Outdoor Kitchen

[buggyman1]

Here's a pic of the grinder. BE CAREFUL if you use one of these, mine kept shocking me. I think i may have had the water turned up to high, but it still shouldn't have done this. It has a built-in GFCI, and all my plugs are GFCI, niether one tripped but it still shocked me. It wasn't a full blown shock, more of a tingle but got my attention real quick. I think i was getting spray in the motor, when i turned down the water it seemed to help. I used thick rubber gloves after the second tingle so i'm not sure (i even plugged in a pigtail GFCI).

 

[buggyman1]

Here's a pic of the grinder. BE CAREFUL if you use one of these, mine kept shocking me. I think i may have had the water turned up to high, but it still shouldn't have done this. It has a built-in GFCI, and all my plugs are GFCI, niether one tripped but it still shocked me. It wasn't a full blown shock, more of a tingle but got my attention real quick. I think i was getting spray in the motor, when i turned down the water it seemed to help. I used thick rubber gloves after the second tingle so i'm not sure (i even plugged in a pigtail GFCI). The three GFCI's never tripped and didn't feel anymore tingles but i'm still leary of it

 

[buggyman1]

Heres a couple pics of the slurry coat. It looked better after it completly dried.

 

[buggyman1]

Whoops, not sure what happened on post 141.

 

[buggyman1]

These things are life savers (diamond hand sanding pads) it takes a little work but they are a must for tight spaces, and they work well on the edges.

 

[bruceha2000]

i used to watch a pro and man he made it look so easy. It takes some talent to be good at it.

Boy is THAT true. I have a guy who can finish the next coat in less time than it takes me to PREP for the next coat. I gave up mudding except for small things or inside closets.

 

[crbr]

Thanks for the update

 

[buggyman1]

Last two days have been beautiful here (65ish), unfortunately "life gets in the way" and i didn't get anything done on the tops. Hope to start back on them tomorrow.

 

[buggyman1]

Got the tops sanded through 1500 grit. They are slick as glass. There are a few pin-holes left, but im gonna call it "good enough". Grinding the tops down is a huge amount of work, very time consuming, messy, and just plain hard. The slurry in between the slabs didn't work, i should have used biscut joints, or dowel joints, or just left the cracks alone, i knew better, it was a duh moment. All in all they turned out pretty nice. Tomorrow i'm going to seal and wax them, and call it done. I'll post some pics tomorrow.

 

[buggyman1]

Put the sealer on, used the Cheng sealer, big mistake. Followed the directions to the letter and they look like crap. I'm really disappointed at how they look. I'm gonna have to strip the sealer off and start over with a different kind. I now see why they sell sealer remover along side their sealer. Anyone know if i can just grind-off the sealer and start over, or do i need to buy the sealer remover? I was so hoping to get this done before the weather turns cold, but its looking like i'll have to wait until spring.