WE LIVE IN A HOUSE BUILT IN 1938. THE SMALL KITCHEN HAS STEEL CABINETS WITH A LARGE PORCELINE SINK WITH A 25″ X 28″ SMALL COUNTER TOP AREA ON BOTH SIDES OF THE SINK. THE COUNTER TOPS ARE COVERED WITH A PIECE OF LAMINATE WHICH IS COMING UNGLUED. WHEN I LOOK UNDER THE LAMINATE, THERE IS SHINY STEEL WHICH APPEARS ON THE FRONT EDGE AS WELL. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, IT APPEARS TO BE WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY A STEEL COUNTERTOP, A PIECE OF SHEET METAL FORMED AROUND A BLOCK OF WOOD. WHEN I LIFT UP THE LAMINATE, I CAN SEE THE STEEL TOP BUT THE MAIN FIELD OF THE TOP APPEARS TO BE BLACK ALL EXCEPT FOR A 1/4″ AROUND THE PERIMETER WHICH IS SHINY. I WOULD LIKE SOME INFO ON WHAT THIS COUNTERTOP POSSIBLY WAS ORIGINALLY. WE LIKE THE LOOK OF THE STEEL AS IT GOES WITH THE DOOR CABINET HANDLES & THE TRANSITIONS BETWEEN THE PORCILINE SINK & COUNTER AREAS. I’M NOT SURE THAT WE WOULD WANT STEEL COUNTERTOPS OR NOT BECAUSE OF FUNCTION, BUT WOULD LIKE SOME IDEAS ON HOW TO COMBINE A METAL FRONT EDGE WITH A LAMINATE, OR SOMETHING. ANY IDEAS?? THANX.
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The only steel tops I've come upon were stainless, with an integral sink. Could the black you see be an adhesive holding down the laminate? This is from the same date house, the top went up to a cottage in Michigan, the cabs to posterity.
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