Counter Options

Reading up on ways to "paint" a formica counter top. I thought dye would be the way to go, but Googling formica and dye results mainly in ways to remove hair dye from countertops.

So far I've found five solutions.

• "Paint formica" lead to a ton of hits. Some caution against painted formica, claiming it will chip. I think WikiHow has the best instructions.
• Tile the countertops. Ugh. This has been done on one of my counters, and I'm not crazy about it. I could do this for the backsplash, though. Wonder if Dad could get me spun alimunium? That would be cool.
• Someone on The Dollar Stretcher used wallpaper.
• HGTV has a neat kitchen makeover that uses epoxy grout. I love this look!
• Another answer might be to relaminate. AnswerBag talks about this.

I still think a dye would be the best solution, but none of the sites talk about it. I'm going to go to Home Depot tonight and get some countertop samples to play with.

On the plus side I'm trying to work with just a single countertop, around my stove, which doesn't see a lot of traffic. I won't have the problems serious cooks have.