Charlie:
Mark in Tomball says, “How do I repair the surface cracks radiating from the drain of my cultured marble or Corian sink?”
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Tom:
Easy. You can’t. It’s time for …
Charlie:
No can do.
Tom:
That’s actually thermal cracks from the water hitting the hot and the cold and the cold and the hot, depending how you run the water. Once the cracks happen, you can’t repair them.
Charlie:
So basically, it’s time to think of remodeling or … Even if it’s just a new cultured counter-top, marble, you can still get them and you can probably get it close to match, and it would look brand new and it’s really not very expensive. We’re talking less than 500 bucks.
Tom:
That’s the one downside of that cultured marble stuff. You can’t just change the sink. It’s not like …
Charlie:
You can, but it’s not worth it, because it’s so cheap. You can actually drill holes and cut out the hole.
Tom:
Do an under mount sink?
Charlie:
Well, no an under mount. You’d have to do a drop in and a lip.
Tom:
Okay. All right. Hide the cut edge …