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    • May 30, 2002 at 9:59 pm #26089
      Barbie
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      Help! We have very nice formica counters in our home, but the previous owner put in “black” counters, they look like slate. Although very attractive, the dark color just isn’t what I would like to have. Not having a big budget to have them replaced, I was wondering if there is a paint available, that I could change the color of the counters, but that would also be durable and not scratch easily. Any advice you could give would be very much appreciated.

    • May 31, 2002 at 1:47 pm #115882
      Bruce Ridenour
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      It isn’t recomended to paint kitchen counter tops because they are “Food Contact Surfaces”. Formica and the like can be painted in a room like a bathroom or at a work station, but it shouldn’t be done in a kitchen.

    • October 6, 2002 at 7:12 pm #120225
      neali vaant
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      I want to install new countertops and am on a very limited budget. The only low priced counters I was able to find was formica at about $14.00 a square foot. I can go up to $25.00 a square foot. Is there anything else out there. I’ve checked corian, granite and soapstone. Unfortunately, it’s out of my price range. Is there an alternative to formica?

    • November 16, 2002 at 2:37 pm #125935
      ann grasnik
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      I have a dark brown/floral color countertops & I cannot clean watermarks from the surface. I have tried many, many products & the marks will not disapear. Any ideas/products to recommend?

    • January 27, 2003 at 5:48 pm #139056
      Tony Burke
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      Where can I purchase a sheet of Formica and is it feasible to cover old with new using a good adhesive. I am located in Liverpool

    • July 20, 2003 at 8:36 pm #172840
      Joyce Saxon
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      What is the kind of one coat paint that can be used to paint a kitchen formica counter. I do not have the money to replace the existing ‘bright blue”formica counter right now as I have done a lot to the 1932 house. How to paint it to have it last a while longer without the auful look?

    • August 23, 2003 at 3:28 am #178867
      Jane Smith
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      can you paint formica counters?

    • April 16, 2004 at 11:14 am #229023
      Faye Jones
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      I have decided to install new counter tops using Formica. I do not like to use the formica to finish off the edges. I need a better idea of what to do with this. Also, what type of backsplash to use. I do not like the formica for a backsplash

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