Granite Worktop Repair
Discussion
Guys,
Any recommendations for repairing a series of small chips in the chamfered edge of a granite worktop?
I'm looking at the epoxy repair kits, but have no idea how effective they are.
Ideally it would cost around £10, since that figure amounts to the life savings of my 5 year old son, and since he randomly attacked the island unit with the back of a knife this morning, I'd very much like to spend all of it on a crappy tube of filler on his behalf.
Thanks in advance.
Any recommendations for repairing a series of small chips in the chamfered edge of a granite worktop?
I'm looking at the epoxy repair kits, but have no idea how effective they are.
Ideally it would cost around £10, since that figure amounts to the life savings of my 5 year old son, and since he randomly attacked the island unit with the back of a knife this morning, I'd very much like to spend all of it on a crappy tube of filler on his behalf.
Thanks in advance.
Hi I own a granite worktop company and am also a stonemason
It is very hard to do a resin repair on a bevel.
The best way to do it is polish a bigger bevel into the whole kitchen which can be done in place, but is very dusty.
What colour is it?
There are a coue of quick fix cheats but depends on the colour.
It is very hard to do a resin repair on a bevel.
The best way to do it is polish a bigger bevel into the whole kitchen which can be done in place, but is very dusty.
What colour is it?
There are a coue of quick fix cheats but depends on the colour.
gfunk said:
Looks like black pearl, that would polish out easily.
It would t be great to fill in you would have to dremel it out deeper to do a resin repair that would last.
How much would it cost to polish out - does it involve re-chamfering the whole lot, or is it a diy job?It would t be great to fill in you would have to dremel it out deeper to do a resin repair that would last.
Thanks for the advice.
There is no easy way to polish you would need a rotary polisher at around 2000 rpm and a set of diamond pads.
You start of with a 50 then 100,200,400,800,1500 then final polish of a 3000 pad.
You would need to know what you are doing it is very easy to take off to much stone on the 50 pad.
When we train people I would give someone a good 3 months polishing before they would be trusted on someone's kitchen.
Cost wise 200-300 to do the whole kitchen.
If you just want hide it a bit you could melt some black wax into it and slice excess of with a blade.
You start of with a 50 then 100,200,400,800,1500 then final polish of a 3000 pad.
You would need to know what you are doing it is very easy to take off to much stone on the 50 pad.
When we train people I would give someone a good 3 months polishing before they would be trusted on someone's kitchen.
Cost wise 200-300 to do the whole kitchen.
If you just want hide it a bit you could melt some black wax into it and slice excess of with a blade.
gfunk said:
There is no easy way to polish you would need a rotary polisher at around 2000 rpm and a set of diamond pads.
You start of with a 50 then 100,200,400,800,1500 then final polish of a 3000 pad.
You would need to know what you are doing it is very easy to take off to much stone on the 50 pad.
When we train people I would give someone a good 3 months polishing before they would be trusted on someone's kitchen.
Cost wise 200-300 to do the whole kitchen.
If you just want hide it a bit you could melt some black wax into it and slice excess of with a blade.
Would you really have to use all 7 grades?You start of with a 50 then 100,200,400,800,1500 then final polish of a 3000 pad.
You would need to know what you are doing it is very easy to take off to much stone on the 50 pad.
When we train people I would give someone a good 3 months polishing before they would be trusted on someone's kitchen.
Cost wise 200-300 to do the whole kitchen.
If you just want hide it a bit you could melt some black wax into it and slice excess of with a blade.
paul0843 said:
Would you really have to use all 7 grades?
Probably yes as each stage will smooth it down a bit further. If you started with a 50 then moved to the 3000 it wouldn't touch it.I'm only guessing here, but I've got a stone tumbling machine & you have to grade it down exactly like that. Miss a stage & it just doesn't work. Each little change of grade further refines until you end up with something very smooth & shiny. At least it won't take several weeks unlike the stone polishing!
gfunk said:
First 3 pads cut and smooth the other 4 polish.
You could get away with less on a lighter coloured stone.
The darker the stone the harder it is so to do it properly you need all 7 pads.
Sorry to hijack but I'm trying to email you via your profile and it won't let me, can you let me have your contact details please.You could get away with less on a lighter coloured stone.
The darker the stone the harder it is so to do it properly you need all 7 pads.
gfunk said:
You have to mask everything up and spray a thin mist off water to keep the dust down, and plenty of blue roll lol!
You can't polish granite with two pads it's impossible, unless they arrived with semi polished slabs.
Two sides were pre polished but they did the chamfer, cut outs, drainer grooves etc on site.You can't polish granite with two pads it's impossible, unless they arrived with semi polished slabs.
I started a thread on it at the time and lots of experts said it was impossible to do with just a grinder and a polisher but I watched them do it.
Gassing Station | Homes, Gardens and DIY | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff