Formica Scratch Repair

Dion Kennard lives in the Bahamas.

The land of milk and honey sea and surf and humidity.

Here's his story:

"When we built our house we had a local contractor build our kitchen cabinets and prepare and install our counter tops.

They are 1/2" thick Formica sheets in a dark stone color.

Unfortunately he polished them to a high gloss and they are now showing every scratch and mark.

Is there some way that I can refinish them myself so that they would be more forgiving?"

I believe there are scratches here, but they're hard to see. Photo credit: Dion Kennard

Here's my simple answer:

To disguise scratches, you need to get rid of the high gloss. Gloss, by its very nature, shows minor surface imperfections because of the way light is reflected by the imperfection.

A matte finish is more forgiving.

How you might create a pleasing and uniform matte finish is a mystery to me.

You may be better off just trying to repair the scratches as they happen as you could ruin the top trying to change it's look.

CLICK HERE for some repair kits that may work.