kitchen worktop - making bullnosed corners

[sm_jamieson]

I'm sure we've all seen them. A breakfast bar, island unit or external corner on a worktop. They are usually cut off to a diagonal, or perhaps curved, but always there is no bullnose profile, and it spoils an otherwise professional look. Obviously sawing the thing does this. You could route a bullnose somehow, but how would you get an edging strip to stick? Apart from getting custom-made granite etc, how can this be done? The obvious answer is "you can't", but any clever ideas out there ? Simon.

[ben]

Its impossible curve a piece of melimine strip of 1" or so in to a profile of that ilk. Only answer I can come up with is...Wood Veneer but chances are you wont get the same pattern as the worktop.

[Christian McArdle]

You can get the laminate top made up with the bullnose there (you can also get sink cutouts similarly treated). A lot more expensive than a premade 45 quid length from B&Q, however, and you might as well just use solid wood once you're into that price range.

Christian.

[John Rumm]

Go for a worktop with a square edge, and then make your own bullnose edging to go round the whole thing. That way you can mitre all the corners to go round whatever angles you need. Just biscuit joint the edging onto the worktop.

[David P]

I have seen it done where the bullnose is cut off a spare piece, and then cut in/stuck on whatever the offending cut edge. Obviously need to be very accurate etc.