My laminate countertop has lost is color in certain places
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How can I restore color to a laminate countertop that has lost color due to rubbing and standing water?
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you can have it repainted to look like new. I had my counters painted to look like marble and loved it. Then 2 years later I sold that home.
Kathy kane
on Jun 16, 2016
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You can use the countertop kits that are available. Change the look up with choosing a marble or granite effect.
Janet Pizaro
on Jun 16, 2016
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Sorry to read that but I have to say that is what happens to laminate as it ages. I have found some products to use for counter tops to refinish them. I am thinking of redoing my moms counters with a Rust-oleum product. This one is the lower end product it just is one color good price. but the next one is what I want to use its about150.00 and can make the counter look really nice. I have read a lot of good reviews. Good luck hope it helps.Teresa http://www.walmart.com/ip/Rustoleum-254853-29-Oz-Tintable-Specialty-Countertop-Coating/21015336?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=83&adid=22222222227039309547&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=97247792674&wl4=&wl5=pla&wl6=217950738034&veh=sem The next is what I want to do it makes it look like granite. http://www.homedepot.com/p/Rust-Oleum-Transformations-1-qt-Desert-Sand-Small-Countertop-Kit-258514/202885348?cm_mmc=Shopping%7cTHD%7cG%7c0%7cG-BASE-PLA-D24-Paint%7c&gclid=CI6Eub3Zrc0CFcRgfgodPboPSA&gclsrc=aw.ds
Teresa
on Jun 16, 2016
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When laminate wears you are basically going down to the resin infused paper. Anything you put on top of it could basically be rubbed off onto your food. Laminate countertops are generally inexpensive and are better (and in the end, less expensive) to just be replaced. You could purchase sheet laminate, scuff up the existing top and glue down the new onto the old. However, as I said, it's generally more expensive and very work intensive.
Lenia Pilkonis Design, LLC
on Jun 18, 2016
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Basically not much except to do one of the laminate restoration kits or replace the countertop. I went with butcher block that I got from a place that sells them for work bench tops. a 10' piece, 36" wide ran about $600 and it's about 2" thick. Already has an oil finish so I just stained it with an oil based stain & sealed with an oil based poly. They come in various widths from about 24" to 36" wide and bunches of lengths. If you have a table saw or a circular saw, it can be cut to the width/length needed. Much cheaper than hardwoods. Most are birch wood. Depends on how rough you are on them. The nice thing is that they can always be sanded down & refinished.
Crystal Meyer Griffith
on Jun 18, 2016
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