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KITCHEN BACKSPLASH RE-DO

CATEGORY:  ON THE OUTSIDE

TOPIC:   Kitchen Backsplash Redo
Posted: 7:21 AM – Nov 05, 2018 #1
Posted By:  jlsr

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Hi, 
I have been on a quest to brighten up the interior of our Lifestyle. The brown wood walls are overwhelming and make it look so dark inside. 
A couple weeks ago I ordered some off-white marble stone backsplash and put it up over the weekend. It has made a huge difference!  
Getting the rectangle of Corian off the wall was a challenge. They really didn’t want that to fall down when traveling I guess. Took me a while but got it off. It is heavy too! 
I used Aspect peel and stick real stone veneer tiles. Total weight of the full backsplash is about 6 lbs. The Corian thing is much heavier. 
I did use Loctite PL premium on corners and center of each tile as recommended by the manufacturer. I still have to apply the sealer. 
I’m very happy with the results. 

I recovered the brown valance too.

 

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COMMENTS AS OF 11/09/2018

moo2613 – Looks great!!  Very professional.

subframe – How did you get the Corian off? I’m thinking about doing something different in the kitchen area myself.. Thanks, Rich

jlsr – I used a long bread knife and kept working it back n forth until the glue let go. I was afraid I would wreck the wall if I pried it off. There was a LOT of glue on the back of it. Luckily the glue stayed attached to the Corian and did separate from the wall without gouging it. 

moo2613 – If you can get some monofilament fishing line behind it, just pull it back and forth like a saw and it will cut through it likity split.

ACoch – Looks great you did a wonderful job. I just have one question, why did you not do the wall to the right of the stove? My wife wants me to do this, but also do the wall to the right so when she cooks bacon or something that splatters it, does not get on the wall and is hard to clean. She puts up aluminum foil now.

jlsr – Well .. I didn’t have quite enough tiles to do that and then the bathroom too and I would have to move my spice tins ;-)

Dougsgang – This backsplash is awesome! Great job!! 

letsrun100 – JLSR, if you do the bathroom, please add pics to the thread we started re: updating the bathroom border. I’ve been watching your thread for ideas, too. Thanks!
Sue and Jim (letsrun100)

jlsr – I sure will, thanks

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