OT:Cabinet top relaminate

"Ron Truitt" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I'm wondering if I could scuff up an existing formica top, and then
> install another layer of formica over it?

On my new formica replacements, I get out the heat gun, heat up the old
formica (which activates the adhesive), take it off, new formica. It's the
right way to do it.
SH

>
> I thought about tile but am finding it easier to shop for and afford
> laminate. Doing a new top is a possibility but I see no need to waste
> what is there and pay for a new custom top.
>
> The existing top is trimmed in 1 by 2 solid oak so I would be keeping
> it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> RonT
>

"Ron Truitt" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I'm wondering if I could scuff up an existing formica top, and then
> install another layer of formica over it?
>
> I thought about tile but am finding it easier to shop for and afford
> laminate. Doing a new top is a possibility but I see no need to waste
> what is there and pay for a new custom top.
>
> The existing top is trimmed in 1 by 2 solid oak so I would be keeping
> it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> RonT
>


I usually TSP wash, sand and acetone clean prior to relaminating HPL. If
the current laminate extends over the oak edge (and was then beveled, etc) -
then you will have a double thickness of the darker core material showing
when complete.

[email protected] (Ron Truitt) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> I'm wondering if I could scuff up an existing formica top, and then
> install another layer of formica over it?
>
> I thought about tile but am finding it easier to shop for and afford
> laminate. Doing a new top is a possibility but I see no need to waste
> what is there and pay for a new custom top.
>
> The existing top is trimmed in 1 by 2 solid oak so I would be keeping
> it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> RonT

I'm confused (a fairly normal situation according to my wife), if you
put a new layer of laminate on top of the existing layer, but want to
keep the oak trim, how will the laminate and trim meet on a level
plane. Are you intending to take off all the trim and reinstall it
level to the new laminate?

Dave Hall

That is why I prefer Formica to Corian, when you get tired of the surface it
is very easy to replace. I have done it several times; the old stuff has to
be very clean with no gloss remaining.
DAve

You can put another layer over an existing layer. Scuffing the old layer a
bit probably would be a good idea. Not much effort and little time taken to
do so.


"Ron Truitt" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I'm wondering if I could scuff up an existing formica top, and then
> install another layer of formica over it?
>
> I thought about tile but am finding it easier to shop for and afford
> laminate. Doing a new top is a possibility but I see no need to waste
> what is there and pay for a new custom top.
>
> The existing top is trimmed in 1 by 2 solid oak so I would be keeping
> it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> RonT
>