Monday, December 12, 2011

Can I fill a burn hole on my kitchen worktop?

I have managed to burn a hole in my kitchen worktop. Its black and grey marble effect formica. Its about the size of a 50p piece and the brown chip board is now showing. Is there any way of professionally filling this or can I do it myself somehow (without using a black market pen which was my only thought!!).|||Mix up some dough and pour it in.|||Somebody asked this question the other day, and a reply which I thought was quite good was to get a heat proof tile, get a good carpenter to cut a square the size of the tile, drop the tile in the hole and then you have a place to put down hot pans on in the future. But unless you have a friend who can do this for you, may turn out to be costly.|||In all honesty its not worth the bother . worktops as u descibe are only about 55 quid to buy and easy to fit (well for me 40yrs a carpenter) lol





But if you wish to fill it then i would probably use car body filler to bring the surface more level and u can buy in all diy stores a black worktop filler paste in a tube about 7 quid





but if its your house bite the bullet and buy a new one it will always look pants otherwise|||There is a product on the market call plastic wood,its a wood filler.Clean out the burned area carefully then fill the hole with the filler,once dry sand it smooth.It comes to different colours,pick one that`s close to the colour you want.|||yes they can be filled, but i wouldn't recommend doing it yourself, the filler is called shellac and is melted in, then the colour effects are put in, not a quick job, easier as said to replace the top|||Marker pen works for me! Apart from replacing the worktop fully, go for the pen.





You can get a specialised pen from a DIY store to cover but just as effective to use marker - and cheaper!|||You could fill it with worktop jointing compound (try B%26amp;Q). It comes in different colours.

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