How to fix chips on kitchen bench?

[gardenia8888]

Hello,

Can you please tell me what I could do to fix these? They are chips that have come off kitchen bench. Looks like it is marble kitchen bench but not sure. Have put tape over them and coloured them in for now.  

[witchipoo]

Oh dear. Maybe take better care of it.. don’t think it’s marble, looks like laminate. IKEA sells fabulous products for hot kitchen pans/fryoans…trivets. Please invest in some so this doesn’t happen. 

[JacobZ]

Hi @gardenia8888,

Thank you for your question.

The solution is to use a multipurpose filler to fill and smooth the surface, give the filler a light sand and then paint it with a suitably coloured paint to match the benchtop. If the surface is marble, make sure you are only sanding the filler as you won't want to sand the stone. It is worthwhile wearing a mask while sanding to protect yourself.

To select your paint, I would suggest heading in-store and grabbing a few colour cards that look close to your benchtop. Take them home and compare them to the benchtop to select the closest match. Once you've selected your colours, head back in-store and have the team at the Paint Desk mix you up some sample pots of paint.

Some craft brushes will come in handy to give fine detail to the paint repair. Aim to match the colour distribution in a similar way to the benchtop.

Let me know what you think.

Jacob

[gardenia8888]

Thank you Jacob for your suggestions. Very helpful. By the way what do you think the kitchen bench is made of? Someone said laminate but wanted to be sure. Thank you so much.

[JacobZ]

Hi @gardenia8888,

Unfortunately, I have no way of telling from this one photo alone.

If you tap your fingers on the surface, there is a very distinct difference in the sound that stone makes and the sound that a timber product like a chipboard laminate bench does. Give it a try and tell me what you think.

Also, the underside of a benchtop will often look different to the top face of the benchtop if it is laminate.

The other place to look is on the edges of the benchtop. If it is laminate, you will see distortion in the colour where the edges are because a sheet material has been stretched around the corner. 

It looks like it could be stone, but it's impossible to tell from this photo alone. If you have some photos of the edges and underside of the benchtop, I'd be happy to make a recommendation on what I think it is.

Jacob