I wanna be laminated - Best Cabinet Laminate FAQ

kruton · Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 9:37 pm Post subject:

That's one nice lookin interior!
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curtis4085 · Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 12:37 am Post subject:

I found Glamour Cherry from formica it in a Artisian finish or semigloss. My local lumber yard hooked it up.. Its suppose to be close to the colonial cherry. If anybody needs help getting it let me know. My peeps a straight

notchboy · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 4:36 pm Post subject:

I wanted to bump this up so 1-people could see cabinets getting refinished & 2 Ill be looking for some Nevamar product here in Seattle to finish my between the seats box, front table and behind the pass seat box.

I did find one palce to get the sheet goods but Im not going to call until Monday.

Anyone else been re-laminating?
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notchboy · Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 9:37 am Post subject:

Im needing a piece of late laminate to do a repair on a 76-79 table leaf, just the leaf, so thats like a 2ft by 8in piece?

Anyone out there still have some saved pieces or maybe a piece of orginal cabinet I can remove it from?

Thanks!
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curtis4085 · Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 2:03 am Post subject:

notchboy · Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 6:58 pm Post subject:

curtis4085 · Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 8:06 pm Post subject:

BUSBOSS · Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 9:54 pm Post subject:

I think I have some Nevamar pieces left in the attic. Sounds like you are looking for the og stuff though.
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notchboy · Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 10:04 pm Post subject:

notchboy · Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 5:37 pm Post subject:

So I was able to get a panel in good shape and the right size to be able to do a correct restoration to this table.

I took it all apart, stripped the old cracked laminate off, sanded the board all up, filled two voids with bondo, sanded again, took the laminate strip off the doner board, sanded the back of it, coated the laminate and board with 3m spray glue, mated them together, let bond over night, routed the edge next day, cleaned all hardware, put the outside black bumper strip back on with heat gun, put all the hardware back in place....clean with WD-40 and enjoy Cool

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Restored.
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eche_bus · Samba Member Joined: October 07, 2007 Posts: 1318

Looks VERY good. I'm about to embark on mine that has the same kind of damage but bought a whole new table section piece with perfect laminate to replace it. I didn't have any scrap sections to use for repair like you did, but buying this small table leaf leaves me able to use my old one for small corner repairs elsewhere.

I saw you sanding the underside of the large table section and the underside now looks very good. Did you use anything else to remove the stains from the underside? Mine is pretty badly stained and I was planning to try mineral spirits and have looked into wood bleach, but am worried about harming the laminate accidentally in the process.

notchboy · Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 10:27 am Post subject:

I sanded it to remove the years of smutz and palm butter - yuck! But it didnt take all of it out and it is "stained" to a certain degree still. No treatment after ward as Westfalia didnt, and if they did it was some kind of oil I bet. Be careful when sanding. You can not go nuts as the ply layers are not all that thick and you can burn through it and expose a lower layer messing it all up.
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curtis4085 · Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 10:37 am Post subject:

notchboy · Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 12:11 pm Post subject:

I think OG is zinc and galvy. I just did a light wire wheel on them to knock the paint and grime off - making sure not to remove the OG coating.
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Bala · Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 11:23 am Post subject:

Table looks good dude!
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Hot Rod Harp · Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 12:32 pm Post subject:

I went a different way...stripped the Formica and am replacing with wood veneer. Classic not plastic. I chose Red Oak and I'm going to stain with Golden Oak. It is on 2'x8' rolls and cuts easy & clean, great stuff.

http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=2213&site=ROCKLER

Also ordered 3/4" black T-moulding 12' for about $18.00.

notchboy · Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 3:35 pm Post subject:

Hot Rod Harp · Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 6:36 am Post subject:

Relaminated Westy cabinets with pressure senstive wood veneer from Rockler.com. I have two days into this project, once the cabinets are covered, I'll stain.

BUSBOSS · Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 4:09 pm Post subject:

How expensive is that Rockler stuff?

I saw it once and did not like the "compterized pattern) of the wood grain.
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notchboy · Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 4:53 pm Post subject:


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