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Originally Posted by Steve Heywood ...I'd like to change the laminate for a new Formica product... |
Installing new laminate over old works okay as long as there is a lot of surface area such as the top of the counter. The edge laminate is where you can have problems. Contact cement, when used between two non-porous surfaces such as old & new laminate, can allow the new laminate to creep, i.e. shift position ever so slightly over time.
Is there a particular problem with making all new countertops? The way I see it, if you were to laminate over the old stuff, the countertops would need to come out for the new laminate to be trimmed properly. Laminating over
new plywood would skip a lot of potential problems.
Tom