If you plan to install a fluorescent light on top of a length of
kitchen cabinets,
can I recommend firstly lining the top with old newspapers so that
cleaning
up there is simply done by discarding such newspapers and replacing
them
with fresh ones.
Also, it would do no harm to lay a width of tinfoil as a makeshift
reflector on top
of said newspaper.

No warnings about earthing the tinfoil please.

Mungo :-)