Help Protect One of the Most Vulnerable Areas of Your Countertop
The exposed stone around an undermount sink takes more everyday impact than almost any other part of a countertop. Our Chip Minimizer edge options are designed to help reduce the risk of chips caused by pots, pans, dishes and other kitchen items striking the sink opening.
Sink Edges Take a Lot of Everyday Abuse
Chips around undermount sinks are one of the more common types of countertop damage. The exposed edge of the stone sits directly beside an area where heavy cookware, dishes and utensils are used every day.
When a pot or pan strikes a sharp stone edge, the concentrated impact can sometimes cause a small piece of the countertop to chip.
Professional countertop repairs can cost hundreds of dollars depending on the material, severity and location of the damage.
A Sharp Edge Concentrates the Impact
With an undermount sink, the finished countertop edge is exposed. A traditional sharper edge can concentrate the force of an impact into a very small area of the material.
Changing the shape of that edge can help soften those impacts and make the sink opening more forgiving during everyday kitchen use.
Heavy Cookware
Pots, pans and cast iron can create significant impact against an exposed sink edge.
Sharp Stone Edges
A more defined edge concentrates impact into a smaller portion of the countertop material.
Daily Kitchen Use
The sink area is used constantly, increasing the opportunity for accidental contact over the life of the countertop.
Reduce the Sharp Edge Around Your Sink
The Chip Minimizer modifies the exposed edge around an undermount sink with a beveled or rounded profile. By reducing the sharp corner, the edge is designed to better handle the minor impacts that occur during normal kitchen use.
Rounded Sink Edge
A smooth rounded profile removes the sharp exposed corner around the sink and creates a softer transition into the sink opening. This option works well with many traditional and contemporary undermount sink designs.
Beveled Sink Edge
A beveled profile removes the vulnerable sharp corner while maintaining a clean, architectural appearance. It is particularly useful with rectangular or square sinks with tighter corners.
Why Consider a Chip Minimizer?
A relatively small fabrication detail can help protect one of the highest-use areas of your new countertops.
Softer Impact Area
Reducing the sharp corner helps lessen the concentrated impact created when cookware contacts the sink edge.
Helps Reduce Chipping
The modified edge is designed to help minimize the likelihood of common impact-related chips.
Professionally Fabricated
The edge profile is fabricated directly into the countertop as part of the manufacturing process.
Designed for Daily Use
Added protection is focused specifically on one of the busiest and most vulnerable areas of the kitchen.
Built for the Way Your Kitchen Is Actually Used
Beautiful countertops still need to function in a real kitchen. The Chip Minimizer is intended to add an additional level of protection in an area that regularly comes into contact with cookware, dishes and utensils.
- Helps reduce sharp exposed sink edges
- Designed to minimize damage from everyday impacts
- Available with multiple sink edge profiles
- Integrated during countertop fabrication
- Helps protect one of the most frequently used areas of the countertop
Designed to Reduce Risk — Not Make Stone Indestructible
Stone and quartz countertops can still be damaged by sufficiently hard impacts. The Chip Minimizer is designed to reduce vulnerability around the sink opening by eliminating or softening the sharp edge where many chips occur.
Planning New Countertops?
Ask the Block Tops team whether a Chip Minimizer edge is appropriate for your countertop material, sink style and project.
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