EN
FR
PT
AR
Because of its durable texture, beautiful pattern, long service life, and easy cleaning, many families choose marble as home decoration material. The position that marble is commonly used should be kitchen countertop. But many customers will report cracks in marble after using for a period of time. At this time many people do not know how to deal with it. Now we will lead you to understand how to repair cracks in marble countertop and how to maintain marble countertop.
Best Material For Repairing Cracks In Marble Countertop
- Marble glue
Easy Methods For Fixing A Cracked Marble Countertop
Check out the cracked marble countertops repairing methods:
- ooking for this kind of marble scrap and grinding into powder.
- Prepare the special glue for bonding marble - dolomite glue, mix the marble powder and dolomite glue well, and wipe them on the crack.
- Smooth with a polisher.
In this way, the repaired marble will not have any traces.
If you don't care about the appearance, you can directly fill it with marble glue and polish it. You can buy sandpaper or files for polishing tools in hardware stores. You should drain water when polishing.
Detailed Steps: Repair A Crack In Marble Countertop
Follow these steps to repair marble countertops that have been cracked:
- Remove the mortar or other sundries in the original marble crack, with a depth of 3-5mm. If it is marble, the width of the crack should be increased to about 10mm. If it is marble, clean up the original joint. The dolomite which is close to the color and pattern of the crack mouth should be smashed with a small hammer. If it is granite, the particle size should be similar to that of granite. If it is a single-color stone, it can be crushed into powder.
- Take an appropriate amount of transparent marble glue and broken dolomite particles or powder, mix them well, add an appropriate amount of drying agent, and then mix them well. Apply the mixture evenly on the crack opening. After coating, the crack opening should be slightly 0.5mm higher than the marble surface, and then dry.
- The corner polishing machine is installed with 100 resin adhesive sand, and the dry crack is slightly smoothed. Then 220 resin film is installed for fine grinding. After polishing with 360 water sandpaper, the water stains and stains on the wall or ground are cleaned up. Then the corner polishing machine is installed with cloth wheel for polishing and wax polishing. After the luster appears, the polishing is continued until it is close to the original dolomite luster, Then use steel wool dipped in a small amount of polishing wax, hand polishing, until the luster is completely the same as the original dolomite, at this time, the cracks will not be seen. If there is a pattern in the monochrome stone, the pattern is just at the crack. In addition to mixing the powder with glue, the toner should be used to make the same color as the pattern and embedded in the seam.
How To Maintain Marble Countertop
1. Cleaning
Marble countertops should be cleaned daily when they are in use. If there is no obvious stain on the surface, we can wipe it clean with a damp cloth. But for countertops stained with colored stains such as red wine, soy sauce, etc., it is necessary to clean them immediately, and then use a dry cloth to wipe off the water on the countertops to prevent bleeding of the countertops.
2. Detergent
In the cleaning and maintenance of marble countertop, we must pay attention to the careful use of cleaner, because not every cleaner can be used in marble. In particular, some containing strong acid strong alkaline type of cleaning fluid, such as tile cleaner, if used to clean marble countertop, then it will cause certain corrosion, must be matched with special cleaning products.
3. Placements
For marble countertop, when we use it at ordinary times, we also need to pay attention to the objects placed on it. Because of its poor heat conduction performance, do not put overheated or high-temperature items on it, such as hot pot. if you want to put it, you need to use heat insulation pads, otherwise it will cause great damage. There will be cracks and other phenomena, serious direct fracture.
No matter how strong the texture of any object is, it also needs careful maintenance in our daily life. Once there are cracks, you will feel particularly ugly, so it is necessary to master some methods to deal with the cracks of marble countertop. You only need to repair it according to the above cracked marble countertop fixing method, but if the crack is relatively large, it is better to ask a professional to do it.
2
- 16
