Neat silicone between kitchen worktops?

[robodelfy]

I've butted my kitchen worktops together, they are bolted and glued, with some wood coloured sealant. There is a tiny chamfer, so now there's a very small dip between the worktops as you can see in the photo. This will get dirty and collect stuff over time so I'd like it flush.

I thought I'd just put clear silicone in, but how can I make a very neat bead in that gap? I was considering masking tape either side and then just doing the bead and wiping it off, will this work?

I don't want to be scraping or scratching the worktops at all

Any advice would be great
Thanks

 

[oldbutnotdead]

Oops. Should have taken the chamfer out before you jointed.
Silicon won't do anything useful. I'd suggest 2 part wood filler (same as car body filler but wood coloured)

 

[robodelfy]

Oops. Should have taken the chamfer out before you jointed.
Silicon won't do anything useful. I'd suggest 2 part wood filler (same as car body filler but wood coloured)

Thanks, yeah I was debating whether to take the chamfer off, but I only have a circular saw, and I didn't want to risk messing it up with a power plane. It's veneered too. So I chose to leave it! Not sure it was the best idea

Ok a two part filler, I'll look into that

 

[oldbutnotdead]

Thats not a bad cut for a circular saw, 1/2" router is usually your friend for worktops. As usual, try in an inconspicuous area first.

 

[oldbutnotdead]

That filler may not work well on veneer, it certainly bounces off laminate flooring (very useful mix boards). Try it on some offcuts first....

 

[dontbelieveawordofit]

would have been mint if youd removed the bevel.
any filler you put in there will stand out and or fall out .
i certainly wouldn’t use silicone.
you could use masking tape to mask it really close to the edge and fill it with clear ‘sticks like sh!t’ levelled with a credit card or similar.
providing the levels are perfect.

 

[phatboy]

If you measure the width and depth of the chamfer, you may be able to find a suitable length of square stainless steel bar to fill it in.

Or tape the sides and use some colourfil, but instead of trying to match the colour, go for something to make it stand out?

 

[23vc]

As above, mask off, force some kind of fairly hard setting brown coloured mastic in