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2 July 2018 at 7:10 pm #549054
Hi All,
My wife had a Granite counter top installed, and the piece left over from the sink cutout she wants made into a small table for the Balcony.
I’m using the base from the Video series “how to make a Table”, so it will have 3/4 inch rails (aprons) to attach the Granite to.
I’m thinking Liquid Nails to attach it. Can’t think of anything else. I doubt screws would work.
Any ideas of how to attach the top to the frame?
Would Liquid Nails work?
Gary
2 July 2018 at 8:34 pm #549055Liquid nails will hold it just fine. Sinks are held in place under granite or quartz counters with silicone caulk which would also work. Clamp it and let it cure for at least 24 hours – then hope you don’t ever need to take it off because it’s not going to want to cooperate.
2 July 2018 at 11:26 pm #549057Liquid nails will probably work.
A better choice is any of the urethane adhesives/ caulks.
Before I retired my granite guy swore by Sikaflex, but 3M 5200 or Vulkem are about as sticky, but not quite as firm.
About 25 y.a. I made a small table for next to my BBQ grill with a sink off cut and used 5200. It’s been outdoors all these years and still going strong.
The cheapest would be PL premium from Home Depot. I just checked and it’s only a buck or two for a tube. Guys build boats with the stuff.
Though silicone works, it’s actually not as moisture proof (really) and eventually breaks down or loses adhesion.
For those of you contemplating a similar project, the granite people I used gave away sink and cooktop cutouts. They were happy not to pay fees to get rid of the stuff. I made a path in the garden by putting the polished side down.
- This reply was modified 5 years, 9 months ago by Larry Geib.
- This reply was modified 5 years, 9 months ago by Larry Geib.
3 July 2018 at 12:04 am #549064I would build a box and set it in. Keep the sides 1/8 inch below the top of the granite. I did this for a piece of marble where I built a coffee table
4 July 2018 at 3:03 am #549109Sikflex, I haven’t thought about that stuff in years. Sticky and then some. Living in Colombia I have never seen it though.
4 July 2018 at 3:04 am #549110I thought about the box idea, but it’s a long oval and making a box would be difficult for this. At least for me it would be.
4 July 2018 at 3:18 am #549112Ok, liquid nails it is. I do have a second thought as of tonight. The wood I’m using is Abarco, a very nice wood to work it. Planes easy, perfect for cutting mortises, cut with a saw easy but it is still a hard wood, a little harder than Oak in my thinking. So, the table base is coming out beautiful.
What I’m thinking is gluing a piece of 3/4 in plywood to the Granite, and then attaching the base to that as Paul shows in his video. That way if I ever want to, I can make a wood top and be able to use the base.
4 July 2018 at 8:28 am #549124I think that’s a good approach. If you have natural granite it’s always possible it can break. Quartz is pretty much bullet proof, but not so with granite. Good luck with it!
4 July 2018 at 6:07 pm #549136I don’t know where in Colombia you are, but I’ll bet it’s available at either home centers or boat supplies.
I went in the sika retail locator and there are at least a couple dozen retailers just in Bogota, according to The Sika locator site.
Several are the Home Center chain.
https://col.sika.com/es/system/locators/locators-bullseye-distributors.htmlRetail locations show for Medellin as well, but you can try whatever city you live in.
4 July 2018 at 6:59 pm #549137I’m in Turbaco, very close to Cartagena.
I’ve had problems finding things here since forever. It’s not that they don’t always have something, the choice is far less the in the States, but the problem lies in finding it.
No Yellow Pages to speak of, and not much listed on the internet. Mostly I find things by asking and asking and asking, or just get lucky and stumble across something.
Wood selection here was horrible for the longest time. The Homecenter here had a very poor selection. I knew they had to have more, but it took the longest time to find it. Now that I found one mill, 3 more have showed up and I have a nice selection of wood now. It’s all very rough cut, some not useable, and all of it is wet and needs to sit in my shop for about 6 weeks or more. And it’s cheap!
Lots of dealers say they have outlets, but that’s not always the case, or they are just plain too far away.
Gary
7 July 2018 at 6:57 pm #549192@Lorenzojose, Ok, I gave my wife a photo of a tube of liquid nails, a written description, saying it could be under different names, but it is a construction glue. Off to Homecenter.
She comes back and says they didn’t have anything but white glue. The guy running the department said they didn’t carry anything like it.
I go there. On 3 shelves about 8′ long was 4 different brands of construction adhesive. And each had several different types for different uses. And then to top it all off….. They had Sikiflex. About 6 different types!
That’s the problem with language barriers and product names. Although I did say construction adhesive, and several of the tubes said right on the front table, Construction adhesive.
So, thanks for the tip. Got my Sikiflex.
8 July 2018 at 3:48 pm #549215Great looking job! I’m glad you found some construction adhesive – that’s the only sensible way to attach something like this. And here’s another tip. Nothing starts a fire better than a little polyurethane adhesive on the wood pile. Framing crews always use that stuff to get the fire barrel going in the morning.
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