"L C" wrote in message news:_7WQg.7$Iq5.6@trndny02...
Hello,

I have an old laminate countertop in our kitchen. I would like to just
laminate on top of the existing countertop as a "couple year" solution.
We
plan to redo the entire kitchen in that time. I thought I could do that,
but the guy at the BORG told me that it would never work. The new
laminate
would not stick to the old laminate.

Anyone ever do this?
Did it work?

Larry C

Gluing laminate to laminate is done all of the time. Sand the old and glue
on the new. There are special laminates that have color all the way through
them that are used to make attractive edges. Strips of different colors of
the solid color laminate are glued on top of each other at the edges and the
body of the counter is layed up with cheaper laminates on top of each other,
sometimes four layers thick. Then the edge is beveled so that the different
colors all show, one on top of each other beveled back. Not that this is
what you want to do, but this is done on new applications for custom work.

For your edge question:
Glue and nail your wood edge on and sand flush to the top before you apply
the laminate. Run the laminate over the top of the wood edge and then bevel
it. This gets rid of the joint line and keeps water and debris out of the
crack.

CR