Countertop 5-Year Fix

8 years ago

Would very much appreciate any short-term solutions (5 years) for our pink and green laminate countertops. Don’t want wood. Anybody tried any of the spray on stone-look products?

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mama goose_gw zn6OH

8 years ago

last modified: 8 years ago

I don't like pink, so I'd have to do something. A couple of years ago a friend covered her old Formica with something that looked a lot like concrete when finished. I don't recall the brand for sure, but it might have been the same product used by the blogger at Young House Love.

Last year I painted a laminate counter in my sister's rental, with Rustoleum countertop coating (the cheap stuff). The counters had been painted already, with what looked like regular latex paint, so I felt we had nothing to lose. It looked much better, but it smelled terrible, so I kept the windows open, with a floor fan going the whole time. It was a small kitchen, so I had enough paint for three coats, which had to be done at least 12 hours apart. (Or maybe it was 24 hours apart.)

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tiggerlgh
8 years ago
Pics please.

Also why 5 years? If planning on selling then think about resale as well
salex
8 years ago
Pink and green - I sympathize. Mine were magenta and I intended to live with them for a year or two, which stretched into 8 years (thank goodness they're gone now!).

Do you have a backsplash installed adjacent to the laminate counters? If not, a fairly cheap and easy fix would just be new laminate counters. Five years might not seem like a long time at first... but it is if your current counters are that bad.
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isabel98
8 years ago
try this, friend of mine did it and it lasted them a few years until they sold the house.

they went over their existing laminate
concrete counters
phunkeemum
Original Author
8 years ago
5 years because we’ll be doing a total kitchen reno then. One picture view shows view through from livingroom and the other the lovely countertops. The island is now larger and wood.
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cpartist
8 years ago
I would leave them. They're not terrible.
eam44
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
Another vote for leaving them alone. Almost everything you’re going to consider is more effort or money than it’s worth.
phunkeemum
Original Author
8 years ago
^ Thats what I’m thinking too
User
8 years ago
The kitchen as a whole does not look bad either. What are you planning to do then?
palimpsest
8 years ago
I don't think the kitchen really needs any interim cosmetic fixes.
cpartist
8 years ago
When the time comes I'd be more concerned with getting the stove away from the fridge and the sink so you have a better work flow. For now, it looks charming.
Helen
8 years ago
This is obviously a matter of taste but I would opt for leaving as is as they aren't excruciatingly terrible and I can't imagine any resurface agent on formica that wouldn't get beaten up and look worse than what you have.

And the stove should be moved when you do the complete renovation - doesn't appear to have any venting currently either and that wood shelf holding the microwave appears to be quite low.
phunkeemum
Original Author
8 years ago
The kitchen where it is now, used to be a pantry. A wall was knocked through from the diningroom. (Family room adjacent to the kitchen was the original kitchen and we will NOT be turning it back into a kitchen.) Kitchen space is limited and having the frig beside the stove may be the only option when we renovate due to space. The kitchen works fine and am thinking that aesthetically speaking (when we do a reno), the frig could have a built-in look with a cabinet front. I may end up going with a laminate countertop for now, but they’re not cheap. Just wondered if there were any new products out there that I may not know about. Thanks all.