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How A Handyman Laminates A Surface

  
  
  

laminateSome people really like to the look of laminate...countertops, desks, filing cabinets, and dressers. Laminate is very durable, cleans easily, and is pretty easy to install. They even make good surfaces for a workbench for your handyman.

If you have a surface, like particle board or medium-density fiberboard, you can spruce it up with laminate. You want to trim it with a minimum of overhang so you won't have much to trim after it is glued to the surface. Use contact cement and a thin-napped roller and roll on a coat of the contact cement on each surface...cover both the particle board and the laminate surface you are gluing. Let that coat dry and roll another coat on each surface again and let that coat dry. I suppose you could use contact cement in a spray can, but I like the heavy coat of rolling it on.

The dried surfaces will be slightly tacky but don't touch them together until you are sure they are properly lined up. Once these surfaces touch, they won't easily let go. It is a good idea to use something to keep the surfaces apart until you are sure they are lined up and ready to touch. I like dowels for this. You can lay a couple of wood dowels across the particle board and then lay the glued laminate on top of the dowels. Once they are lined up, just remove one dowel at a time and push the surfaces together. You can use a rolling pin to roll the surfaces together.

Once the surfaces are glued together, you can use a router with a laminate cutting straight bit in it and go around the perimeter of the surface. When two laminated surfaces meet, you can use a laminate cutting angled bit to give a decorative finish.

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