Any way to rescue this (kitchen worktop)?

[gareth h]

My son is in a rental and has put a hot pot on the side causing this, any advice on whether / how he can make it look more acceptable?

[Grande Pedro]

Are you after a solution to make it more aesthetically pleasing, or to stop him getting in trouble with the landlord when it's time to leave? If the former, stick a mat on it. If the latter, plead fair wear and tear.

[AB]

Given the state of that in general, I wouldn't worry too much!

[Rebew]

That worktop is effectively a plastic print over chipboard so there is no way to fix the burn unfortunately.

I would say that from what we can see of the kitchen in that photo it is fairly end of life anyway and will need to be redone before being let out to another tenant. Your son's best bet is to convince the landlord/lettings agent that the kitchen is fked anyway and the burn mark on the worktop doesn't really make it any worse.

[Exiled Imp]

Some options

https://www.thespruce.com/countertop-covers-for-ki...

[OldGermanHeaps]

How big is the rest of the countertop?
Vinyl wrap.

[Belle427]

chopping board

[dickymint]

Glue a chopping board onto it and act dumb

[zalrak]

We bought a house many years ago and this was the solution the seller used. We found out on the day we moved in

Edited by zalrak on Monday 10th February 15:28

[Simpo Two]

Patina innit.

[MitchT]

Something like this, but you'll probably have to do the whole lot so it matches...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/404475220854

[OutInTheShed]

In one student house, a mate ended up taking off the worktop and turning it around, so the knackered bit was under the microwave.

Is that actually proper worktop? It looks like a generic panel.

In one of my houses, I managed to tome down a burn on the worktop by very carefully scraping out the worst of the dark bits. It reduced the visual impact.

[zalrak]

There’s a bit of pac man look to this mind…