Galley Worksurfaces

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Talulah

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The Galley worksurfaces in our boat are looking outdated and I'm toying with the idea of replacing them. They are formica over ply and have in someparts swelled.
Has anyone on this forum relaced their worktops and what materials would you recommend to bring the look upto date? Does anyone know of suitable web sites for soucing the materials etc?
Many thanks in advance.
 
The trouble is I can't find anyone who will just supply the corian sheet. I don't want it machined or fitted etc. Anyone know of a supplier who will just supply it? Many thanks.
 
Ther is something called poly-wood in the Vetus catalogue which is just like corian, or that white plastic stuff that chopping boards are made of; it comes in 6,12, or 18mm thicknesses (I think), sheets are 122 x 244 cm, and cut to any size with an ordinary jigsaw. Try www.vetus.com
 
B and Q do a suitable material which we used.
It's for Fire surrounds/backs, and comes in square sheets.
Provided you dont want a long length it will be fine and even then you can join it as for a kitchen worktop.
If I remember it's about £28 a sheet.
Look for it where the electric and gas fires are.
Quite a few marble colours plus black which we used for both galley and heads.

Steve.
 
Anyone tried stainless steel? I've seen thin self adhesive stainless sheet virtually on a roll, it's meant for splashbacks and fitting out catering trailers.
 
On Heerenleed, we used Trespa. We wanted a material that is not vuilnerable to very hot oven dishes. It stands up to it very well. The only thing it does is stain easily. Also easily removed bu putting a cloth with bleach on the surface.

It is very hard, and therefore not easy to cut, but then, we used a 12 mm thick sheet. With hindsight, we would have used 5 mm only, as the material is very strong. Not cheap.

Friends of ours just installed a new worktop of a Corian-lookalike, very smart, but we have to see how it ages in use

cheers
 
I have the same problem and have been thinking of using small ceramic tiles epoxied onto the 1/2" ply counter top, after removing the old Formica [how do you do that, btw?].

Anyone gone this route?
 
I just bought and fitted two of those sheets on my yacht for the control panels above the chart table.

It was in the discounted bin at Wickes in Stirling at £3.50 per sheet (normally £20). It was originally made for fireplace hearths.

It is a laminate with different finishes on both sides and is about 3mm thick. I left an offcut in hot water overnight and there was no sign of delamination.

Much easier to work with than formica. Cuts easily with a jigsaw and the edges on holes can easily be trimmed using a B&D power file. I was even able to cut a series of square holes to hold the switches and circuit breakers which I had removed fron one of those small 6"x4" panels.

Here is a photo

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Quite impressed with the stuff.

Iain
 
Am I missing something?

Have used solid teak, with International Crystal for Teak varnish on it, for many years now. The varnish being a 2 pot polyurethane resists boiling kettles, etc perfectly well. It wipes clean very easily.

Obviously, we use a chopping board as well.
 
Yes , we did ceramic tiles about 9 years ago.

The special work surface grout is a nightmare but once in, the surface is great. It is like grouting with chewing gum. It has stood up to all abuse so far and the cleaning is simply a mild bleach solution.
 
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