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So I'm doing a bit of DIY, touching up a few annoying niggles.
In my kitchen I've got black tiles, a standard micarta type worktop, and a wooden bit I'm trying to tidy up.
Problem is where the worktop meets the wooden bit there's and awkaward bit with a big gap, about 1cm high.
The offending area is only about 10cm lonng but the gap looks too high just to use a standard sealer gun thingy...
So I've cut some polystyrene packaging to plug the void a bit so I'm not just pumping sealer into the void, lol!...
Is this sensible or should I use some other packing material/tecnique?
This is what I'm looking at...was planning to repaint the white wooden bit, and use black sealent along the bottom...
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I'm going to recommend Milliput for the second time today!
Squish it into the gap, sand it to shape when dry, then paint it when you paint the wood.
Nice, thanks I'll look into that.
Does it have any flex in it or is it more like a wood filler type material?
I would not used milliput because you need flexibility and milliput ain't that...its great from sticking corals down....my advice is CT1 it's a hybrid sealant it's a bit thicker than silicon and you can paint over it if needed... it does cost a bit more but its great stuff
Just don't get the clear version because it goes yellowy real quick
Thanks, yeah it needs some flex/stretch in it, thats why I thought a standard silicone sealer might be best.
Ct1 sounds like it might fit the bill over Milliput...?
Milliput sets solid, so with any movement it’s likely to crack, plus it won’t seal the edge against water ingress. The tricky thing with sealant is getting a smooth finish - you might need to build it up with a few layers to get it smooth - use a proper smoothing tool rather than a wet finger
Stick a temporary 2mm wooden filler strip (wrapped in clingfilm to enable release) in the gap on top of the worktop. Fill the upper part with Milliput and then remove wrapped wood and fill the 2mm gap with silicone. Job jobbed.