Q-I recently had a new Formica top installed on my bathroom vanity. The plastic surface became scratched when a toilet-tank top was placed on it while the toilet was repaired. Is there a way to remove ...

In this age of high-priced construction, counter tops are getting as hard to choose as plumbing fixtures or light fixtures. There are the solid-surface materials such as Corian, Gibralter and Avonite.

The simplest way to paint plastic laminate, such as Formica, is to use a glossy-surface primer such as Zinsser’s Bull’s Eye 1-2-3. The primer eliminates any need to sand or degloss the surface.