Progress!
I’m excited to say that I have finally made some progress in the kitchen. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so I’ll just get on with it. The following is how I’ve spent my past couple weekends.
I started at Home Depot, where I collected 840 pounds of Quikrete 5000 (commercial grade) bagged concrete mix. The Corolla was riding pretty low with that load.
Then, it was off to the mixer, which I rented from the local rental yard.
The peninsula piece is poured, and the two smaller forms are awaiting concrete.
The two smaller pieces are poured.
Everything turned out pretty nice actually. There are definitely some air pocket voids, but overall it looks pretty good considering I didn’t use an actual concrete vibrator to vibrate the pieces. A little slurry and I’ll be set.
I brought the two smaller pieces in today to do a test fit with the sink. They each need a tiny bit of grinding to fit the sink, but it’s pretty darn close.
I’m pretty happy overall with the outcome. Hopefully next weekend all the tops will be ready for installation!