A friend wants to use laminate as a splashback in his kitchen.  The
walls are painted plaster.  What's the best way to fix it?

He's thinking of using carpet tape.  I think contact adhesive would be
better.

"mike"  wrote in message 
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>A friend wants to use laminate as a splashback in his kitchen.  The
> walls are painted plaster.  What's the best way to fix it?
>
> He's thinking of using carpet tape.  I think contact adhesive would be
> better.

I doubt carpet tape would last very well. I used Gripfill to fix similar 
sheeting to the walls of a clean room in 1990 and it is still holding.

Colin Bignell

On Jun 26, 11:31 pm, "nightjar" <cpb@<insert my surname here>.me.uk>
wrote:
> "mike"  wrote in message
>
> news:4b63012f-be78-420c-a779-8ce8b8e34510@79g2000hsk.googlegroups.com...
>
> >A friend wants to use laminate as a splashback in his kitchen.  The
> > walls are painted plaster.  What's the best way to fix it?
>
> > He's thinking of using carpet tape.  I think contact adhesive would be
> > better.
>
> I doubt carpet tape would last very well. I used Gripfill to fix similar
> sheeting to the walls of a clean room in 1990 and it is still holding.
>
> Colin Bignell

I use this.......

http://www.fwb.co.uk/mall/productpage.cfm/FWBGroup/471MSG/63613

Of course

"mike"  wrote in message 
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>A friend wants to use laminate as a splashback in his kitchen.  The
> walls are painted plaster.  What's the best way to fix it?
>
> He's thinking of using carpet tape.  I think contact adhesive would be
> better.

Can I be the first to say WHY?  If wet it will bow and any glued joints will 
split.  Apart from that IMO it will look awfull!
What does he have against tiles / glass / stainless steel?

Slider wrote:
> "mike"  wrote in message 
> news:4b63012f-be78-420c-a779-8ce8b8e34510@79g2000hsk.googlegroups.com...
>> A friend wants to use laminate as a splashback in his kitchen.  The
>> walls are painted plaster.  What's the best way to fix it?
>>
>> He's thinking of using carpet tape.  I think contact adhesive would be
>> better.
> 
> Can I be the first to say WHY?  If wet it will bow and any glued joints will 
> split.  Apart from that IMO it will look awfull!
> What does he have against tiles / glass / stainless steel? 
> 
> 
Is it possible OP was referring to laminate materials such as Formica - 
rather than flooring laminates?

-- 
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On Jun 27, 10:45 am, Rod  wrote:
> Slider wrote:
> > Can I be the first to say WHY?  If wet it will bow and any glued joints will
> > split.  Apart from that IMO it will look awfull!
> > What does he have against tiles / glass / stainless steel?
>
> Is it possible OP was referring to laminate materials such as Formica -
> rather than flooring laminates?

Yup, Formica style laminate, not laminate flooring.

"mike"  wrote in message 
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On Jun 27, 10:45 am, Rod  wrote:
> Slider wrote:
> > Can I be the first to say WHY? If wet it will bow and any glued joints 
> > will
> > split. Apart from that IMO it will look awfull!
> > What does he have against tiles / glass / stainless steel?
>
> Is it possible OP was referring to laminate materials such as Formica -
> rather than flooring laminates?

>Yup, Formica style laminate, not laminate flooring.

Apologies - as soon as I hear laminate I always think of flooring.

Slider wrote:
> "mike"  wrote in message 
> news:4b63012f-be78-420c-a779-8ce8b8e34510@79g2000hsk.googlegroups.com...
>> A friend wants to use laminate as a splashback in his kitchen.  The
>> walls are painted plaster.  What's the best way to fix it?
>>
>> He's thinking of using carpet tape.  I think contact adhesive would be
>> better.
> 
I think you're right

The laminate should fix with gripfix etc but the wall will have to be
pretty flat otherwise it may follow any contours to some extent.
Perhaps some kind of backing board (ply/mdf etc) would be a good
idea.  Then the board can be screwed to the wall and the laminate
glued.

Where do you buy that stuff anyway?  Just curious, I haven't seen it
in a shop for years...