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profile on undermount sinks

Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 9:43 am
by Anylastwords
for the past twenty five years or so we have been doing an "eased" edge on the top rim of our under mount sinks.(1/8 th round). in the last few years we have gotten more and more repairs for chips on the edges mostly from pots and pans hitting the rim. my question is, what are most fabricators out there doing for an edge on the under mount sinks?

Re: profile on undermount sinks

Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 9:47 am
by clhilde
We had the same problem when we started up so we went to a 1/4 rnd and havent had a problem since

Re: profile on undermount sinks

Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 9:52 am
by Randy Gallion
I do the same
More radius = less chips :)

Re: profile on undermount sinks

Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 9:52 am
by topshop
I've always done a 1/4" bevel on my tops - No complaints from the customers. My brother in law still managed to chip my sinkhole at my house though.

As a repair guy I used to get lots of chip repair work off other fabricators work in my area who love the eased on stones like Ubatuba. I think some of them have smartened up and are making the profile a bit bigger because I get few calls for chips these days.

Re: profile on undermount sinks

Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 10:03 am
by mikedean
ZR r=10.

10mm radius similar to 1/4 round.

Re: profile on undermount sinks

Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 1:15 pm
by Rick George
We give our customers the choice of square, 1/4 radius, or bevel and this is usually determined by the edge profile selected. If they don't care, we do 1/4 radius as we never get call backs with this one.

Now we only started doing this since got cnc 6 years ago, before that everything was square.

Re: profile on undermount sinks

Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 3:51 pm
by Andy Ross
We do a 1/8" to 1/4" radius depending on how big the chips are from cutting it out. :grin: Never had a customer say jack about the sink profile. And have never been called about one. I've often wondered if 1/8" radius is the most functional choice. I would be fine doing a 1/4 bevel but people seem overwhelmed with all the other options involved (color, sink, faucet, edge profile). I'm not in a hurry to add any more to the list.

Re: profile on undermount sinks

Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 8:18 am
by graffster
At least a 1/4 to avoid the call there's a chip in my sink. :o

Re: profile on undermount sinks

Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 10:05 am
by BenJ
The trend is moving towards larger radii or bevels, and for good reason.

Re: profile on undermount sinks

Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 5:28 pm
by Curtis R. Marburger
we been doing 3/8 for so long i fergot how long ,
we found by consensus among polishers at our shop 3/8 was the favorite to do

Re: profile on undermount sinks

Posted: Sun May 13, 2012 10:58 pm
by Boru
I have always used a 1/8 - 3/16 round and honostly have never had an issue with chipping. It usually occurs wherever there are sharp lines and angles. Make a point of reducing the transition between radius and face either by cnc or hand polish. Removing the sharp line will also reduce the chipping reports.

Re: profile on undermount sinks

Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 9:09 pm
by Chris Mills
1/4 round for us.

Re: profile on undermount sinks

Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 10:44 am
by Ahjort
Our "standard" edge profile is the 3cm "A" profile, so we run this inside the sink cutout as well. It makes for a very forgiving edge when it comes to impacts!

Re: profile on undermount sinks

Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 4:39 pm
by Matt Lansing
A30 R10.

Re: profile on undermount sinks

Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 6:42 pm
by politefab
guess I'm the odd man out here i do a 3/4" aka half bull nose in our shop

Re: profile on undermount sinks

Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 11:59 am
by rtams
1/4" round