Applying Laminate Sheets To Countertops. 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. The laminate installation includes seaming two pieces of laminate together cutting laminate attac. Apply contact cement on the backs of the laminate pieces with a brush.
Laminate sheets come in every color and pattern imaginable. Line up your laminate sheet so that it s sticking past your countertop.
Coat the countertop surface with contact cement too.
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. 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. You can really get the look you want solids metallics multicolored even soft pinks and bright reds.
