There are polyurethane varnishes with colour in them. If I understand your situation though the surfaces will never be seen. You can however use any quality paint, I would recommend a good quality water resistant pain, I am partial to melamine paints because they are so durable. Most good even water based paints will do just fine, acrylic or latex. You just want to seal the edges and often it gets ragged and soft because of things like rising steam from a kettle or moisture rolling over a counter edge and being absorbed or wicks up into the wood particles. Stop that and you stop the problem.
If I was Han Solo I'd probably pet my wookie ----- Original Message ----- From: Betsy Whitney To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 1:23 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] laminate counter edge not sealed Aloha Dale, Does polyurethane varnish come in colors? Thanks, Betsy At 06:36 PM 2/6/2010, you wrote: > > >I would scrub it with some moderate sand paper, >maybe 80 grit just to smooth it a little. Water >has probably destabilized it a little. > >Then seal it with several coats of nearly >anything. Paint, varnish, my preference would probably be polyurethane varnish. > >If I was Han Solo I'd probably pet my wookie >----- Original Message ----- >From: Betsy Whitney >To: blindhandyman-yahoogroups.com >Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 11:28 PM >Subject: [BlindHandyMan] laminate counter edge not sealed > >Aloha all, >We are having new kitchen counters installed, but there is a nice >laminated bar that we are not removing. It's a wood color that >matches our cedar paneling. Unfortunately, the laminate is over >particle board. It looks great but the bottom edge behind the edge is >not sealed and from time-to-time little particles fall onto the >counter below it. What can I do to seal that edge to stop the shedding? >Betsy >However, when they installed it 24 years ago >Teamwork: Together we achieve the extraordinary. > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
