Water Damage to Worktop Joint

[woodshavings]

Help Needed!!


Because of a non perfect seal, some water has seeped into the corner joint of a kitchen worktop.

It has caused the chipboard to swell about 2mm at the mid point of the edge for appx 30mm long x 8 mm width and caused the laminate to bulge.

Is there anyway to dry out the chipboard and re-compress it down flat. I was thinking of a hot iron and then to weight it down but don't want to make it worse.

Any suggestions very gratefully received.

John

 

[Pecker]

sorry Jon, I must admit that despire trying various things over the years, I have never managed to get the swelling back out, nor unfortunetly have I heard of anyone who has :-(
The problem is as soon as that water gets in the integrity of that area is lost.
mark

 

[Niki]

Hi John

Mark is correct, I have a few of them, they are "one way ticket" once they get wet.

Please read about it here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Particle_board

niki

 

[mailee]

yep, I agree there is nothing you can do once this has occured other than to replace the top I am afraid.

 

[Scrit]

Agreed! Make sure that when you replace the top that use seal using something like Kolorbond

Scrit

 

[woodshavings]

Thanks for the info, not the answers I was hoping for
I will be super careful next time in sealing the edges and not just rely on the bonding sealant when joining with a mason joint.

Thanks again,
John