Measure a stick of wood or plastic quarter round or cove trim molding to the length of the countertop and mark it.
Gap between tile backsplash and countertop.
Measure the length of the countertop.
Raise the cabinets to close the gap.
May even want to try a black caulk for the top so you don t notice it against the black cabinets.
If grout does get into this space clean it out as soon as possible to grouting the tile of a backsplash or countertop is a satisfying do it yourself project but the joint in between the two poses some problematic issues.
Locate the screws holding the cabinet to the wall which are inside the.
The tiles being installed on the backsplash should not actually touch the granite.
When grouting the backsplash tiles leave the gap between the granite and the tiles empty.
That covers the 3 8 gap.
This video shows how to seal the gap between the backspalsh and granite counter top the easy way using t.
If the granite has been installed with no 4 inch backsplash the granite has probably.
How to install caulk on a kitchen tile back splash.
How a tile backsplash meets with a granite counter top caulk the granite to the wall.
Or you can split the difference and do a 3 16 on top and bottom.
If the gap between the countertop and backsplash is more than 3 8 inch it s.
That leaves 1 4 grout line between the top of the tile and the bottom of the cupboard which isn t ideal but shouldn t really be noticeable at that spot.