How To Cut Laminate Countertop Ikea. IKEA's wide variety of laminate countertops can help you achieve a great look for your kitchen at a reasonable cost. Cutting plastic laminate and laminate countertops is not difficult and can be done with ordinary power tools and hand tools, but you must be careful not to Plastic laminate is surprisingly easy to cut.
Laminate countertops (often called Formica, although that is actually the name of only one manufacturer) come in just about every color and pattern imaginable. In this video, senior editor and old-school carpenter Andy Engel takes on cutting a sink opening in a laminate countertop. We know how popular these counters are firsthand: they were never in stock when we wanted them!
Of course, it's not polished concrete or Carrara marble but you get the.
You can easily remove a laminate kitchen countertop yourself if you are replacing it or renovating your kitchen.
I have two contractors interested in the job but both balk at the idea of cutting the countertop. Instead of hiring a professional to cut and install the material, there's little reason not to do it yourself. You can modify an Ikea table to turn it into a vanity, a chalk However, many Ikea tables are covered with a layer of melamine or plastic laminate, so making the cut won't be as simple as with a wood table.