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Kitchen worktop joints - what's the best way to make them waterproof?
It's time to do a couple of mason's mitres (using a Unika jig) so I've
been looking around for opinions and seen arguments for/against using colorfill, silicone, sanding sealer and slow-set polyurethane adhesive. What's the most reliable way to seal the joints? Also, is it worth using biscuits to help with the vertical alignment? |
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Kitchen worktop joints - what's the best way to make them waterproof?
wrote in message ... It's time to do a couple of mason's mitres (using a Unika jig) so I've been looking around for opinions and seen arguments for/against using colorfill, silicone, sanding sealer and slow-set polyurethane adhesive. What's the most reliable way to seal the joints? Also, is it worth using biscuits to help with the vertical alignment? You can buy steel clamps consisting of a long bolt to make the joint. You need two clamps per joint. You need a large drill to make the blind holes for the joint. They work very well and allow a small degree of adjustment. Before the clamps were available I used dowels for the job but the clamps make it easier to be accurate and also pull the joint up tighter. I have just used PVA glue in the past. |
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Kitchen worktop joints - what's the best way to make them waterproof?
Would anything that soaks in be liable to cause local swelling? |
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Kitchen worktop joints - what's the best way to make them waterproof?
On 09/06/2014 15:31, DerbyBorn wrote:
Would anything that soaks in be liable to cause local swelling? I would avoid water based things.... shellac sealer would be good, as would a traditional oil paint or primer. -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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Kitchen worktop joints - what's the best way to make them waterproof?
On 09/06/2014 16:16, John Rumm wrote:
On 09/06/2014 15:31, DerbyBorn wrote: Would anything that soaks in be liable to cause local swelling? I would avoid water based things.... shellac sealer would be good, as would a traditional oil paint or primer. Shellac needs but a whiff of anything alkaline (bicarb even) to become totally water soluble. I'd go for a moisture curing polyurethane adhesive |
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