Proper Name For PVC Work Top Covers?

LearnerNew · Post by **LearnerNew** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 2:00 pm

Whats the crappy stuff called what people cover their worktops with, its like a big sheet of thin PVC that sticks over the top of the worktop to make it look like you've got a new kitchen?

I don't want none i just want to know to name. :dunno:

ayjay · Post by **ayjay** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 2:11 pm

Sticky backed plastic?

Fablon.

LearnerNew · Post by **LearnerNew** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 2:16 pm

ayjay wrote:Sticky backed plastic?

Fablon.

No its not that, its a bit like PVC cladding the people put on bathroom walls but it clips over the top of worktops. I seen it in homebase a few years ago.

Gadget · Post by **Gadget** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 10:34 pm

Cling-film ??...

senorplumb · Post by **senorplumb** » Sun Mar 24, 2013 12:45 am

Formica? I would tile it personally if you keeping it for any length of time.

Job and Knock · Post by **Job and Knock** » Sun Mar 24, 2013 12:38 pm

LearnerNew wrote:Whats the crappy stuff called what people cover their worktops with, its like a big sheet of thin PVC that sticks over the top of the worktop to make it look like you've got a new kitchen?

Worktops are delivered with a protective coating of self-adhesive cleaR PVC on them - but it isn't durable - only meant for protection in transit. Wrapping one with any form of PVC would be a disaster because PVC shrinks and scorches in contact with hot items such as the underside of electric kettles. If B&Q ever sold such a system I very much doubt it lasted for long in their inventory.

senorplumb wrote:Formica? I would tile it personally if you keeping it for any length of time.

Formica is NOT sticky back plastic, at least not as far as I know. Some instructions on how to do that would be nice. Any photos?

transitboy · Post by **transitboy** » Sun Mar 24, 2013 10:56 pm

Formica is NOT sticky back plastic, at least not as far as I know. Some instructions on how to do that would be nice. Any photos?
I making a couple of units ,which I have got to cover in Formica (bloody expensive stuff)for a optician when done I will post some pictures.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb8rKz1GMcQ

Job and Knock · Post by **Job and Knock** » Mon Mar 25, 2013 9:36 am

transitboy wrote:Formica is NOT sticky back plastic, at least not as far as I know. Some instructions on how to do that would be nice. Any photos?
I making a couple of units ,which I have got to cover in Formica (bloody expensive stuff)for a optician when done I will post some pictures.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb8rKz1GMcQ

Hi Transitboy, the request was for Senor plumb to put up instructions on how best to overtile a post-formed worktop (because I happen to know that it's not straightforward). Personally I don't need any instruction on laying decorative laminates having served my time in the trade some years ago and being mainly a shop/interior fit-out man (both bench and site). Overlaminating a worktop in situ is probably the biggest waste of time I could imagine, if only because I can buy lengths of worktop for the same or less than the cost of a sheet of Formica and worktops which have got to that state are generally not worth the effort

transitboy · Post by **transitboy** » Mon Mar 25, 2013 10:05 am

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