While not a perfect solution to all of your countertop woes tiling over laminate just might be the fast inexpensive solution you need to carry your kitchen through for a few more years or to aid in a house sale.
Replace tile countertop with laminate.
They may also be an outdated color installed during a period that will date the rest of the kitchen.
Homeowners remove tile countertops for a number of reasons.
To prep the countertop to receive the tile round corners need to be squared off and the countertop surface has to be sanded to provide a better surface for the tile adhesive.
Since you must level either type of subfloor before laying tile if you decide that you want to replace a tile floor with laminate flooring you won t need to do as much work to make sure the floor sits level.
Clamp the level down to use as a cutting guide image 1.
If the laminate and substrate are in good condition you can tile directly on top of the laminate.
To square off the corners of the round cornered laminate countertop mark a line 3 1 4 in from edge.
Laminate countertops suffering from outdated colors or patterns deep knife cuts water damage or staining might also need replacing.
One alternative to full countertop replacement is to tile over the laminate.
Tiles may be cracked or damaged or keeping the grout clean may have become too big a task.