adhesive for fixing table top 29 November 2020 at 12:02PM in In My Home (includes DIY) MoneySaving 7 replies 81 views

starving_artist

I have a large offcut from a neolith worktop which I want to attach to a set of legs which have a steel top plate that the worktop will rest on.  Can anyone suggest what type of adhesive would be best for these materials?

tacpot12

I would say that a good quality epoxy resin would be answer. 
This says it is specifically for Neolith:
IRIDIUM - Epoxy Glue for Lapitec, Neolith & Dekton - D Zambelis Limited  

nofoollikeold

If you are talking about attaching the legs to the underside of the worktop:
1. I doubt that even a decent epoxy adhesive would hold in the long term.
2. The legs need to be screwed to the worktop.

tacpot12

nofoollikeold said:

If you are talking about attaching the legs to the underside of the worktop:
1. I doubt that even a decent epoxy adhesive would hold in the long term.
2. The legs need to be screwed to the worktop.

The problem is that with a stone worktop anything that puts an outward pressure on the stone could crack it. 

Something like the threaded inserts/studs sold by Keep-Nut Self-Anchoring Insert for Stone and Composites (npfasteners.com) might work. If you are drilling into the neolith, I would try drilling an offcut first. If the offcut survives, the real worktop will. 

starving_artist

tacpot12 said:

I would say that a good quality epoxy resin would be answer. 
This says it is specifically for Neolith:
IRIDIUM - Epoxy Glue for Lapitec, Neolith & Dekton - D Zambelis Limited  

Brilliant thanks, that sounds the job.

starving_artist

nofoollikeold said:

If you are talking about attaching the legs to the underside of the worktop:
1. I doubt that even a decent epoxy adhesive would hold in the long term.
2. The legs need to be screwed to the worktop.

I get what you are saying.  It is heavy but not huge so should be pretty stable.

tacpot12

I've had a read of the technical manual available here: Technical Forum to answer your questions (neolith.com)
Neolith is not very strong in bending. You might be better to put a piece of 25mm ply under the Neolith offcut to support it, and screw the legs to the ply. Fix the Neolith to the ply with epoxy.  

starving_artist

Thanks for finding the manual tacpot12. The piece is 800 x 1100mm and 20mm thick so I was hoping it would be rigid enough.  I would also prefer not to add to the weight if possible