Granite Counter Crack Repair in front of sink
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This is a full-length 6-hour granite crack repair project sped up 800% to show the full project. As you can see the rod had to be cut with a Dremel and the piece had to be fitted back into place. Overall this was a pretty easy granite counter crack repair because the rail came apart in one piece. We have done granite crack repairs that require us to piece the rails together like a puzzle.
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00:00 Introduction
00:59 Cutting removing the rail and cutting the rod out
02:20 Dry-fitting the granite sink rail prior to gluing
05:16 Structural adhesive to glue the pieces together
05:37 Clamp it for an hour
07:41 Fill in the gaps with colored adhesive
08:14 Grind the surface flat and polish
12:48 Use MB20 granite polish to create the factory finish - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
Super quality repair! Anyone who says any different has never tried to top polish (deck polish) granite. I’m sure the customer was very happy!
thank you
Nice shine on work top but still can see the crack
thanks
I been doing granite for 15 years now, me and one other guy does the repairs at shop I work at. I say you did one hell of a job
Thank you. If you have any ideas or have videos of your own let me know, I would love to see your work too. There are too few of us out there.
Everything looking good until the polishing process, surface polish takes time and patience. You need alpha stones to surface polish. that polishing you did takes about 45 minutes with stones and it gives it a natural shine. I can polish seems, scratches, and cracks with no need of wax. Dont get me wrong it looks good, but ive been in the game for a long time, and know that wax fades away eventually.
I did not use wax. The polishing compound used in MB20. It is a permanent mechanical polish, no wax, no coating.
@@tedmcfadden I've always had good success surface polishing with the turbo pads
@@GoingInSaiyan I agree. I use the NSI rigid turbos a lot. I love the aggressive 150 and how easy it is to blend and remove the scratches. Here is a link to consider: www.easystonecare.com/NSI-Solutions-Phantom-SL3-Rigid-Turbo-Pad-p/nsi-rgd.htm
Amazing work ,I have a similar countertop with 4 breaks. Hopefully, after viewing the preparation, I get tips from this very well repair & and it turns out near this fantastic finish. Thank you for publicising this professional project
Thank you.
Sir, you are very talented. That countertop dosen't look like it had a crack. Kudos.
Thank you very much!
I've wondered how that was done. It breaking wasn't Ted'sfault a lot of the people commenting just don't understand repairs. The customer asked to be fixed because the cost of a new piece far outweighs the cost of repair. I always told customers if they want the repair to look brand new. Then buy brand new otherwise you get the best job humanly possible. Besides, the crack with from a half inch to nearly noticeable. Outstanding job Mr. McFadden!!
Water gets to the steel rod reinforcing the sink hole causing it to rust and expand which will crack your countertop.
@@augustesdupin7967 thats why you use fiber glass rod
@@lukeursic yes, but I don't use rods on quartz tops and so far no problems. What do you recommend.
Done some granite work, but because I am from another country the process and material used is unknown to us, i would have loved if you shoot this repair as a instructable showing what you used as well as the process followed, but overall a very good repair.
Learn how to do this here: training.stonecareedu.com/courses/granite-repair-rusted-rod-repair
I need this guy to repair my counter top..great job
Love the way you used the red tape, I'm definitely borrowing that trick. Thanks for sharing.
thank you
Looks a hell of a lot better than before. Quick question, could more filler have been used in the crack so was more flush?
When the pieces go together they are uneven. Because of this we grind and polish every repair. We also use aesthetic adhesives at the end when there are small gaps or pits. That part of the repair is not shown. after the repair is completed it is flush.
Would this work on a crack in a colored concrete driveway if I mixed dust of the concrete into the mixture?
no
Nice job brother. I’m a granite guy too in Toronto
Thank you! As a fellow granite guy, you should look at the Stone Fabricators Alliance.
What type of Dremel bits did you use for the granite? Every Diamond Dremel bit I've used lasted about 4 seconds
Carbide and diamond
what product do you use for the joint? silicone?
Tenax Micto
Magnífico job ...experto.
I' learnnig now.!
What is the adhesive that was used to bond to the granite that came out of that caulk tube ?
That one is Glacier. It’s a urethane made for stone repairs.
Music not bad to me. The only concern i had was when he pushed down w his body weight on the repair to buff it. I have a narrow repair behind the sink?
The adhesive used is as strong as the steel rod coming out so pushing down is not a problem. On a rear sink repair the process is a little different depending on the width of the counter.
This is a great repair. Superb finish. What adhesive and paint do you use for filling the gap? Thanks for sharing.
I used Tenax Micto in this video and top filled with Acrylic and Filachip. We are using Urethane adhesives now such as Glacier and Glaxs. Still using Filachip and other aesthetic adhesives.
just got darker (brown/black) granite installed. there is a haze from the sealer. installers applied with a cloth and left. they did not buff any off. its been about a month now. I do not know brand of sealer. any suggestions?
Try buffing it with a little acetone or denatured alcohol.
thanks for the reply! I tried acetone and steel wool, no luck. what about methylene chloride?
You should have a pro look at it.
I have a new countertop with a crack along a color vein, colorwise the repair is perfect but the epoxy keeps shrinking and the crack texture is visible. The granite guy has been out 3 times to fill it, it this the process, yours looks perfecty smooth.
thank you - he is using the wrong adhesive.
Do you have videos of restoring around the kitchen sink? It has lots of chipping around the sink from pots and pans.
Chips need to be refilled with filachip. Roughness on a sharp edge Can be smoothed but it will never be perfect.
Me gusta como trabaja en verdad buen trabajo muy limpio
Muchas gracias
Nice work. Only thing I can say is work your colors better on the grain. imperfections in granite is perfection on repairs plus skim it in between 400 and 800 you'll see how easy it polishes when applying epoxy or "hot stuft"
thank you
3/4 inch for kitchen counter? routed for reinforcement rod , template was too large for sink, granite from china what could go wrong , good repair though
Yes most granite installed on the West Coast is still 3/4"
Why did they feel the need to rod and that must be a Kindred sink because the supplied templates are larger than the sink opening. Here in the Chicago area everything is 3 cm even the splash
It was industry standard to use steel rodding across sink holes on the front and back out here since the 80s. They have since moved away from steel to fiberglass and carbon fiber. It's not really for stability on site. It's more to ensure the piece survives transport and install.
Threaded rod always worked for us bites better in the epoxy
LOL! Even Chinese granite is lower quality?
I would like to know what kind of material was required to restore it.
glacier and diamonds
wish u guys told which material u used
Dom McGruff we do at stonecareedu.com
And the link takes you to a website where they charge for every instruction the scratch removal information is 350$ psh I'm good
How did you make the Granite so shiny?
Great JOB.
Diamond pads most probably started 200 to looks about 3000ish grid .
thank you
so its impossible to hide the crack line. I can still see the broken piece
It's always going to be visible when looking down at it. It is not visible in the polished finish at all angles in the kitchen. When the rod expands and the piece cracks apart there is actual granite missing so it must be filled with adhesive. Adhesive polishes different than the granite when looking down at it. Repairs of this kind are pretty common now.
should have crushed and filled
@@jesselopez1637 That is a terrible idea! Never do that please. This guy did a great job, I know this because I also have a business doing this work named Stone Majic check me out on Facebook and Instagram as well as StoneMajic.com. This guy did a good job. Sure some things I do different but I give this guy a thumbs up still
What products are you using? Like the cleaning agent and the epoxy?
There I used Glacier to glue everything together. Now we are using a combination of adhesives to better mask the crack.
only thing is should you not have filled the gap between the stainless sink and the top where you were putting wedges, as water can get inside and damage the wooden frame underneath, that gap should have been filled in with clear silicone sealant.
It was willed with a brown Silicone sealant before the job was completed.
Nice repair but this was done by an expert with all the right tools. Not going to work well for a layman DIYer. I think I would just remodel and put in new granite. Actually, I don't know what I would put in; every dish I have is chipped or broken in some way. The old counters were more forgiving. Beauty over function!
thank you
i just used mb20 for a similar color granite counter and it dried and ended up looking unpolished
You have to buff it until it shines. It’s a great polish but does take a little time to get it right.
@@tedmcfadden thanks for the reply! I admittedly used a cheap set of grinding and polishing discs, the upper end was a 6000 grit if that tells you anything. I used a color enhancer/sealer, and then mb20 and got a decent shine after not getting it right, but definitely lacks a bit still. I did 4 coats of mb-20 with hogs hair pads. Each coat i did until it dried and then buffed with a wool pad after
por favor alguien me puede decir el nombre del pegamento se ve un trabajo genial por lo general yo marble glue pero éste es diferente o es el que usas para el corian
Glacier
I'm curious about the overall time for the repair and how much was charged
We book these for one day. The cost varies by the scope of the repair.
Awesome job!!. Where I can get the pigments??. Thanks for your videos
Mbstonepro.com for powdered tints. You can also order a 48 piece akemi color kit in my store.
Can anything be done to break up the crack line? Like color swirls in the filler?
Yes. This is a pretty old video so you don't get to see the dremelling our of the crack and application of filaship to breakup the color of teh crack. We are also using a combination of color matched resin with granite powder. We are also using granite and jamming it into the crack.
@@tedmcfadden thanks. we are looking for someone to do a repair in the Raleigh NC area.
@@brianwade8649 sureshineservicenetwork.com/phoenix-stone-solutions-antietch-marble-polishing/granite-crack-repair/
@@tedmcfadden that looks perfect! Just called and left a message. Thank you!!
Ok I see what you did there. I had the same thing in my kitchen but not nearly the degree of split. I put in some epoxy and was done in 20 minutes. The only reason I went ghetto like this method was I was selling and hoped know one would look closely.
I did learn 1 thing from the video and that was to color the resin/epoxy.
thank you
Great Job
thank you
Great work I can't believe it
Thank you so much 😀
Well done repair my friend! Just a few questions, what solution did you spray when polishing? Did you use a 4 step polishing system? What buffing pads did you use and did you use a polishing paste? Thanks!
The solution I was spraying was a diluted neutral cleaner called reflect. I use the NSI SL3 diamonds from easystonecare.com. I had to grind this flat so it was more than four steps - 60, 150, 300, 500, 1000, 1000R, MB20 (Granite Polish). After that, I used aesthetic adhesives to fill and hide the crack further.
Ted McFadden thanks for the response and info! I’m new to stone work and we just polish with regular pads up to 3000.
Products used? Please explain process
Stonecareedu.com
you need to colour match the resin
You're right. I did that with the acrylic but the rail was so uneven that I ground through it. What you don't see here is the hour or so I spent using fillachip and other resins to blend it. My camera battery died.
This video is mainly to show the how and why of the repair.
I was thinking the same thing. If he had color matched the resin, the crack would've been less visible at the end.
Nice fix! Good work. :)
thank you
What caused the split ?
A steel bar rusting in the granite that was put there ironically to prevent it from cracking.
First and foremost I think that repair came out amazing. I've been doing granite for a little over 6 years now and my only worry with this repair is that it can pop again since the rod was never "de-rusted" and that was the cause of the crack. Not only that, but I didn't see you re-silicone the sink which can allow the moisture to continue to rust that rod once again cracking the rail. Just my two cents and I can be wrong. Again, fantastic fit and finish.
Nick, just an educated handyman here but that was exactly my thought. Way too much work to not endeavor to address the cause of the failure.
We have this same thing happening. Behind and in front of the sink. Is it worth getting it repaired?
Call me crazy, but in the beginning he literally cut out the steak rod...or am I crazy and imagining things. Granted we don’t know if he later siliconed it. Great job though.
Steel *
You're not crazy. The rod was cut out and removed and the adhesive used is stronger than the granite. This will never crack again.
great! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you
Great job! Know anyone who does this in Toronto area?
I don't have a recommendation for you. If I hear of someone will let you know.
Matt marble in toronto
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I just bought a piece of granite for my bathroom sink and the dude put it in my truck laying flat. The thing cracked right in half on either side of the sink. I don't know if it would even be salvageable since the bathroom counter isn't as structural as the kitchen counter. Do you think it's worth it? This seems more like cosmetic than structural. I'd love to get your input before I waste any time on it.
this is structural
Good work, 6 hours repair, how much did you charge for the job?
From 500 to 750 I would say
6 hours is a lot for that repair, I have been installing and fixing granite and other stones for about 6 years.
This repair was $1200 and included polishing and sealing the rest of the kitchen. The adhesive used is a two mark urethane that takes around 90 minutes to cure so it can be sanded. I am using a afster setting color matched urethane now that is harder.
What products are you using?
glacire
what adhesive did you use, i have a similar repair im trying to do?
We use structural epoxies and urethanes for granite repair. Most repairs require an underlying epoxy then an aesthetic adhesives on the top to disguise the crack. This is an old video that does not show as much of what we do today. We buy our adhesives from MB Stone Professional and Defusco.
@@tedmcfadden thank you. was looking at superior for the adhesive and we are using mb stone products. still learning but this exact project came up and was exactly what i thought for the process.
@@savagestyle124 One piece of advice, do not use polyester to glue it back together.
@@tedmcfadden how about the surperior fusion product. color match adhesive . not filler.
@@savagestyle124 For color matched adhesives I would use Glaxs or Glacier.
Nice work , never would have thought it could be saved
thank you
With diamond u used?
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You made the glue too transparent .. that’s why still see the line ..when you mixing your colors start with the with the white .. hold it up to the light ..make sure no light comes thru .. then add your other colors ..results will come out a lot better
You still see the line because I ground paste the glue. There was a significant lip on the back side and I had to take off a lot of material. I ground into my structural glue. What was not visible in this video what I do to further hide the crack using Filachip, and other surface adhesives.
What I do is grind-up some of the same color granite, and mix it into the surface epoxy. If carrera marble (white with light grey), I take the marble dust with black sand paper, making it slightly darker when mixed with white epoxy. Only 'heads-up': working time with the epoxy is cut in half.
Thanks for sharing that. We now use Glacier from Bonstone for Carrara marble and Thassos. It is a translucent Urethane that does not bleed into the stone. We have some good color matches coming out for a lot of granites as well. The Glacier can be mixed with stone dust too.
Tatter Salad that never works well grinding up the dust always gonna make it darker .. it’s like trying to match the stone while it’s wet .. always gonna be darker ... it’s all about mixing colors rite and how much to use ... sometimes you have to make it transparent sometimes you need to make it thick with the color so no light comes thru .. in this case .. only thing I would have done different is add more white to the color .. the fact that he left transparent is why it line looks slightly black ...
Someone told me to collect your granite dust from working and mix it in with epoxy and color.
Why can't you explain process
we do at stonecareedu.com
This method would be perfect for a rental. Not for a flip.
Nice work
thank you
you are so clever
thank you
I've never been happy with the results from this type of repair, Its like putting a band aid on a stab wound!
It's funny. We do 400 of these repairs a year and almost everyone is very happy with the results. Of course it's a visible crack. Nothing on that scale will be invisible. But if my customers can get another 5 years out of their counter I consider that a success. There are tens of thousands of cracks like this across the country. Not everyone can afford replacement or a farmhouse sink retro.
@@tedmcfadden actually a farm style sink that goes all the way to the wall, like the one from IKEA is a really good alternative, and would not be a whole lot more than repair alone
@@josebarrera6056 the cost to install a farmhouse sink in this area is around $2000 plus the sink. This includes curring the cabinet, granite, and performing plumbing services.
The repair is much less though a farmhouse is definitely ba better alternative.
@@tedmcfadden Not if you want with a drop in farmhouse. It's less than a thousand dollar solution.
@@custommarbleandgranite3008 farmhouse sink install is much more.
looks better, but you SHOULD apply more silicon between the surface of old sink and surface underneath of granite to make the sink last longer. (water would COME IN easy then would damage the cabinet)
Thank you. We do replace the sink sealant on every repair. This video was intended to show the granite repair. We do 40 of these repairs a month now.
its the none support from under it that made a break in the first place and it will happen again before long
No you don't know what you're talking about. The reinforcing strip in the granite has gotten wet, rusted, expanded and cracked the granite. How about keeping your ill-informed opinion to yourself. Very impressed with the video and repair Ted. Great attention to detail.
Time will tell
@@outeast1161No its not because of support issues its because of the rusting rod they used to reinforce the stone.
great job but i would have painted dark spots around the crack to hide completely before adding the clear top, it would have taken longer. but, overall great job!
thank you
Um the music was unbearable, next time do voice over and explain what it is you are doing
I have plenty of repairs with voice-overs. I also have a full online class for this. Thanks for your message.
sorry but i have a crack almost exactly like the one in the this vid!
I suggest that you call a professional to repair your crack. If you are in the Southern California area, I would be happy to discuss it with you. a good article on this is here if you want to know why its happening. californiagraniterepair.com/granite-crack-repairs-explained/
Still a I see where is it broke
I'd love to see your video.
@@tedmcfadden GREAT RESPONSE , I love it Ted
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nice guide video
thank you
SUPERB JOB!!!!!!
thank you
nice
Thanks
wow wow wow
repaired something so it can break again in the same way
It will never break again.
This will never break again. The bar that caused the damage was removed never to be seen again.
I think he left the shims in to help prevent that from happening
nice beautiful seam wrong pad for polishing
thank you
Great Job!!
thank you
very cool, respect, well done!
thank you
Skillful repaired
nick chow thank you
harika!
Thank you!
Good job on that repair.
thank you
Come to Toronto
Tempted. There are some good guys up there.
new kitchen!!!!! why fix?
It was ten years old
I thought you could make the crack disappeared.
In many cases we can. A lot of granites have a lot of color and shade variation in the area of the crack so you will always know it’s there. Much of the time used during the repair is color matching and blending.
looks great
thank you
This video would have been way better with some voiceover or text showing what products you used (silicon? Where did you get the colors? were the wedges merely cardboard? What sanding polishing discs did you use? ) A video may be worth 10,000 words, but you could have easily provided more help to the non professional.
download77 we have a training class with voice over at stonecareedu.com with several different types of granite repairs.
This is a video for clients to see how we do it.
Non professionals should not attempt this repair. Trust me I’ve worked in the granite business for 38 years. Skilled labor ain’t cheap and cheap labor ain’t skilled.
Great job
thank you
How much should a job like this cost ?
$
Depending on the scope of the repair. The cost is $800-1300+
@@tedmcfadden Was just quoted $1800 bucks in California..should I shop around?
We have done several recent repairs in that range. It all depends on the scope of work. We have a lot of very good technicians in our network in California. If you shop around make sure you are getting the same repair. It would be a shame to save a few hundred dollars and have to redo it in a year or two.
Didn't reseal the mastic on the front of the sink.
Yes the entire sink was re-caulked but that is not what this video is about.
Breathing in that silica dust is very dangerous. Be careful
thank you
Once a customer knows where to look they'll always see it..
Benny Torres I agree. Maybe it's a rental or they are selling the house.
maybe they do not wish to drop coin on new some people not hung up on little detail no big f ..ing deal to them called common sense sink still works that is the main thing that repair from this perspective more than acceptable , do not beleive he is trying to hide it is sevrice call maybe insurance, at the sink woman of house say if good or no good not us
Benny Torres what a Dick, of course they will it is called a REPAIR. What would your solution be? To leave it as it was 😂😂😂
Just poke their eyes out using the rusty steel rod .
I still see the crack
Get your head out of your boyfriends ass then...
LOL
Hahahaha
should be the other way, get his her head inside the boyfriends ass then she won't see that crack.
of course you can this is not tv
Awesome repair man nice 👍🏼
D&G Granite/Quartz Countertops thank you
Nice patch but without the reinforcement rodding the sink rail will crack anyway. Fiberglass rods are better, won't swell up with rust and split the top but they don't really stop the sink rails from cracking, just holds the chunks together so they don't hit your foot when it breaks.
that is 100 percent not true. the only reason it cracked is because of that steel rod. rodding is meant to support it getting into the house. not once its on the cabinets.
Evan is correct. There is no need for the rod once the granite is in place. The epoxy used will never crack or fail as well so the repaired area is very strong. A hammer would not separate them.
my dear, the main problem you have is not the granit, it is the bad wood construction under the granit. it will crack again.
It's not the wood, its a steel bar in the granite.
0:54 looks like the sink in smiling.
We make sinks smile. Thank you.
Not possible in Black Granite Stones.
We have done several black granite repairs.
I have done a few also
I STILL SEE THE CRACK!! But i like the music
thank you
Well, that's it...no granite for me. I mean he did a great job restoring this project but I still see the crack and I don't think there is anything you can do about it. It is still going to be visible no matter what you do. Knowing that crack line was still visible would drive me nuts. Sorry.
OCD much…😂😂😂
Try have a laminate seam where you always see it or better yet water damage you can't repair
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Nice job...Looks like someone stood on the edge...smh...They never learn...Is that an under 300 dollar repair?
The lesson, use 3CM granite instead of 2
I would charge around 350-400 it takes about 3 hours at most it's a decent amount of work
I've worked with 2cm for over 10 years and it's all about how you install and support it. Many guys dont support the sink arms (never put shims) and this is the result.
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Very nice and great 👍 job .
Should have coloured the glue black, then you would see nothing
thank you
Your video is too fast, cannot see what you are doing, you do not explain what is been done.
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You did as good as could be done ...a break like that ... face it ... your screwed.
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let tear out old granite kitchen surface and replace with the new one . Even in Vietnam , people does this way ! .
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Just my opinion, but the music is not necessary. You could do a voice over if you like. If you are uncomfortable with speaking, just use the sound of the tools. I know I can mute, and I do.
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Great job, but having self-diagnosed OCD, it would always bug me to know that stupid crack is there. Although it's probably tougher than the original granite. Good repair!
Thank you. It's is definitely not OCD friendly but save the customer money over replacement.
Worse video I had ever seen in my whole live. The speeding of the video make me sick. But you did a great job.
Thank you. I tried to make it as easy to watch as possible without missing any footage. I have narrated instructional video at stonecareedu.com for pros that are looking to sharpen their knowledge or learn a new trade.
Some people!!!. The guy went through the trouble to share his skill, condensed a labour intensive process into a few minutes. Well done, and thank you. We are dealing with a crack in a new counter top, I was curious of the process.
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thank you