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My daughter was being helpful yesterday and cleaned the kitchen. Unfortunately, she used Soft Scrub to clean the formica countertops. Now they look like they've been sanded with 220 grit. :rolleyes:
Does anyone know of a way to polish out such scratches in Formica?
Thanks!
Ouch. That's a tuff one.
My first reaction would be to use a silicone-free automotive polish applied repetitively by hand with a cotton terry cloth.
-Jeff :)
Thanks, Jeff. I was thinking about rubbing compound, but I don't if the stuff I used to use on enamel paint is available anymore.
Pat,
I'd try it in a very obscure place first. Formica is realitively thin. You could polish though the surface and end up with an even worse looking result.
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=gra...p=mss&ei=UTF-8
A great time to consider other options maybe?
^^ I knew that was coming! I was afraid Mrs Pat would suggest the granite option. I'm going to get a cabinet saw before we get granite countertops and I'm not backing down. ;)
Micro-surface makes kits to do exactly this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Germain
http://micro-surface.com
(one example: https://www.micro-surface.com/defaul...rk01&storeid=1)
Thanks, Daniel. That products looks like what we used to call "Canopy Cleaner" in the Navy. I was thinking that would be perfect to polish my countertops, but I didn't know if I could buy it.
That's for "solid surface" tops. I don't think formica is considered solid surface. Dick B.
Sorry:(. No such thing as "removing scratches from Formica", although you can sometimes, temporarily mask the scratches with ole english.
You might consider scratching the whole top to a uniform level so it has that unique, high dollar look.
Ed