At risk of sounding like a Neanderthal, I have an application where I'm considering applying laminate over a polyurethane-finished slab of butcher-block, about 24 x 36 x 1.5" thk. Anyone out there have any guidance on process to make certain that there are no downstream issues with adhesion, or any other sorts of possible gremlins? My concerns are these:
-solvent in contact cement attacking polyurethane, causing possible loss of adhesion or other unimagined issues,
-flatness of finished (imported) butcher block not as flat as I might like, causing possible voids, leading to - you guessed it, loss of adhesion.
My goal here is to do as little modification work as possible, and turn a commercially-made heavy-duty consumer cart into a part of our technical system product line. I have gone down the make-it-myself road for one-off, but I have been unable to find a supplier who would even provide a quote, or even an acknowledgment of RFQ receipt, for making replacement tops from MDF + Formica.
-solvent in contact cement attacking polyurethane, causing possible loss of adhesion or other unimagined issues,
-flatness of finished (imported) butcher block not as flat as I might like, causing possible voids, leading to - you guessed it, loss of adhesion.
My goal here is to do as little modification work as possible, and turn a commercially-made heavy-duty consumer cart into a part of our technical system product line. I have gone down the make-it-myself road for one-off, but I have been unable to find a supplier who would even provide a quote, or even an acknowledgment of RFQ receipt, for making replacement tops from MDF + Formica.