Applying Laminate Sheets

Let the adhesive dry until you can put a piece of brown kraft paper on it and the paper doesn t stick.

Applying laminate sheets.

It should take 10 15 minutes and you can see the difference between the wet and dry sections pretty. Applying the countertop surface. Liquid contact cement is the best adhesive for bonding plastic laminate. Allow the adhesive surfaces to dry to the touch.

Apply a thin even coating of cement to both the substrate and the laminate using a foam paint roller. This part may seem counter intuitive but you need to let both sides dry completely before attaching them together. It takes about 20 minutes. Find laminate sheets at lowe s today.

You will want to be very careful to keep the plywood and laminate clean after you begin to apply the glue. Coat the countertop surface with contact cement too. Plastic laminate comes in sheets normally measuring 49 or 60 inches 124 5 or 152 4 cm by 12 feet 3 7 m but can be purchased cut to size for your project to minimize waste. Use the factory edge of the laminate sheet for those edges step 3 apply contact cement on the backs of the laminate pieces with a brush.

Starting at one end of the sheet remove the first wood strip or dowel and use a j roller to press the new sheet down onto the counter bonding the two pieces together. Let the contact cement dry for 15 to 20 minutes. Apply two coats to particleboard. On a workbench or other surface so you can apply the glue.

Once you ve coated the back of the laminate sheet move it aside and apply contact cement to the countertop the same way.