westend wrote:
DrewE wrote:
A piece of countertop laminate, for instance, should work just fine.
Drew, I hate to correct you since your advice is typically spot on but an owner using countertop material should make sure it is not made with paste board or MDF, the usual materials for constructed laminate counter tops. Both of those materials don't have much loading strength and there are better choices like OSB or plywood.
Please do correct me when I'm wrong! It does happen sometimes.
In this case, I was thinking of the thin sheets of the actual laminate surface that can be glued to a substrate of plywood or whatever, and not the preassembled countertop units that, as you point out, are often particle board stuff that is heavy, none too strong, and anything but waterproof. I did not very well describe that in the post, though, even though I knew exactly what I was thinking. It's funny how that works.