I've had an oak kitchen worktop fitted and gave it two coats of Danish oil both side before fitting. There is an inevitable gap at the back where the existing tiles stop about 5-10mm above the worktop. My installer applied a wide silicone fillet all round. My questions are: will silicone stick long term to an oiled oak surface will a large fillet which overlaps the worktop by about 10mm be tough enough. The edges will obviously be very thin and then maybe vulnerable to damage? Thanks in advance for helpful advice, Davy
Or a 100mm oak upstand? Bottom of the worktop and back edge should have had at least 3 coats of oil. We normally seal to the wall then add upstand with silicone seal between the two.
The silicon will stick but the edge will fray over time.Though I would be more worried about the look of it. How about new tiles?
You could fit a run of skirting board the same design as your floor skirting. Easy peasy. Then you have a match.
Hiya Davie, Ive just seen your thread so I'm a bit late with this, I fitted a beach worktop in our kitchen a couple of years ago & finished it off with beading along the back, now I'm thinking of changing it to a beach upstanding now, think you would find that a better option for yours perhaps, it will look a lot neater, just a thought.
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