Post #764597 by lavish88 on Fri, Jun 3, 2016 1:06 PM

As another newbie who is about six weeks ahead of you in the process I can only echo the comments above , I started collecting stuff 4 months before I started building my bar and most of it is lying around in boxes in the dining room floor and will probably end up on ebay as I got a bit carried away initially and didn't realise what I was getting in to .
Read as many threads on here as time allows and after my trial run last weekend I would say a sink/wet bar is fairly essential given the somewhat 'sticky' nature of Rum based cocktails and weather proof as much as you can .I used a two-part floor varnish for my bar top and it worked out great , rock hard and shiny as a shiny thing can be , I guess you dont have this brand in the states but there will be something similar in Home Depot etc

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rustins-PCGL1000-Plastic-Coating-Hardener/dp/B002HMXR18/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1464984115&sr=8-1&keywords=rustins+plastic+coating

Take your time and build it with love and you will be fine.

Regards,

Mark.

[ Edited by: lavish88 2016-06-03 14:11 ]