Anyone resurfaced a kitchen bench?

garym, Feb 8, 3:53am
If so, which product did you use and was the result worthwhile and durable
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summersunnz, Feb 9, 6:08am
Yes, we used Formica to cover the Formica already there.
Sanded the original surface with a coarse sandpaper, applied adhesive then new Formica.
Did the edge strips first, then used a plane to cut the edge sllghtly angled back to fit the top.
For the bench surface piece, we cut it to fit the back and sides that were against a wall, with a slightly wider part to go over the edge of the bench.
Once set - overnight, we planed the edges back on a slight angle so the edge wasn't sharp.
It worked beautifully and updated the kitchen from orange '70's spirals to a lovely shade that looked great.
Adding - that was in 1995 - still looks great.

mm12345, Feb 9, 1:27pm
^^^ I've done the same - with acceptable result.
But if doing it again, I'd probably get a complete new Formica laminated top made. If you deal directly with the company making the benchtops, it's remarkably inexpensive - and they'll get a standard of finish on edges and joins that you can't achieve DIY.
If the bench runs in to a corner, thoroughly check how out of square it is before ordering.

garym, Feb 9, 5:24pm
Thanks for the replies-I wondered if anyone had used the painted products available though

kaddiew, Feb 9, 6:48pm
I had a quote to have it done professionally and it was about $1200, not much less than having Mitre10 or Bunnings new benchtops installed.

macmar, Feb 9, 10:15pm
We had ours sprayed by a professional - great job, looks great

regy_2005, Feb 10, 2:55am
Years ago we had ours recoated , looked awesome then started to chip off very easly .Obviously not well preped.

fordcrzy, Jun 28, 6:45am
a new benchtop is not that expensive. just get a new one. deal with a benchtop maker, not a kitchen cupboard place.