d-c-fix 346-0168 Decorative Self-Adhesive Film, Butcher Block, 17" x 78" Roll

Wonderful stuff! This is the second time I have used this in a rental unit. My first experience was covering hideous fake black granite counter tops speckled with mirrored chips in the kitchen of a converted Victorian triplex. It was my first experience using contact paper and I wasted a few rolls but the results were satisfying and aesthetically pleasing.I have lived with vomity looking faux granite (veiny beige and brown chunks on a bile colored background) counter tops in my new place for the past year and could no longer stand looking at them, so I dug out my leftover roll of this paper from the other re-do and tried it on a small section of counter. Easy to do and I was thrilled with the result, so I ordered more. Wood look contact paper has come a long way since I was a kid in the 1950s. This looks quite decent!A few tips for covering counter tops this way. 1. Be sure your surfaces are spotlessly clean and crumb and "bit" free. Any tiny speck of grit or even hair will really show up through the contact paper. I dusted well with a microfibre cloth, scrubbed with Dawn and a Dobie-twice-and dried the surface with a microfibre cloth. 2. Measure three times, cut once. 3. Take your time. Go slowly. Do not rush to finish the job in an hour or even a day. When you start to get tired and annoyed, knock off for the day. You'll thank yourself. 4. Apply to damp counter tops. Sounds weird, but this allows the sticky paper to slide around a little, and if you live in a very old place like I do, you quickly learn that there are NO totally square or rectangular surfaces. I used a water filled spray bottle for making the counters a bit slippery. 5. Use a squeegee to smooth the paper down, and keep a clean, dry cloth as well to aide the process. Using just your hands to smooth it down will guarantee lots and lots of air bubbles. 6. You WILL get some bubbles so don't beat yourself up. Use an Exacto knife and with just the point, pierce the bubble and smooth it out with a dry cloth. If you are using this butcher block pattern, make your piercing in the wood grain. The tiniest hole is more than sufficient; no need to gouge. 7. Try not to layer and if you have to over lap pieces, make the over lap as small as possible. 8. This is not real wood (of course), so when it is installed, don't cut food directly on it and do not put hot pans or dishes directly on it, either. 9. Order more than you think you'll need. You'll thank yourself. 10. Don't use abrasive cleaners or abrasive pads to clean this. I use a microfibre cloth and vinegar and water in a spray bottle to keep it clean. It cleans up very nicely with these. If you have dried on dirt, let the vinegar and water sit to do its job. No need for brute force or heavy abrasives.I was so inspired by how much better the kitchen looked with "new" counters, I got prepasted faux tile wallpaper to do a backsplash behind the sink and the stove. My next project is going to be pre-pasted beadboard wallpaper covering on the cabinet doors and drawer fronts along with new hardware. Needless to say, my landlord loves me!

Got this as a potential quick-fix for a countertop, but ended it up using it under two vanities to cover up general ickiness left by a previous tenant. It went on easily, smoothed out with few bubbles, and looked REALLY nice. It not a real dupe for real butcher block, but does approximate the look very nicely. It quickly spiffed up a rental property's bathrooms. It stuck pretty well to formica, but it had a harder time sticking to plywood. Still, a quick nice fix to an ugly problem.However, not alot of footage on the roll. One roll only covered two under-vanity areas. I was a bit shocked, thankfully we had just enough for our project!This is also a nice and cheap way to determine if butcher block countertops would look good in your kitchen, before you spend the booko-bucks!UPDATE 03/12/2016Bought more of this for my house. Redoing some closet shelving that has nasty old contact paper on it with this butcher block stuff. Results are like night and day. The shelving looks SO NICE now. Clean and fresh, and the butcher block appearance is a winner. Ordering more so I can finish this closet and do another. IMO, the DC Fix Butcher Block is their nicest pattern, with the most usability. Love this!

I used this to cover a table in my trailer. It looks good, can be mistaken for real butcher block.Unfortunately it didnt look good with the flooring we chose so i will have to remove it. Also, right away my toddler started drawing (onpaper) on top of the table and it got scratched fairly quickly. So i wouldn’t recommend for high traffic areas. Either way it does look pretty good and the texture adds to it

If you are detail-oriented and patient, this is the DIY project for you. For reference, I am a perfectionist who likes to do budget-friendly things.Pro: This material is nice because it has 'indents' in it that give it the appearance of being real wood.Pro: People are shocked when I tell them it's stick-on.Pro: Once on it's easy to clean.Con: BUT, if you drag anything heavy or take a knife to it you WILL ding it. Which is exactly why I bought an extra roll just in case accidents happen. Nothing cutting boards can't prevent and/or hide.Con: Corners are the hard part of the install, so if your space has rounded corners prepare to get frustrated and have it look a little... wonky. Normal corners should be fine.Installing Tip(s):- Before installing you really will want to deep clean and/or sand imperfections before putting it down. If you don't you'll see/feel the bumps and edges which would get annoying and make it look tacky.- When putting it on, instead of putting it down flat and then pushing out the air bubbles, put the edge in place (make sure the pattern is facing the right direction) and take the white cover off halfway and slowly smooth it onto the surface as you unpeel. I say this because those air bubbles are nearly impossible to get out. (You can pull it back a bit and get rid of the bubbles).Conclusion: I recommend this product.

I love DC Fix adhesive films; I have used them to update my kitchen backsplash, my bathroom walls and even my bathroom floor! This pattern (in the stock photo) looks exactly like my Pergo wood floors. I was hoping to use it on my old linoleum bathroom floor, to make it blend with the rest of the house (doing Pergo in our bathroom isn't an option right now $$). But, in person, the 'slats' are thin, and very much like butcher block. So, beautiful paper, but not for my project. (I ended up using a different DC pattern, 'rustic brown', and it looks beautiful!) The paper is very sticky, comes in a roll and is pretty easy to apply, just go slow and smooth out the air bubbles as you go. Also, buy extra rolls-it always takes more than you think you need!