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so I'm back on the utility kitchen again
now you might notice that I've now got a
sink in place and I've got my work tops
but I'm gonna skip ahead for a little
bit and show you after cutting the work
tops I added some laminate trim and I
decided to follow my dad's method it
sounded easy and I had to ring him for
some tips because there's almost nothing
online about this and most people skim
over it but it is my second attempt but
that's because I noticed that as a
manufacturer faults on the first trim
that came with my work top so was going
to use a edging strip for this but as
soon as I opened the new one it was
perfect and you had a perfect edge to
follow without having to make two
scissor cuts so that is an option if you
want to go for it so anyway keep on
watching and I'll show you how I get on
so just to give you a quick lowdown I
only cut my work tops with a handsaw
until I got to my sink but covered my
laminate work top with masking tape I'm
measuring out where I want to put it and
just used a fine-toothed handsaw and
started from the profile edge I took my
time and sword in a downed fashion as it
recommended on the instructions and then
remove the masking tape and went over it
with a sanding block to take off any
edges although my dad recommended a belt
sander but mine's a massive one that I
thought it might actually do some damage
and this part is really important anyway
before you start gluing your edging to
it and I'll be using this contact
adhesive and as usual I'll leave all the
links below so the first thing I'm doing
is masking tape in it up again I also
protected the rest of the worktop with
cardboard so then I got the pristine
lemon edging and made sure at the top of
the trim it lined up with the top of the
worktop and lined up with the back so
once i've trimmed it down with a pair of
scissors i temporarily attached it in
place
with a few bits of masking tape and make
sure it's still lined up as you go in
along then using a sharp pencil I'm
drawing around the excess bit at the
back of the trim and I also repeated
that for the bottom lip that was
protruding as well so I've removed it
now
and you can see my pencil line of
exactly where I need to cut around it
and my tip for this is cutting slowly
with some sharp scissors
and cut as close to the pencil mark as
you can on the outside not the inside
you don't want to cut it too short and
you'll need to open a few windows for
this because this contact adhesive
stinks I'm actually using a plastic
filling knife for this it didn't come
with it so an applicator but it was
curved and really couldn't stand using
it so I just went for this one instead
you don't want any lumps to show through
once you've put the edging in place also
it's quite tricky to not get glue on the
other side of the trim we can just wipe
it off quite easily if you get there
quick enough and then a repeat of that
glueing method on the cut edge of the
laminate and you're meant to leave it
till it's touch dry within 5 to 10
minutes and by the time I'd finish
gluing the worktop anyway it was ready
to use straight away so you've got to
trust your own judgment bear in mind as
soon as you put it on it's so sticky you
probably won't be able to move it so
make sure you take the time to align it
up perfectly along the top and the sides
and then I apply some pressure with my
hand or sometimes even an old rag and
just firmly smooth over it the other
thing you'll notice is my dad
specifically said not to use a stanley
knife he uses a file instead and I found
just going over it on a 45 degree angle
very slowly and carefully worked at the
best and if I left too much lip on there
and tried filing it straight away it
took more off than I wanted it to and I
would just take the time going all the
way around or sometimes on the angle
going side to side and definitely be
careful around the curved edge as well
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to it the carpenter's daughter to turn
it red that's all you need to do but
I've really enjoyed learning all these
projects and sharing with everyone of
how I get on and hopefully I can keep
inspiring more people to do DIY and
learn new skills they might not realize
they've got yet I remove the masking
tape and flipped it over to work on the
bottom I fold it down until I've got it
where I wanted it but I've definitely
learned you can't really rush this and
overall very happy with how this went so
now that's done I'm gonna be plumbing up
the sink which I'm very excited about
we're doing the plumbing underneath it's
just sorting out the waste and hooking
the mains up to the tap so hopefully
that goes well and then over the next
few weeks I'll be showing you fitting
the end panels which I've already caught
I just need to access underneath here
first before I can fix them finally and
then start thinking about tiling the
stuff
so yeah if you've got any tips of how
you do it differently because I'm just
following my dad's method over the phone
is not here to guide me then feel free
to comment below even any tools that
you'd use and hopefully I'll see you in
the next one and don't forget to vote
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okay thanks for watching bye
