Applying Laminate Sheets To Countertops

How to install new sheet laminate over an old countertop.

Applying laminate sheets to countertops.

When applying contact cement be sure to wear gloves and protect your worktable from. We bought a 5 x 12 piece of laminate which was enough for my mom s entire kitchen. Line it up so that it s parallel with the sides of your countertop with 2 3 inches 5 1 7 6 cm sticking out over the side. Apply contact cement on the backs of the laminate pieces with a brush.

Glue and nail together two layers of inch thick particleboard to create a substrate for counter. Cut scribe and trim new laminate pieces. Apply a thin even coating of cement to both the substrate and the laminate using a foam paint roller. In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to laminate a countertop.

Rough cut laminate pieces to size using a trim router fitted with a inch carbide tipped straight cutter. Laminate sheets come in every color and pattern imaginable. Laminate countertops are durable easy to clean and more moisture proof than just about any other material you can use. During the course of a recent kitchen remodel i recovered a laminate countertop with newer more brightly colored laminate sheeting with a granite type pattern.

You can really get the look you want solids metallics multicolored even soft pinks and bright reds. Allow the adhesive surfaces to dry to the touch. Choose surface designs like stone look patterns abstract and wood laminate. Lay a laminate sheet on top of a section of your counter.

Coat the countertop surface with contact cement too. It takes about 20 minutes. This kitchen had three separate countertops at various heights and locations around the kitchen. The laminate installation includes seaming two pieces of laminate together cutting laminate attac.

When marking and cutting the new pieces of laminate i made sure to leave at least an inch sometimes more of extra laminate on all areas around the edges. Some laminate sheets can even mimic more expensive stone countertops. Line up your laminate sheet so that it s sticking past your countertop. Here s how to.

Once you ve coated the back of the laminate sheet move it aside and apply contact cement to the countertop the same way. So i bought three new 4 by 8 foot sheets of laminate and went to work. Liquid contact cement is the best adhesive for bonding plastic laminate.