Clamp the wood to the part of the counter that you are not cutting off.
Is it ok to laminate then cut.
Because your printing will be sandwiched between two pieces of laminate a 1 5 mil laminate will increase the overall thickness of your printed piece by 3 mil 003.
Simply cut the right length on a table saw then apply a bead of glue along the edge of the laminate board.
Then use a few small pieces of masking tape to hold the strip in place while the glue dries.
The material hidden below the laminate is usually wood or fiberboard that is easily cut with a drill so the challenge lies in cutting through that protective surface layer without damaging its looks.
First though cut the edges of the old plastic film as close the paper as you can and be sure the object is clean and dry.
But i would prefer not to cut them then glue then try and laminate all of those small pieces.
In other words if you are cutting off the end of the countertop at the right hand side then clamp the wood to the left hand side of the line.
I need the sides to be different colors and i don t want them to rip so i would like to laminate.
If you don t want to do this you can cut laminated paper that has a sealed edge but be aware that it is no longer completely waterproof.
Carefully press the wood strip in place making sure the edges are even.
Thus laminate film measuring 1 5 mil would be 0015 thick and laminate film measuring 10 mil would be 010 thick.
I know that they will fall apart but i was hopeful that maybe the heat would fuse the glue or something.
This is because the laminate will have a sealed edge where one piece of the plastic laminate fused to the other.
Plus i m lazy so the thought of cutting tiny pieces carefully arranging them on a laminating sheet then re cut them out after laminating is just too much.
This can be time consuming.
Some people choose to cut paper items and then laminate them.
In case any of the laminate chips then you can sand it away after cutting.
So far i ve only had a few instances where the lamination pulled off of the paper after cutting them.
So i just laminate the entire sheet then cut out my pieces.