A chip on the countertop edge: what to do
Keep the broken piece if you found it: it can often be glued back almost invisibly. Smaller gaps are filled with resin in the stone's colour and ground to the shape of the edge. To prevent chips, sharp edges get a bevel or a rounded profile.
First, the piece
If you found the broken piece, keep it. Glued back with resin and polished, it is often almost invisible.
A small gap
The gap is cleaned and degreased, then filled with resin tinted to the colour of the stone. Once cured, it is ground to the edge profile and polished. On speckled stone, like most granites, the repair hides well. On a plain light stone the colour is harder to match.
Do not leave a sharp edge
A sharp edge left by a chip can keep crumbling, and it is easy to cut yourself on it. Cover it with tape until it is repaired.
Where chips come from
- A knock from a pot, a bottle, a heavy dish.
- A sharp, square edge on a corner people walk past.
- The edge of the sink cut-out when a dish is dropped.
- More brittle stones, like marble and sintered stone.
How to prevent them
When ordering, choose a slightly bevelled or rounded edge, especially by the sink, the dishwasher and on island corners. With sintered stone this matters most, because its edge is the most brittle.
What to do
Send us a close-up photo and one from further away. We will tell you if an on-site repair is enough.
(Questions)
Does a chip weaken the countertop?
Usually not. It is cosmetic damage, but it is worth smoothing the sharp edge quickly so it does not keep crumbling.
Which edge chips the least?
A slightly bevelled or rounded one. A sharp, square edge is the most exposed.
