How much do you know about cabinet countertop repair and maintenance technology

In order to ensure that the service life of the kitchen 'face' cabinets and countertops should not be short, we must not only choose more when purchasing, but also learn certain maintenance and repair knowledge in order to better care for them.

Maintenance and repair of countertops with different materials

Artificial stone: Returning to the design point of view, although artificial stone has a higher budget, Through seamless bonding technology, a large work surface or a special shape surface can be created, which is a good helper for creating a customized kitchen. If you use it for a long time and unfortunately cause scratches and discoloration, you can also send the entire countertop to the factory for re-polishing and waxing, and you can easily get a new look. If there are only some small scratches, you can use 400# fine sandpaper and dip points by yourself. Water can be polished.

Marble: can not withstand heavy blows and high temperature conditions, and the stone itself has pore characteristics, easy to absorb sewage and oil stains, so you want to always keep it as new, and be relatively careful when using it. Regular cleaning and maintenance are required

Precautions for the maintenance and repair of cabinet countertops

1. Try to avoid using sharp The object hits the countertop to avoid scratches. No matter what kind of countertop you choose, you should cut vegetables on the cutting board to prepare food. In addition to avoiding knife marks and damaging the blade, it can also achieve better hygiene.

2. Keep the countertop as dry as possible. Refractory board and anti-folder countertops avoid long-term immersion in water and prevent the countertops from being deformed when they are opened. Artificial stone countertops should prevent the bleach and scale in the water from making the countertop lighter and affecting its appearance.

3. Prevent strong chemicals from contacting the countertop, such as paint remover, metal cleaner, stove cleaner, methylene chloride, acetone (nail polish remover), strong acid cleaner, etc. If you accidentally come into contact with the above items, immediately wash the surface with plenty of soapy water. If the nail polish is stained, wipe it with an acetone-free cleaning agent (such as alcohol), and then rinse with water.

Questions and answers on the repair of kitchen countertops

Q: My kitchen countertop has been used for a year and a half, and some cracks have been found recently. This is how to do? Do they need to be replaced?

Answer: It depends on what material is used and where the crack is. If it is a quartz stone countertop, and the crack can be repaired at the joint, the acrylic countertop is easy to repair.

Q: The gap between the glass glue glued between the countertop of my cabinet and the wall tiles is getting bigger and bigger, especially the position of the wash basin, the glass glue is black, I don’t know if it is caused by Caused by aging? Can it be repaired by applying glass glue again?

A: The aging of the glass glue is normal. When the glass glue between the countertop and the wall tiles fails due to aging, you can re-make it. Before gluing, you need to remove the remaining old glue, wipe the bonding surface clean, and seal the filling with glass glue.

In order to prevent the countertop from ending its mission prematurely, we must also be careful not to put high-temperature objects on the countertop directly or for a long time On the other hand, their excessively high temperature will bring no small damage to the countertop.