Remove laminate backsplash

10-14-2012, 06:15 PM	#1
georgioltd Newbie   Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 1	Remove laminate backsplash I'm giving my 80's kitchen a makeover before listing house for sale. Have already added large island with sink & granite countertop with expresso cabinets below. Almost finished painting original kitchen cabinets expresso to match. Hoped to remove existing kitchen laminate counters & backsplash and have granite counters & new tile backsplash installed but, must cut budget. To save $$$ decided to paint laminate countertops; intall glass tile backsplash to compliment island. I have run into a "roadblock": HOW TO SEPARATE & REMOVE THE LAMINATE BACKSPLASH?The laminate curves upward from countertop to backsplash area and on to bottom edge of cabinets above counters; is one continual sheet; has no break or seam. I don't know where to cut it and how to remove just the laminate backsplash. I assume I will be adding some type of trim between the laminate countertop edge and new glass tile backsplash. ANY EASY, DIY SUGGESTIONS TO CUT & REMOVE? Last edited by georgioltd; 10-14-2012 at 08:25 PM. Reason: incomplete title

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10-14-2012, 07:03 PM	#2
oh'mike Super Moderator   Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Kane county,Illinois Posts: 16,323	Remove laminate backsplash You may end up with a mess---- Cutting off the back splash portion will cause the counter top to sag---I really think you will wreck the top---the back splash is the support for the back edge--- __________________ New members: Adding your location to your profile helps in many ways.--M--

10-14-2012, 07:52 PM	#3
joecaption Member   Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Hartfield VA Posts: 18,313	Remove laminate backsplash If I was looking to buy a house and saw the laminite tops had been painted I'd take the price of new tops right off the asking price.

10-14-2012, 10:26 PM	#4
Fix'n it Member   Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: far sw sub chicago Posts: 1,804	Remove laminate backsplash Quote: Originally Posted by joecaption If I was looking to buy a house and saw the laminite tops had been painted I'd take the price of new tops right off the asking price. i would run. if they did that, what else did they do ! __________________ DIY'er, out of necessity. if i did this for a living, i would make about $3.50 an hour To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. i didn't make this world. i just live in it. be careful of whom you make fun of. one day, that could be you...

10-17-2012, 07:56 AM	#5
md2lgyk Member   Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: WV Posts: 2,132	Remove laminate backsplash I'd just leave the countertop alone. Lots of people (myself included) buy houses knowing they are going to remodel them. So why spend your money on such a trivial thing? Besides, many people don't care for the latest trendy glass tile look.