Can you remove melanine paint off of a formica counter top??

Pattitracey
by Pattitracey
  2 answers
  • Liz Toone Liz Toone on Jun 23, 2017

    What is melanie paint?

    • Gale O'Neal Gale O'Neal on Jun 24, 2017

      I think she meant Melamine Paint.


      What is Melamine Paint

      So you are asking What is Melamine Paint, not surprising really since there is now just so much melamine around us, both outside and inside our homes, whether as a moulded resin or as an additive.


      Melamine is still a bit of a mystery and more so is the paint version as it is still a relatively new product and the best is still being developed. Basically melamine paint is a liquid plastic used to paint over plastic surfaces.


      Melamine paint is thicker and stickier than the texture of most other paints and this is because it has a difficult task to accomplish, that of sticking to a smooth melamine plastic surface.


      Melamine has been used seriously for household goods since the sixties and the sheer longevity of melamine products has meant that we now need to change the look of - or update items that are made of - or are clad in melamine and the easiest way to do that is to change the color.



  • C. D. Scallan C. D. Scallan on Jun 24, 2017

    No, but you can easily paint over it. Here's how!

    http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf999197.tip.html