Self Adhesive Granite Film Creme Brulee Thick Waterproof Marble Kitchen Countertop Cabinet Furniture Vinyl Paper Makeover Upgrade (36" X 240")

I have an absolute love/hate relationship with this covering. It looks amazingly good but is amazingly difficult to work with and get all the air bubbles out, etc.I have used many different peel and stick brands/types. I've done whole entire rooms with it, as well as furniture and trim, etc. So I'm not a novice with it.This stuff here is very different. It is nothing like working with the decorative peel and stick papers for walls. It is very thick, more like linoleum, just not quite as thick and doesnt move very fluidly.Absolutely wet the surface, a lot. You will get the best results that way as far as the air bubbles. Its actually imperative to wet the surface because this stuff does not remove easily at all, even if it just grazes the surface for a brief second - it has very strong hold and is not easily repositioned. The water helps tremendously. So much so, that it is a necessity to use the water.I first did my island top because I wanted to see how it was to work with. I didnt use water. Huge mistake. I have air bubbles everywhere despite smoothing, and pressing and everything you can possibly think of to get the bubbles out. You cannot just prick them out with a needle like you can with the other peel and stick papers. It just does not work. So, the island was sort of my training. I figured I'd try it on there and get a feel for it and if it turned out good, then that's great, and of not then I can redo it. I bought a much bigger roll than I needed, with this is mind. I am glad I did that practice run with it.So, when I went onto my countertops I used water. Lots. I didnt even use a spray bottle. I just kept a cup of water there and poured it down and spread it around with my hands. The sink is right there and I didnt have an empty bottle, so it worked out fine.Using the water made a huge difference. It does still take A LOT of work to get the bubbles out and press all the water out, but it makes it so much easier to get it into place properly as well as getting the bubbles out.Some things to keep in mind with this covering- it will show any texture from underneath. It won't hide things. It doesnt seal up at seams together nicely. Because it is so thick, the seams are visible and dont meld together nicely. So be sure to get a large enough tell to eliminate needing to piece anything. Also, since it is so thick, overlapping doesnt look very good. You see the layer underneath it. It's not like with the paper types that you overlap and cant tell. With this stuff you can definitely tell and it doesnt look good. And when piecing it together, even if you match up the design grain perfectly, you still see the seam.If you use a hair dryer on it as suggested, I think it makes the process even more difficult and it creates way more creases and bubbles. When you apply the heat with a hair dryer or heat gun the covering expands on it's own. So that makes ripples and bubbles etc that you now have to try and work out, even when it was perfectly smooth before that. After realizing this, I decided to skip that. It just made things so much more difficult. For example, when I had the covering bent down over the sides/edge of the counters, when I used the heat as indicated to get the tight corners, it made it expand and when you go to smooth it, it creates big ripples. Rolling across and down the front edge doesnt help because it creates ripples on either side of where you're smoothing and rolling down across to smooth it. It just made things worse. It works just fine without the heat. It is sealed up nice and tight and corners/edges look fine.Dont let any edges stick before you get all the bubbles out. Leave paper on the edges/overhang so they wont stick while you're trying to get the bubbles out. Once those edges are stuck, you're stuck with bubbles forever. This covering creases and also stretches out, so you want the least amount of having to mess with it as possible because you cant fix those issues once they've happened.Dont use any bare tool, even the plastic scrapers, to get the bubbles out. Wrap a smooth cloth of some sort over it. A smooth texture dish towel.. anything. If you use it bare, it makes scuff marks all over it. My island looks like the covering has been on there for years and has scuffs all over it, just from using the smoothing tools,scraper. So, when I did the countertops, I wrapped a towel around it. First I used the textured side of the towel and it still made marks, so I turned it around to the smooth side. It still made some marks, but not as many. I'm not sure at this point how it can be avoided, other than not using a tool at all and just using your hands. I ended up doing that most of the time. It just works better even though it is more work.. takes more muscle. As for the scuffs, it looks fine from a distance, but once you're standing there beside it, you see all the marks. That is very disappointing because overall the covering looks so good. Nice and shiny and very realistic looking. Then you get up close and it's like, "oh.." :/Plan to take out the sink and then drop it back in. You will be so much happier because piecing it doesnt look good at all because the seam is so noticeable. Plus, laying the sink on top will ensure less issues with water getting under and the covering lifting.Be sure to have plenty of new blades for sharp precise cuts. You want to be able to slide right through it with no tension necessary or the covering is going to ripple and not lay flat along the cut.Overall I am happy with the finished project, because it does look good, but man is it a lot of work. Plan ahead and make sure you have enough time to put into it. Tons of patience is needed. Especially when it comes to getting the bubbles out. You will think you got them all, and then you see light hit it a different way or you run your hand across again and realize theres still bubbles. My arms hurt from pressing and smoothing so much, for real. Try not to use a tool for smoothing. Use your hands and lots of pressure, or wad up a towel and use lots of pressure. Even better if you wet the top surface and then press while pushing out to the edges. No scuff marks then and it actually just works better.I need to redo the island now due to excess scuffs and small air bubbles, but lawd I am not looking forward to it. Just getting the stuff off is going to be a ton of work. I tried to pry some off and it just doesnt want to budge. Not looking forward to it at all. At this point I think I'm going to let it go for now and try to ignore it as long as possible lol. My body needs a break because this stuff is WORK. And I am an active person in general. I would not have thought I'd be sore from applying some covering like this, but working those bubbles out takes a lot. A lot of pressure applied and a lot of repetitive motions. Hours and hours.If you go into it knowing all this and not expecting to breeze through it, you'll be ok.

This is nice quality, when done perfectly, It looks amazing. Just know that before you buy and commit yourself to this project, IF you are going for the longest largest pieces so there are no seams, TAKE YOUR TIME! Get someone to help you!!!! And Practice measuring, plan out how you would make a template. I had a whole plan but still struggled to get the large pieces to line up correctly. I put one piece over my counter and it was about 7 FT long stretch. It somehow got slightly tilted, I was able to make it work. But it was a close one! I struggled with bubbles, the tool they give you works great but dont use too much pressure like I did, I slightly scratched some areas trying to rush and squish air bubbles out. And also, Plan out how to do your corners ahead of time!!!! I wish I had done that. My first corner is hideous. But the rest came out better once I had an idea. Dont let it stick to itself... and dont let the back of the paper flip over get stuck to the adhesive side. Put your hair in a ponytail. And Good Luck!

I used this on my kitchen counter top and it made it look so good and updated! It looks like the real thing. I watched different YouTube videos on how to install it. I tried it both ways ( wet and dry method). I found that there were more air bubbles when installing it wet. So I ended up laying it on dry. There were still bubbles, but all I had to do was stick a pin in the center of the bubble and press it flat with my finger. It was a little time consuming while trying to figure out which method worked better. But it was so worth it!! I received sooo many compliments when I had company over for the holidays. They actually thought it was real marble. I also painted my cabinets a dark chocolate so it would give it a sleek look. I’m sorry I forgot to take before pictures. My old countertop was the all white standard countertops that were probably used in the 90s era. My cabinets were a light oak wood color. It looks soo much better now!

Made my cabinets look new again. Perfect. It is difficult and hard to keep bubbles out but so much better than the old stained countertops!

Would work great for completely flat countertop. I had the great idea to try to cover up the ugly old white tile countertop and yep, all the lines show right through even though this paper is pretty thick. Plus is that it’s easily removable. Good product just sold to an idiot, Live and learn.