I love the look of recycled glass counter tops ... but they actually cost more than granite! Yes, seriously!
I've seen several you-tube websites in which people make their own, and they look GREAT. However, the methods vary significantly from individual to individual. It looks like a moderately big project, but nothing seems out-of-the ordinary difficult. The basic plan seems to be
- Save up old glass in the color of your choice
- Break the glass into small pieces of varying tiny sizes; apparently it takes a TON of glass
- Create large molds, lay out glass bits
- Pour concrete over /shake to "spit out" tiny air bubbles -- this part concerns me
- Turn the product out of the mold, sand with increasingly fine sandpaper to expose the bits of glass
- Polish
- I'm not clear on HOW one cuts out the spot for the sink
I'd like to make these for the bathroom we're building in our new house. I'd like to create a vanity top and a large topper to hold a "tub set into a deck".
IF I can do this, it'll be quite economical. Okay, not as cheap as butcher block, but I don't want butcher block.
Any advice?