The worktop in my kitchen is starting to show signs of water damage. Its textured laminated chipboard.

There is a joint in the surface near the sink and because I am sharing the house with morons who can't dry up after themselves the surface quite often gets a good soaking.

Water is obviously getting into the chipboard at the joint and the laminate is starting to bulge upwards just slightly. Can anyone think of a solution to this? Any moisture curing chemical I can soak the joint with to seal it up?

The damage is not too bad at the moment but I suspect given another year it will start to be rather obvious

colour fill. its about £10 a tube in wickes

There is a product called Wood Hardner made by Ronseal it will soak into the wood part of the w/t and replace any water that is there as it is water soluable. After a few applications of this, seal the laminate with coloured w/t joint sealer available from B&Q. (I am an Odd Job Man 8 years).

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Originally posted by ashg
colour fill. its about £10 a tube in wickes

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If you can get a replacement (as they get discontinued) I'd be tempted to change it and if possible move the joint further away from the sink. Sometimes it's possible to cut out the damage area and move it in from the end. One idea I just thought of would be to router the joint out all the way through to a width of 3 or 4mm and silicon alloy jointing strip in.

Eddie

Perhaps this might help?
I have used it on my car windscreen, and it did work as advertised.
Also obtainable online, through Amazon.

No quick fix.To do it properly you need to recut the joint and bolt together using waterproof pva wood glue. A multi tool would be ideal for this as a jig saw may be hard to use in situ. I bought one from Aldi it cost me £30. Best tool I have in my kit.