stop before making a full pass. Clamp the too the fence and run your boards on the outside of the blade. Get a side true on all your boards and then run the crooked side through the fence like normal. They will join perfectly. Use Biscuits too! I built a huge table like this that looks very rustic and didn't know about the product to fill the imperfections I want to see so you caused me some work when I have time to strip the table! lol Looks great! Keep it up!
Thank you for the advice and nice comment!
Cool. I'm liking the video just so I can come back to your comment. I've built shelves and run into this and they wind up looking like they came out of Helen Keller's workshop.
I've always just used a piece of existing material that I know to be straight, attach it to the bowed material (pin nails work fine) so that the bowed sits flat on top of the good material and just out past the straight edge and run the whole thing through the table saw with the other straight edge against the fence. The cut on the new material will be as straight as whatever it's attached to.
You can also use this technique to cut angles on long boards eg: scribing a counter against a slightly angled wall etc.
Turned out beautiful ! Thanks for the great video.
Really like this! No fancy miter cut at the corner where the countertops meet makes this way less intimidating
You are the MAN!!!!! my brother.
This kitchen makeover looks 100!!!!!
I just joined as a subscriber so please keep up the good work and keep uploading your knowledge brother!!!
Thank you🙏🏼🤙🏼💪🏼
Man that is awesome work! 👍🏽🙏🏽✝️
What he said! That's gorgeous!
Love it, we do the same. Minimal tools...clamps, and working with Lowe’s or Home Depot lumber. It’s a challenge. From the second u take it out of the store it starts moving. Especially here in Florida
This absolutely beautiful!!!
I just built a 9ft built in desk just like this! Now i want to do my kitchen too haha 😂 ty!
Damn!!! Nine Feet?! That's Incredible!! I'm Building A Six Foot, L-Shaped Desk Top From Pine.
What Did You Use For Hardness, In Sealing The Wood For Your Desk?
@@One_of_Many750 yeah it’s holding up well! I just sanded it really well and put multiple coats of poly on it. I use it ask a computer desk/art surface.
Hey the only thing I would have done different was put dowels or biscuits to tighten it up. But I love the color looks amazing with white. Love the sink.
Thanks for the tip! Sometimes, the advice from other pros is what make these videos a useful tool for amateurs like myself!
Wow you did a spectacular job!! It looks amazing 👍🏻
Awesome job!! It looks amazing and you did a great job with your tutorial!!
As long as you and your wife are happy with the work everythin is awesome..
i used oak tongue and groove flooring and mounted the pieces of 3/4'' particle board.i ripped down some oak to cover the edges and used a oak door stop as a drip edge.
And... how did it turn out? It sounds cool...
I wouldn't mind seeing that
I want that look in my kitchen. Looks beautiful.
This is absolutely beautiful! I have been looking and looking at different ideas to do for my kitchen counter and as soon as I saw the thumbnail for your video I knew that this was it!!
AMAZING!! Ty so much for sharing and for your easy to follow video!
I used Cypress 1x8 to make mine. My suggestion would be get a dowel jig not just glue because it is to weak for a butcher top. Great looking top.
We did our bathroom countertop in pine wood and several coats of polyurethane. It's been about 5 months and so far so good. It has held up beautifully. Your entire kitchen looks great!
That’s great to know! Thank you!
Got a video on it? Would love to see it.
@@weekendhomeprojects no, we actually watched another video on here and did what they did. I'll go look at the name of it and tell ya.....
@@weekendhomeprojects it's called Bathroom Remodel under $500.... Hanging with the Hugh's
Wow that looks beautiful. Really nice job.
I think this is what I'm gonna build. Looks absolutely great from start to finish.!!!!!🥰
That was fantastic. Looked great.
Great job on the worktop, by the way traditional Butchers Blocks are made with short lengths of hardwood with the end grain facing upwards but never the less great job.
Yup, I miss quoted what I was making.
Who needs granite? Nice job man. It is my style and you did it well. I made a farm table the same way and it has been impervious to daily abuse. My only potential change to what you did would be to put a small strip of lumber along all end grain spots to prevent any future warping. I did that on my table and glad I did. Last thing I really like how you spent the effort to hand plane to get tight edges. Nicely done.
Thank you!
So beautiful!! We’ll done!! Love it!
Wow. I really wish I would have seen this video long ago. I've dealt with ugly countertops for 9 years. I couldn't afford granite or even pre-made butcher block. Now we're getting ready to move, so too late. But If the new house needs new counters, I'm definitely saving this video! Thanks!
As a carpenter's daughter, I can hear my Dad say, "that's why you measure twice, and cut once". lol Nice job on the countertops and the kitchen remodel was well done as well.
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Looks beautiful
Would you still recommend this method? Or are you filming a new one?
What type of lumber did you use?
Where do you find the best lumber?
I have a hard time finding quality wood
@@Kat.Wheeler1012 it’s still a good method. I would just do a couple things a bit different
Very beautiful job! Turned out great. Well done.
That turned out amazing. Very classic looking.
Thank you!
any update on how this is holding up 2 years later? Great job on the install, looked amazing!!!
I used cherry for my kitchen counters about 5 years ago. I put 3 coats of helmsman polyurethane and they are still holding up great. Can't see any scratches at all.
If you've got ratchet straps, like the small kind that are 1000-1200 lbs straps. You can use those to clamp things together. Just put a board under it so the boards stay flat. No need to screw anything together. Just a tip
Absolutely beautiful, thank you for sharing 👍🏻
Love the color of the counter. Great job 👍
So having done this I have one very real concern. When the weather changes that fir will go crazy! Warping and twisting. It was a disaster unless you live in Arizona or someplace dry and hot.
Ah, the all-important step of letting your wife do her thing. Wise man 👍
Посмотрела на одном дыхании. Важно для такой работы, материал, а дерево у вас, это великолепие, шедевр. 🙏💕СПАСИБО
Looks gorgeous, great job!
I have never seen pine used in a countertop. I am really interested in knowing how it holds up. The wood at Lowes and Home Depot isn't furniture grade lumber so do a follow up and let us know how it survives as it is exposed to moisture. I would expect bowing and cracking. Also let us know how pine a softwood holds up to the rough treatment countertops get in the kitchen. It looks great.
Exactly! Planning to do one in about a year or so. So far so good. I was pretty picky when I chose the wood to use
Looks like douglas fir. A little harder (not much) than white pine.
I bought 2x8s at Lowes to plank a trailer, I picked out the best lumber but after a few months every board had cracked and all but one warped or twisted, so I'm curious as well
@@Phil098342wq make sure you get the Kiln-dried 2x, not the green 2x; you'll have better luck.
@@BOCraftsman time to update this
Beautiful countertop! One question, why did you choose to use several coats of the Polycrylic as opposed to just a couple coats of an epoxy resin (or the one you used to fill holes)? Was it because you did not desire an overall "shine" or glossy appearance that the epoxy gives? Any major pros or cons in using one as opposed to the other?
I'm a little concerned about using poly as well. From what I'v read since it is essentially a plastic it doesn't move with the wood and is prone to cracking or spidering. I'd like to see the follow up.
i love the back splash, nice kitchen!! Awesome work!
This looks outstanding! I love it!
That looks Awesome now that it’s a month later how is the top holding up to knife cuts knicks and everyday use Great job gave me some great ideas thanks
After using it I can say that it’s holding up well unless your 6yr old scrapes it like mine did😔 But thankfully we were able to fix it easily.
B&O Craftsman No small children here just the wife and I thank you for the video and your time God Bless you and your family
that's what cutting boards are for. you shouldn't be cutting directly on your countertop.
That is fricking awesome bro.
How do you seal the countertop to the sink to prevent water from getting behind it?
I used epoxy resin on the edge and clear caulking for the seem.
@@BOCraftsman Good Will Hunting wouldn't have thought of that.....a true master of his craft.
Nice work. Looks really nice. Nice job blending in the patched portion.
You only used glue to join the boards? When would you use something like pocket screws or brackets?
Wood glue is stronger than screws but ... I would use screws or brackets if there was a section that had no counter under it. Like a bar top.
Me personally I would of measure and cut my opening before painting or staining. Doing it this way will insure all cut areas get painted or stain there for protecting cut areas from water damage
I would have done the same BUT, I was limited in my workshop for space to make it that long.
B&O Craftsman I’m 100% going to make one like yours.
Great job. Definitely doing this.
wow came out great i would love that in my kitchen
Not what I know as butcher block. But certainly beautiful.