Black Laminate worktop...how to restore?

[rsbhj]

I am looking to buy my Father in laws house but looking for a bit of advise on the black laminate kitchen worktops.

The worktops are only a few years old and look more navy blue with white marks on them than black worktops........I have no idea what he has been cleaning them with.

Anyway I really do not want to have to replace these as I have a lot of other work to be carried out and dont want to damage the tiles.

I have read lakeland do some good products, and also heard vinger and car wax was an option, as well as T-cut. Not sure car products are the best idea for kitchen surfaces?

Anyway any tried and tested recommendations out there?

 

[jj4091]

If you are talking about the high gloss type then I would not bother wasting your time. I spent pounds/hours trying to do ours & ripped them out in the end.

 

[Deleted member 174758]

High gloss worktops are every kitchen fitters nightmare. They can often prove a faff to install without scratching them and when you've got them in you start expecting calls from the customer from around the end of week one - especially if the custimer has have kids/cats/dogs/messy husband, etc. They look good when brand new, but they scratch easily and they aren't repairable. At least not in a permanent sense. You can mess around with oils and waxes and clear lacquers for ever more, but the problem with kitchen worksurfaces is that they tend to get cleaned very frequently - so your "fix" will last until the first time someone cleans properly. Meanwhile over time and with use they pick-up more and more marks to deal with. Whatever you do don't use abrasives like T-Cut - the clear surface coating is extremely thin and once you've gone through it you'll hit the printed paper layer (which is what gives it the colour/pattern) and then that's really it kaput. If I had my way I'd ban them partly because I've had this conversation far too many times. They are a true example of modern "design" triumphing over common sense IMHO

 

[rsbhj]

Hi


There not high gloss, just the standard black laminate with a speckle pattern on them....the usual standard type you get.

I tried vinger and car wax today and no difference......I think replacement is the only way, which could be a nightmare as kitchen is fine other than the worktops............may result in tile damage thats the only thing

 

[jj4091]

High gloss worktops are every kitchen fitters nightmare. They can often prove a faff to install without scratching them and when you've got them in you start expecting calls from the customer from around the end of week one - especially if the custimer has have kids/cats/dogs/messy husband, etc. They look good when brand new, but they scratch easily and they aren't repairable. At least not in a permanent sense. You can mess around with oils and waxes and clear lacquers for ever more, but the problem with kitchen worksurfaces is that they tend to get cleaned very frequently - so your "fix" will last until the first time someone cleans properly. Meanwhile over time and with use they pick-up more and more marks to deal with. Whatever you do don't use abrasives like T-Cut - the clear surface coating is extremely thin and once you've gone through it you'll hit the printed paper layer (which is what gives it the colour/pattern) and then that's really it kaput. If I had my way I'd ban them partly because I've had this conversation far too many times. They are a true example of modern "design" triumphing over common sense IMHO

I completely agree with you apart from the fact that it only becomes common sense with hindsight.