Our house has the 70’s butcher block Formica and it goes up the wall

Hello Suanne! Tiling over Formica is the best plan of action since it typically has extremely strong adhesive and removing it could damage the wall. Check out the information I’m providing by clicking on the link below. Good luck!

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I don't see why you would have to take the back splash off. Here are some ideas.

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If this was mine, this is what I would do. Tape off between the counter and the backsplash area (make sure it's level/even). Do the backsplash area first, then the counter. You could paint/tile over, etc., etc...for the counter, you could do the same, paint, tile over, etc.,etc....

I am surprised the butcher block is used as a backsplash. Removing it would definitely mess up the lower countertop. I would simply use some of those small rectangular glass tiles from Home Depot and have a professional install them over the existing backsplash. He will know how to prep the existing butcherblock backsplash. HD has multiple colors of these tiles.

if you want versatility in being able to change it easily I would either paint (my personal go to) or get a heavy vinyl wallpaper. I did my daughters in one of her apartments in one that looked like tiles and it was great. Held up well.

We had the same exact situation. Butcher block counter and extended on the wall as backsplash. I really did not like it, and we were not in position to "redo" the entire kitchen. As Eliza suggested, we wallpapered the backsplash in a washable vinyl paper. We also placed plexi glass (?) behind the stove and the sink for easier cleaning. The wall paper was also used on the other walls in the kitchen. This redo made the kitchen more appealing to us.

I build kitchen cabinets and install counter tops and backsplash for a living for the last 25 years. Never found a backsplash that was hard to remove! Most are just contact cemented on. Take a razor Blade and run around the finish edge of your metal trim on the back splash first so that your paint won’t accidentally peel up your wall when removing the backsplash. Then take a putty knife and a hammer if you need one to tap the putty knife between your backsplash and wall till it’s between the two and try prying out on your handle away from the wall . Just work your putty knife up and down your back splash to get it loose. Most the time once you get a area loose enough to get ahold of it with your hands the backsplash will pop right off. If it don’t have a bottle like a glue bottle full of lacq thinner and squeeze some lacquer thinner at the top of your back splash to let it run down towards the counter to and it will loosen the glue very quickly! There’s really nothing to doing this, so don’t fear messing anything up! Your only concern would be if you have lathe and plaster walls that are in bad condition and then in rare occasions you’ll run into the plaster literally falling off your wall when removing the back splash. If that happens you’ll need to remove the lathe and plaster in that area at least and Sheetrock before replacing your backsplash! Btw, if you want to replace the laminate on your counters that too can be fairly easily done. You don’t need to remove your existing laminate either. Just rough it up with some sand paper on a electric sander is easiest but can be done by hand too! Then it’s just a matter of contact cement and gluing on new laminate over it! You’ll need a router and a flush trimming bit with a ball bearing To cut off excess laminate. I’m not aware of what size your kitchen counter tops is or if it would need a seem or not? The seem is usually in the sink area whenever possible so you only have a small seam in the front and back of the sink! I wouldn’t say this is a job necessarily for a beginner without some practice. Just depends on your skill set? If you’ve used routers before this might be a easy job for you? You’ll need to do some filing as well on your finish edge of your counter too! By the way, your self edge laminate goes on first before putting the counter top on! You can also run a line of masking tape along the top edge where your bearing from the router bit hits so if your slow running your router you won’t burn your self edge laminate. To get a large piece of laminate on the counter in place after you have glued both the top and back side of new laminate, easiest way is to snake a extension cord back and forth down your cabinet top and slide your new laminate in place over the top of the cord. Once you got it in place start on one end and slowly pull out your cord enough to stick your laminate to the countertop. Once it’s stuck down slowly keep pulling out your cord as you push down your laminate as you go. There are laminate rollers, but if you don’t have one just take a block of wood and a hammer and pound on the block of wood on your counter everywhere down your countertop to make sure it’s bonded well! Again always work from one end to the other to help work out any air bubbles! Once this is stuck it stuck, your only going to move it with lacquer thinner to dissolve the contact cement to get it back off. It can be done if you mess up and replied again, but it’s best to get it right the first try! It’s a pain taking a new piece off when you mess up! So don’t mess up! LOL Honestly it’s not that hard, but it does take some practice or least some good skills. I be Leary saying a beginne should tackle this. Like I said it’s really not a hard job, but if you mess up it can be a expensive mistake to fix too! You could always hire someone to do your countertop only and do your backsplash yourself as long as your not wanting the metal trim back on your backsplash as it is now? That again takes a special tool called metal miters to do it correctly and takes good measurements to cut your miter in the right places. Best left to someone that knows how or has done it before. I really hate telling someone they can’t do something! I honestly believe anyone can do anything they set their mind to doing! But it may not work the first time and that’s where it gets time consuming and expensive doing things over till you do get it right! My goal is to help not to make things harder on you! This is one of those projects where I prefer to be there myself to help someone do this and I don’t believe we live near each other where that would work out! Whichever way you decide to go, wish you the best of luck! If you do change your laminate there’s millions of colors and patterns to choose from. Tip, stay away from anything glossy! The glossy laminate is for areas that never get any use! The gloss wears off fast on counter tops and looks a hundred years old in months if not weeks! Sorry for the long winded reply

You can get all sort's of small sticky tiles not to costly very simple just stick them on. Like like real back splash tile.

Check YouTube for a few ideas: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=easy+backsplash+ideas+

Put the peel and stick backsplash tiles on top. Make sure you use a liquid sander first so the surface is tacky. And wipe it clean, too before you put the tiles up.

The most economical solution would be to paint it. Use Zinsser Primer which covers in 1 coat. Then use a water based good quality paint, like Behr or Sherwin-Williams brand. With so many choices in paint colors, you would be able to paint any color or colors and when you need to, clean with a soapy sponge.

I just did my backsplash that had tile and wallpaper border. I removed the border but left the tile. Just cleaned the tile well with decreaser. Purchased the paper on Amazon for $20 a roll. Easy to apply . Ordered more to do another wall around frig. 3 rolls

For $20 Retique it and stain the countertops to the color you want and then seal. It will look more like a real butcher block counter.

Then I’d have Home depot cut 1/4” 4‘ by 8’ sanded plywood (unless you feel comfortable cutting straight lines) into 8” sections.

And put shiplap on the back of the countertop. Touch up the finish nails with putty or paintable caulk. Paint it white. It will cover up any of the wall damage from taking off the backsplash.

https://www.hometalk.com/diy/kitchen-dining/kitchen-dining-furniture/how-to-repair-a-mobile-home-counter-top-27775791 if there isn't anything wrong with your counter top then skip the bond do step but all the other steps and start with your smallest top first

I wish I had some idea on helping you, but I can’t say I really do? A shame the corian isn’t to your likin, it’s a very expensive material to use! Even though it’ll be a whike till you remove the existing kitchen. You might want to just try to live with it and save your money towards the new kitchen you want rather than putting money into this kitchen your going to remove in a couple years or so anyway? You may be able to even sell the corian if your able to remove it without damaging it. Last time I priced Corian it was a 1.00 a square inch. So just a 12”x 12” piece would cost $144.00 and that was back in the 90’s last time I priced it at wholesale price. Maybe someone would be willing to buy it from you Where you can make a pretty penny to use on your remodel. Never hurts to try! Since Corian was so expensive I never ran into any customers that wanted it except a few that thought it was indestructible that they be able to cut on it like a chopping block and it wouldn’t damage the Corian. Once I explain that it still scratches and can be damaged with knife cuts that changed their minds pretty quick about using it on their counters! You probably could rough it up with sandpaper and get laminate glued to it with contact cement. But then you might loose any value to sell your Corian when you go to remove it! Best of luck whatever you decide to do!

If you tried to pry out the formica backsplash you might damage the countertops, they're probably glued,nailed, or screwed together. I'd go with one of the stick on tiles or paint ideas here and save your big money for when you're ready to have both replaced at the same time.