Using contact cement apply two coats to both surfaces.
Refinishing laminate dining room table.
Use a soapy sponge with water to clean all the dirt oil or grime off the table top and base.
This will probably take about an hour or two and you ll want to do it outside if possible.
Hgtv expert steve watson gives you a list of materials and step by step instructions for refinishing a wood dining room table.
Finish by trimming.
The very first thing you need to do is wash the table off.
Turn your laminate furniture from drab to fab by refinishing it.
If you go the oil route you were done a step ago.
Give an old table a new look by applying a new laminate top.
Paint a laminate table top step 1.
Along the way i think most of us have picked up a cheap piece or two of laminate furniture.
Veneer is a thin layer of wood glued to a base of less expensive wood.
You ll need a rotary sander router with round over bit stain rubber stain brushes and a big box of rags.
Yes indeed it can be done.
But andrew warns that paint isn t as durable as an oil especially for a high traffic piece of furniture like a dining table 5.
The process allows expensive or exotic woods to be used on reasonably priced furniture.
Laminate table top material list.
You can refinish veneer almost the same as you would refinish a piece of solid wood as long as you take precautions to avoid damaging the thin veneer.
Start by roughing up the tables glossy finish to give the adhesive a good surface to stick to.
First sand off the old finish.
In fact it s quite easy to do.