Need to repair a broken granite counter top. Its not something I’ve done before. Any advice? Thanks.
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how broken is it???
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Snapped clean ooff.
how big...
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L shaped piece with 2 legs 8" and 12"
corner?
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replace it
maybe...
let's finish pulling hen's teeth...
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Any experince with the Akemi adhesives?
we're not done pulling hens teeth here...
we need all the facts...
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Like what type of granite? How bad is the crack? Picture?
But we should consider how available the actually matching replacement stone is.
yup..
will the repair be visable...
what is the support at the break's location...
is the repair gonna be cantilevered..
does the OP have the ability to to foll and polish out the crack...
what tools and equipmwnt does he own...
we need the full picture here...
you must have noticed there is a rash of cryptic threads...
this one we "get 'er done"...
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WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
Seems like a fairly large cracked off piece. Leads me to think (can only assume without more info) that the original install was "inexpensively done."
The stone work I've had done has used epoxied dowels imbedded at stress points.
Since a correct repair of this crack involves all you mentioned, plus the stone should be pulled and turned upside down to be doweled, one's back at your first post.
Replace it.
let's see if he comes back with some answers..
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WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
couple of thoughts.
Not to sound dickish, but if the guy is asking the question he most likely does not have the equipment of the background to pull of a repair if it is in fact possible.
Second, is this his house or a customers?
If I broke I piece of granite or other stone counter clean off, into two pieces, there is no way I would pass of a "repair" job. I've seen some stone guys pull of some pretty damn amazing stuff, but if you look close enough you can see a repair...
guess who's going to be looking at? and who's going to think about it all that time?
it isn't worth the ill will it would create with the customer.
Yeah granite's expensive and heavy, oh well, consider it tuition.
There is no way you are going to "seam" a jagged edge and make it look good IMO
This also brings me to a few more questions, did it break during installation or was it an un-supported edge that snapped off with pressure/weight applied, some sort of freak impact? what broke it. If it was an overhang that snapped then that needs to be addressed as well so it doesn't happen again.
But no matter what, replace it.