Thread: 'shiny mark' on laminate kitchen worktop left by a pencil rubber!

I doubt that you can remove the mark, sorry to say. The matte effect in the laminate is achieved by using a surface texture by incorporating silica flatting agents in the surface finish. By rubbing with the rubber you have removed the tiny peaks that stick out of the surface. The same thing will happen to a matte varnish coating etc.
Over time most matte surfaces "gloss up" with use and abrasion.

You can always contact Wilson to see what their recommendation is.

HI all

Try - tooth paste / creme cleanser - they are both mildly abrasive and may take the shine off.

Celeste

I find myself cutting sink holes and stove tops into this texture of benchtop from Wilson art. With your sander, scuff the surface and relaminate with some new laminate using red anchor glue. I'll get you some. Why is it a problem having these marks?. You've not made it clear. Have I missed something?

Originally Posted by Big Shed

I doubt that you can remove the mark, sorry to say. The matte effect in the laminate is achieved by using a surface texture by incorporating silica flatting agents in the surface finish. By rubbing with the rubber you have removed the tiny peaks that stick out of the surface. The same thing will happen to a matte varnish coating etc.
Over time most matte surfaces "gloss up" with use and abrasion.

You can always contact Wilson to see what their recommendation is.

thanks for your reply!

Originally Posted by celeste

HI all

Try - tooth paste / creme cleanser - they are both mildly abrasive and may take the shine off.

Celeste

hi, thanks for your reply, i've used cif which is a kitchen cream cleaner, but i'll give the toothpaste a go!!

Originally Posted by rgum

I find myself cutting sink holes and stove tops into this texture of benchtop from Wilson art. With your sander, scuff the surface and relaminate with some new laminate using red anchor glue. I'll get you some. Why is it a problem having these marks?. You've not made it clear. Have I missed something?

hi, thanks for your reply, if i could get hold of the laminate then i think with the work involved it would be less work to buy another worktop and cut it again, as with the problem having these marks, theirs nothing i haven't explained

Ooops Is this top in your kit? oops I thought you meant a kit bench top in your work shop. hhee hhee Hence my usless advice. Hows the weather in Sussex?

Cheers Tony

Are you sure it was a pencil rubber and not a pen/ink rubber? Pen/ink rubbers have an abrasive in them which will have a buffing/cutting effect on the laminate....leaving a shiny area.

Using any kind of cleaner with an abrasive in it, or any cream/liquid that feels like it has a fine grit in it like 'Jiff' will act as a buffing compound on the laminate and leave a shine on the laminate.

Only thing I can suggest if what I described above has happened, is to get a fine grit like 800-1200grit paper and carefully try and dull down only the shiny area........practice many times on a scrap piece.