The exposed edges were not finished and if you got the bullnose off without breaking the tops, how would you deal with that? Not too mention then the overhang would not be correct and and crumb and crap would be IN your cabinets.

You may find the straight edge will need to be polished. I'd diy the caulking with a razor knife and refill with color match material. No mold or crumb trap. No longer enough to pull of the edge.

What’s under that bullnose? From the bottom view it looks like it’s glued on to backing - could it be that the top is a thinner slab than 3 cm? If so, then you’ll have an unfinished edge without the bullnose there.

Excellent point. you may be right on that- when I look I def see ”pieces” of granite from underneath and not one solid edge like you’d expect if it was the countertop itself. The counter may be pretty thin. Eek!

Cassie, I’m looking especially at the inner corner shown in your picture. Since you’re not sure about counter set up I’m assuming it was installed by prior owner. There is a process / product called granite overlay - a thinner piece of granite over existing countertops. There is an apron front or trim piece attached to cover the existing counter & old edge. One way to figure out if this is what you have is by looking underneath counter, seeing that you have an applied edge instead of one piece with thicker granite & maybe your counters are a bit higher than standard counter height? Here’s a site I found for granite overlay Granite Transformation Maybe you can recaulk the top edge to clean it up.

I'm betting that KW PNW is correct looking at your counters. How high off the ground are they?

@KW PNW we def did notninstall these countertops and have nonidea if they original or part of some later remodel. i think youre spot on about the apron. The overlay article was very interesting. There ARE seams all over this countertop!

Now just think Ill go the route suggested by dan1888 and recaulk it.

No caulk please. Scrape as much of the crap out of the joint as possible and hit it with a fine-tipped color-matched Sharpie. Buy several please; you'll ruin the tips as you work. And you'll need an extra for touch-ups.

The caulking suggestion sounds like an excellent fix.

You will need to have the edge polished anyway if you remove that so why not get a cost for that from a granite place unless you do not care about risking ruining it completely .

If I were in your situation, I would have professionals over to bid for doing the work. Get three bids, explaining what you’re trying to accomplish. By the end you’ll have gotten specific advice about your options and can discuss with them diy versus hiring them.

There are granite polishing kits if you do remove the bullnose yourself but if you don't want to take any chances I would contact a professional installer and get their opinion.

There ARE seams all over this countertop!

Granite tile? Those were a DIY thing a few years back...

The photo of the counter corner makes me think that this is one of those tile jobs.

This counter doesn't look to be a slab of granite but tiles, so when you remove the edge you are going to probably be looking at 3/8" of granite tile. You could remove the edge and replace with a similar or contrasting squared granite, tile or even a wood edge for now. Check floor decor maybe they have some edges for you. But maybe if you are going to go the professional route just get a price for new counters.

If you can make it happen, I'd save some money and do the whole counters from scratch.

These counters are old and not worth tempering with, I have a feeling that the result will disappoint you

Is this a granite tile counter?