Annoying worktop gap solution

[Gammeldragz]

We rent and our kitchen was fitted decades ago by someone with neither skill nor sense. In one area, at the corner where the worktop going across is joined to the piece going lengthways, instead of joining it properly there's a gap where the curved bit that would face forwards is butted up badly against a flat raw edge. So the top of the worktop has a gap about 4mm where crumbs constantly fall down. I initially stuck a bit of cardboard in the gap just because it kept making my plates dirty! I'm guessing some product exists that will nearly cover this gap but no amount of searching seems to find the right thing.
Any ideas?

That wasn't well described, here's what I mean.

DH thinks caulking it with sealant is the solution but I assumed some kind of strips exist that I can put down there. But when I search the only. Thing I get is one's that should have been put it when it was installed. I'm not moving it!

In the process of decorating the kitchen as we've been here 8 years now and it was awful when we moved in. We'd had to move rentals every 1 or 2 years before that and I wasn't keen to have my hard work wasted but seems we're are here long term now (and if we can ever get a mortgage, landlord wants to sell to us) so I'm redoing it on a budget!

I think you can get those metal strips to cover these seams? Ikea kitchen designer told me as much. They're pretty old fashioned but may do the trick. I'd probably caulk it myself though.

Put a worktop joining strip in. You could silicone it into place rather than having to screw it. Something like this.www.screwfix.com/p/goodhome-corner-joint-aluminium-29mm/388FY?tc=UT3&ds_kid=92700046986170840&ds_rl=1241687&ds_rl=1245250&ds_rl=1245725&ds_rl=1245250&gclid=CjwKCAjwtqj2BRBYEiwAqfzur62pdlLnOk3qzxq7a4aeLAWyH6zIyYk66bA28_kNGz9hFilprLdpmBoCa58QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

www.screwfix.com/p/goodhome-corner-joint-aluminium-29mm/388FY?tc=UT3&ds_kid=92700046986170840&ds_rl=1241687&ds_rl=1245250&ds_rl=1245725&ds_rl=1245250&gclid=CjwKCAjwtqj2BRBYEiwAqfzur62pdlLnOk3qzxq7a4aeLAWyH6zIyYk66bA28_kNGz9hFilprLdpmBoCa58QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Thank you. That has a curved bottom though, I'm not going to be able to get it in the gap am I? Unless it would slide in from the front I suppose... Something like that but less deep would be easier, then I could place it in from above.

All the how to fit it guides for those assume you are fitting the worktop as well, not retro fitting to fill a gap.

Id dark grey silicone. You can peel it out if you hate it

I agree with the dark grey silicone.

if theres not enough room to slide it in one of those steel carpet strips that you put across doorways might go wide enough over it yes you will have screws to clean but better than a crack in the work top

Silicone then a huge chopping board to cover it?

Silicone definitely because it totally does the job and you can remove it easily.

I'll try with the silicone then, already bought some to do around the sink and redo the bathroom (the guy that the landlord sent did a terrible job, twice!) so have grey and white.

The metal piece that ktjerl linked to is exactly made for this job, get that. It isn't curved underneath, it's just rounded off at the corner.

So I could just bang it down into the gap? I'll get a couple, they're only a few quid so worth a try. Thanks.

Looking at the gaps, thickness of the worktop etc, I would just go with a worktop joint sealer. If you do it correctly, should give a relatively seamless join on it. Something like this www.screwfix.com/p/colorfill-worktop-joint-sealant-repairer-grey/159gx
Those metal strips will likely cause real damage to the worktop if you try to fit them retrospectively.