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Step 6: let dry and really get solid for 48 hours. I used a satin/matte finish with UV protectant so nothing would yellow. Step 5: let dry for 24 hours,then brush over a coat of polyurethane or spar urethane.
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I found that the thinner nice covered coat looks GREAT! Depending on what look you want, you can go really thick or thin. I did mine really thin so I used a paintbrush to help brush it all over. Step 4: pour/brush/spread epoxy on the contact paper.
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Step 3: mix the epoxy following the instructions EXACTLY this helps so that you don’t have to try to measure the contact paper exact, you can have overrun and cut exactly to where you want it off. Step 2: around the edges, use the exacto knive to cut off the excess. Step 1: lay out your contact paper, I got it over the edges a bit, and used the squeeegee to really get it down flat, keep lifting up and re/laying down until you have no bubbles. UV protected indoor/outoor top coat (since this was for a boat i used outdoor spar urethane in a matte finish).Epoxy, I used the Rustoleum Super Glaze.Squeegee this helps to get the contact paper down really good as well as spread out the epoxy.any other kind may not blend well as you’ll be using lots of pieces to put the counter top together – you can get all sorts of looks of contact paper here I am pretty impressed with how it turned out and it only cost a whopping $28. at a home so I got crafty and used Contact Paper and Bar Top Epoxy. I was stumped as I couldn’t find a company that would replace the laminate on the boat, vs. well I hate any faux wood laminate but especially from the 80’s. But this post is specifically about the counter tops. Ignore white space characters is a Word feature to ignore spaces in words.Updating a 1984 sailboat is quite interesting (new cushions/fabrics/curtains etc.) I have lots of posts coming for all the revamping with the “pretty” stuff in the cabin.Ignore punctuation characters is a Word feature to ignore punctuation marks like the single quote in "don't.".Match suffix is a Word feature to match the suffix (end) of a word.Match prefix is a Word feature to match the prefix (beginning) of a word.For example, searching for "color" would find "colour" in your document. Sounds like (English) is a Word feature to match English sounding words.Regular expression is the most powerful feature for finding and replacing text in a file.Use wildcards is a feature found in Word that lets you use wildcards.If your program does not include one of the features below, you need to consider switching programs so you have access to these features. More advanced programs may have the features mentioned below. For example, using regular expressions you can replace text found at the beginning of a line, end of the line, works containing a certain amount of characters, and anything else you need. Programs like Microsoft Word that support wildcards and programs like Notepad++ and TextPad that support regular expressions help perform a search for almost anything imaginable. For example, a search for 'can' only matches 'can' and would not match 'cannot' or scan' in your file. Match whole word matches the whole search instead of words containing the word.Match case makes the search case-sensitive, which is useful for finding searches like Names.The basicsĪll the replace options have the two basic features shown below.
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Using Search and Replace and advanced optionsĪfter understanding the above basics on how to open the search and replace features, understanding all the capabilities possible can make your searches even more efficient. On the Replace tab, enter the text you want to find and replace in the spreadsheet. Once the shortcut key opens or you click the Replace option under Find & Select, a Find and Replace window opens. Newer versions of Excel feature a Ribbon menu, and the Find & Select option is found on the Home tab, at the far right side as shown in the picture. In Microsoft Excel, older versions featured the Edit menu, and the Replace option is found in that menu. The Ctrl+ F and Command+ F keyboard shortcut keys also work in Microsoft Excel and other spreadsheet programs to open the Find and Replace text box.