Applying Laminate Sheets. Plastic laminate comes in sheets normally measuring 49 or 60 inches 124 5 or 152 4 cm by 12 feet 3 7 m but can be purchased cut to size for your project to minimize waste. Allow the adhesive surfaces to dry to the touch. Coat the countertop surface with contact cement too.
You will want to be very careful to keep the plywood and laminate clean after you begin to apply the glue. Liquid contact cement is the best adhesive for bonding plastic laminate.
Once you ve coated the back of the laminate sheet move it aside and apply contact cement to the countertop the same way.
Applying the countertop surface. Allow the adhesive surfaces to dry to the touch. Apply a thin even coating of cement to both the substrate and the laminate using a foam paint roller. You will want to be very careful to keep the plywood and laminate clean after you begin to apply the glue.
