Some stainless cooker protection

The laminate on the cooker lid had got badly damaged over the years. I imagine from being closed over turned off, but still hot, gas rings on the cooker.

So, I managed to get a bit of 314 Stainless (Kitchen Grade) cut to the right size for the reasonable price of €8. I smoothed the damaged laminate with a sanding disk attached to my drill, and then roughened all the laminate where the stainless would bond. I then roughened the stainless in order to give the epoxy something to bond to. I coated both laminate and stainless with epoxy and added some weights to press them together. The next day I had this...