Best & Easy Way Of Fixing A Hole In The Laminate Countertop
A laminated counter is similar to the veneer. Various sheets of vinyl laminate that are thin are glued over a wood surface. And also sometimes the bond breaks, as well as the laminate, has the bubbles, or it can have small or large holes, to fix all this please read out the information given below:
Laminate Countertop Repair
- The repair products for the laminate countertop are already premixed, so all that the user has to do is to fill the screw hole or the crack in the countertop with the help of a paste. For some of the products, it is important to clean the laminate countertop with the help of a solvent, so it is important to make sure to follow all the label instructions for application as well as for the inhalation precautions safety.
- With the help of a putty knife or with a wooden craft stick, press down the paste in the hole in a way so that it gets filled completely, leveling the top of the laminate countertop without excess filling of the hole. After the mixture dries, it can not be easy to sand it even with the countertop in which the countertop can get damaged easily.
- Generally, all of the laminate repair products start drying out quickly, it can start to get harden in just an hour. However, some of the products need a drying period of the few days, during which that area of the countertop should be avoided. If in case the paste starts shrinking from the edges of the hole or the cracks after almost 1 hour of the application, that time simply re-apply the paste again to fill out the gap.
Large Hole
If the hole in the countertop is large, that time there is a creative as well as the functional solution to fix it without the need to go for the countertop refinishing fully. Consider installing a cutting board that is recessed as part of the existing countertop, most importantly to cover up a hole. Purchase a kit of the drop-in cutting board but a two-part for the countertop. This kit has a tray of the shallow stainless steel that is inserted into the countertop as well as a cutting board that simply adjusts in the tray. The kit has a template that is placed on the area that has no hole so to mark the area of the countertop that must be cut using a jigsaw.