With persistence and a few blisters, I eventually took off the entire sheet using heat, putty knives and fingers except for an area about 10” x 10” at the right lower corner. That area was well adhered and by that point I hadn’t cracked the sheet … “the enemy of good is better” (an old surgical aphorism). Also by keeping the one corner in place, I was hoping to maintain precise orientation of the laminate to the door. After scraping, sanding and cleaning the door, I was ready to glue the sheet back down. I used the dowel method as shown in the tutorial. In fact, I also used it as I removing the sheet from the door so I could easily grab the edging as I was scraping, prying and peeling. I used about a can of the DAP Weldwood HHR Contact Adhesive. Spraying was kind of messy, so I reverted to @boywonder’s recommendation and painted the glue using an old 2” paint brush. After rolling, I blocked and clamped it down. So far, so good. I have about 1/16” overlap at the top which I will grind down with a Dremel before reapplying the molding. Now, two questions: When I removed the molding, I noticed that it was glued down in strategic places around the door. What adhesive should I use? I’m thinking of using the same one I used for the laminate. I’m not planning to remove the molding ever again
Are there other less permanent adhesives that might be wiser?
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