{"id":1003,"date":"2012-08-04T12:11:34","date_gmt":"2012-08-04T19:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gregamer.com\/?p=1003"},"modified":"2021-02-06T09:57:25","modified_gmt":"2021-02-06T17:57:25","slug":"formica-fascia-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gregamer.com\/index.php\/2012\/08\/04\/formica-fascia-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"Formica Fascia Failure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I’ve spent the last few weeks prepping to put Formica atop my fascia. I was hoping for a truly professional look. In preparation. I mounted a 1\/8″ hardboard fascia as backing. I reinforced the top and bottom edges of the hardboard by laminating additional strips of 1\/8″ hardboard to the backs of the original hardboard. These reinforcing strips would also act as a guide for the bearing on a router flush trim bit. I bought a 30″ x 144″ sheet of black Formica and glued it to the fascia backing with contact cement. I trimmed the Formica with a Harbor Freight trim router with a Skil flush trim bit. Everything went good up until the trimming. What a disaster. I totally botched the trim job and it was super messy.<\/p>\n

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