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mickysf
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edited May 2019 in Caravan & Motorhome Chat #1

Just dropped a cup on the work surface in the galley area. cryCaused a circular dent about 3cm in diameter with cracks inside this. Any ideas for a repair?

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  • young thomas
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    edited May 2019 #2

    different brands use different types of worktop and owners of like brands may be able to help....?

  • Wildwood
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    edited May 2019 #3

    Try Magic Man, not cheap though.

  • lornalou1
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    edited May 2019 #4

    cover with a chopping board. smile

  • Solobay
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    edited May 2019 #5

    Agreed but awesome work - well our guy did ! even knowing where the dent had been it was virtually impossible to see.

    Thing is you effectively hire them for a couple of hours so if you have anything else, some wood need touching up etc get that done at same time

  • peedee
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    edited May 2019 #6

    i once made an ugly dent in a top when a bottle of wine fell out of a cabinet. I filled the resulting moon shaped hole with wood filler and resurfaced the whole of the top using a near match sheet of fablon type material. You would not have known the surface had been damaged and repaired.

    peedee

  • EmilysDad
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    edited May 2019 #7

    Our previous caravan had a patterned ceramic tile cut into the surface of a worktop, we presumed that someone had dropped something and damaged the worktop. 

  • mickysf
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    edited May 2019 #8

    Thanks folk. It's been suggested that this product- ColorFill Worktop Laminate Joint & Repair is worth a go. It comes in many colours. Anyone used it?

  • Whittakerr
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    edited May 2019 #9

    Sounds a good idea, you also get a built in heat resistant trivet if its in the right place.

  • Waffler
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    edited May 2019 #10

    I found a repair kit at somewhere like B and Q but did only a small dent, about 1 cm across. The other club off a discount off The Plastic surgeon. I suspect they might be dear but they did the worktops in our new house 11 years ago and you still can't see where the damage was. 

  • jennyc
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    edited May 2019 #11

    We’ve had a similar problem in the past.

    Step 1 try to pull the laminate out of the hollow with tape, sucker etc.

    Step 2 glue/ fill the laminate using a polyester resin filler. Car accessory shops sell P38, which is grey, but you may do better with a polyester resin wood filler in brown. Colours can be adjusted with appropriate car touch up, cellulose, paint, mixed in with the filler. Avoid surplus filling.

    Step 3 carefully shave the hardened filler, so that it’s flush with the worktop, using a stiff backed razor or Stanly knife blade.

    Step 4 using your sensitive finger tips, identify any steps between the filler and the worktop. Remove these with a very fine wet or dry paper, lubricated with water and liquid detergent. Take care not to sand through the original laminate’s pattern.

    It’s a repair which takes care in its execution, but can produce excellent results. To my mind, it’s likely to look much neater than a patch applied on the surface.

     

     

     

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