Chengs Concrete Countertops book mostly explains how to make a precast concrete countertop, but I was considering pour-in-place. Do you consider pour-in-place countertops to be a bad idea?
The pour-in-place (or cast-in-place) technique is covered in the last chapter of Concrete Countertops and Fu-Tung’s second book, Concrete at Home (Taunton Press, February 2005). The two main limitations to the pour-in-place technique are the lack of detail possible with top troweling and the difficulty in elevation changes (which limits design possibilities). Even if you wish to grind and polish in-place after the piece has cured, it is inherently more difficult to do so because the countertop surface is not as flat as when precast; therefore, achieving a level surface will require a significant amount of grinding. For more information, refer to the FAQs section on Pour-in-Place Countertops.
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