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Evenin all. I'm redoing the kitchen. Wife wants microcement kitchen units and worktops where one (me) has to construct a kitchen carcass from OSB or melamine and then skim it with a special concrete based substance. It's well within my level of building competence but I have some reservations about its durability and general fitness for purpose. Granted it looks quite nice but has anyone used it? It's apparently quite good (based on what she's showed me on Instagram...) but I'm worried about it chipping then water getting in and the whole thing delaminating. Any experiences will be most gratefully received.
I’m putting the kids to bed, so don’t have the time to write a long answer, but the short answer is that ours has been rubbish. Easily scratched, water ingress, damage from steam.
....plus how can you get a completely smooth surface that doesn't harbour dirt/grease?
So long as you use plenty of ENC you'll be fine.
I heard they might harbour mutant coronavirus.
Make sure the cat doesn't walk across it when it's drying overnight.
We have some microcement finishes but in bathroom, not kitchen and not on worktops. Seems a strange choice to me in that it's nowhere near as hard as most worktop materials but also has the potential to crack under movement, which you might get in carcasses.
So I wouldn't. To be honest, if I had my time again I wouldn't put it in a bathroom either (what's wrong with tiles and what happens when it cracks?) but we have some strange materials all over this place.
This lot seem to like it.
Seems pretty labour intensive. That vid was apparently 2 guys for 1 day plus 2 revisits.
Diy ready of course but what it it looks a bit sh*t when it's done and you either replace or devalue your efforts.
Guaranteed results with quartz for example as a counter.
(Not saying you couldn't do a banger job, but what if the product doesn't allow you to achieve banger results)
Worked on a reno project where a garage flooring pro did epoxy (over ply) coated kitchen countertops and epoxy interior floors. Looked awful in the flesh still after his 3rd do over. Complete waste of money imo. Owner probably won't be able to live with it for long.
Take Instagram results with a pinch of salt... Lipstick on a pig with filters = supermodel!
I know a chap who does this for a living along with concrete baths and the like. charges a lot of money and gets excellent results.