I am a professional cabinet maker but I learned how to make a sink cut out in a Formica (or, “plastic laminate”) countertop through trial and error. Cutting a sink hole in a kitchen or vanity bathroom counter is a critical step in the installation process of your new cabinetry.

Laminate tops are expensive and if you do not use the right techniques and tools for cutting out the hole, you can easily ruin your top. The methods that I will be discussing will apply to bathroom vanity and kitchen counter top cutouts. The only difference will be the shape of the cuts and the saws that are used to form them. You will need some type of saw horses or if you’re installing cabinets you may use a couple of cabinets to place to counter on while making the cuts. Read the instructions that are provided with the kitchen or bathroom sink.

• Tip: Always make your mica top sink hole cuts from the underside of the counter. So this means you will trace the template on the raw side or bottom of the wood.

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Diagram Attaching Wood Edge To Plastic Laminate Counter

Do you want to enhance your kitchen by adhering a wood edge to a Formica countertop? Will you be attaching it to an existing top or will you be building one? I will be discussing several methods of how to attach a decorative wood edge to your plastic laminate counters. There is really not one set method of how to apply a piece of oak or maple edging to a mica top. I am going to share with you the easiest way to adhere the molding using the most common tools that a person may have in their shop or tool box at home. Primarily, I will be discussing how to build a new plastic laminate counter top that has a real wood edge. At the end of this article you will find two methods that can be used on existing tops that are already installed. read article Wood Edge Formica Counter