Anybody have any thoughts?
Guy just asked me if it can be done.
My first thought is WHY?
They don’t like the colour.
My second thought is that if it is old and has absorbed a lot of kitchen grease, the contact cement might not adhere.
Who has comments – constructive ones especially?
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Nope. SS is actually Talc, and Talc is used as a lubricant among other things. The CCement won't stay adhered.
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I'd worry -- as you already noted -- that it might not be possible to get the stone clean enough. Soapstone is fairly porous.
But (just some musings here...)maybe there is some sort of a cleaner, that could be followed by some sort of sealer, and with multiple coats of sealer, the contact cement might work.
Of course, I (and I'll bet you too) could probably rip out the stone, and lay a particle board or ply base in just about the same amount of time.
But I'm going to watch this one, hoping someone has the REAL answer -- this seems to be the kind of customer that calls me a lot.
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glitch to tearing it up and doing formica over board - the sinks are all undermounts.
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>>"....the sinks are all undermounts."Which, for me anyway, would also be a glitch when thinking of putting P-Lam over the stone.
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And I can't question how or when or why when I'm gone;
I can't live proud enough to die when I'm gone,
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No, there are several different techniques for having laminate over undermount sinks. Even when a wooden substrate is used.In a case like this, if the laminate would stick to the SS there would not be any problem with an under mount..
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Carefully take it out.
Take home. Put in what ever they want.
They don't like the colour.
Dye it a colour they like. Betcha concrete stain would work.
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There's an idear!I have not seen this to know what colour it is now
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Just let's hope it's not that dark green that was so popular for a while with soapstone; 'bout the only thing you could do with that'd be to dye it black.
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Well, turns out that it is black already.Told him total replace is how to handle the job.
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I bet it wouldn't.
Jiust today a co-worker was talking about his son's experiences on the indoor, winter sprint-car racing circuit .
In convention centers and arenas, they coat the floors with a mix of brake fluid and coca-cola syrup - he says it will pull your shoes off, and the tires hardly wear - they have to run a LOT of stagger to get the cars to turn on the tiny, sticky tracks.
So - something like that?
Forrest
Edited 9/14/2009 8:23 pm ET by McDesign
Sounds crazy. I don't think it'll work, but if it's useable, you could remove it and eventually re-sell it. Formica is cheap and easy. You could probably make some money off of it, and charge them the same as you would to cover the soapstone. As to dyeing it, I was under the impression that soapstone is an inert material and doesn't stain very easy. Plus with years of mineral oil in it, I would think it won't take stain all that well. And undermount sinks are pretty common in formica now.
You might be able to scarify the SS and then use something, maybe epoxy, that would form a mechanical bond with the ridges in the SS.
But the work would certainly not be worth it.
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Bout the dumbest idea I've heard lately, but guessing you already know that?
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Don't know if you can or can't, but I have seen old soapstone sinks that have been painted, presumably with oil based paint. That paint seemed to have no trouble staying adhered for many years. Of course, those old sinks probably never had any sort of oil or sealant applied like I'm sure a modern countertop probably has.
Maybe call Pionite or Wilsonart (or whomever you'd use) and see if they'd provide some technical advice either for or against the idea.