Bare Wall After Laminate Backsplash Was Removed
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Since I planned to refinish the whitish laminate countertops and the backsplash was done in the same laminate material, it absolutely had to come down. I expected the removal to be a nightmare, but managed to get it all down by prying it off using just a regular screwdriver. Most of it broke off in big sheets. There were small sections that required a bit of elbow grease, but overall it was an easy job taking less than two hours. Prepping for the new tile was minimal. I Spackled a few holes, and didn't apply primer because it had apparently been painted when the house first went up. The brown spots on the walls, I believe, is dried-up adhesive, which I went over by hand with a sheet of sandpaper before applying mastic. This was probably an unnecessary step, but it didn't hurt anything. By the way, the range in the photo is the one I would go on to destroy.
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