If that's the caulk you used, I am stumped.

Any chance you can post a follow up, or how you resolved this issue??

I moved in to our brand new house a month ago and we finished tiling a backsplash. Two days later we caulked using the same GE Silicome as you and have bright yellow anywhere that the silicone touched the finished side of the cabinets!

I have no idea what caused the silicone to react this way, or how to fix it. Could you share how your situation turned out please?

Well, my husband used the same silicone caulk in our laundry sink around the drain. Same yellow/green change in color of the caulk, but obviously no reaction with any paint.

Any update on this? I too have the same neon greenish/yellow stain on the new kitchen panels. I too used the same GE silicone. I am not sure whether to call GE or the kitchen manufacturer. I will start with GE as it seems to be the common link, I doubt we all used the same kitchen company. I hate when people use these forums to ask questions and never post answers/solutions afterwards.
I will post what GE tell me..

-This happened to my bath also. I must have used two different types as only one area is bad. Trying to resolve this has meant sanding and repainting. It was the top trim on bead board, not a cabinet, so I was saved a bit. And the baseboard trim is fine. Obviously I did use something else, sure would like to know what it was and not go there again. Let us know if you find out anything.

Silicone is best used 20' deep in a landfill, unopened.

Use POLYSEAMSEAL.
The tool is your dampened finger.

I was curious about this problem. When I search the web I found about a dozen reports of this particular brand turning yellow. I also found the number of people mentioned a recall but I could not find record of such a recall. The only solution seemed to be to remove it, repaint if necessary and start again with another brand....

I'm sorry this happened to all of you. How horrible!

I'm so glad I saw this thread. I just bought another brand. Thanks for sharing.

I had this happen to me late last summer in my bathroom with the same caulk. I scraped and redid most of it with a different brand and left a small piece to run an experiment. The greenish tint eventually disappeared. I thought at the time maybe there was some moisture I had caulked over but after hearing about other people with the same issue I'm not sure.

I read a technical article from one caulk manufacturer, and they said that some chemical (a plasticizer) was leached out of the paint which made their silicone turn yellow.
So basically, a bad interaction between two products, which should be made note of so it does not get repeated.
A latex caulk would not have had that exact reaction.
Casey

I just got burned by the same GE product on my white cabinets today. Does anybody have any follow up on how to fix the problem? I already scraped out as much of the silicone as I could.

It will probably fade back. Put some lights on it, the uv will speed the process along. And use your finger to rub any smeared residue off the counter and side.

I had the same problem on a customer's kitchen. Any where it touched, left a shade of yellow/neon green. So I ordered a replacement door end panel and some flat molding. By the time the replacements came in, the color was gone.

Help! Same thing just happened to me. How long did it take for the yellow to fade? My contractor used GE silicone.

If sunlight fades it, then so would a good ol' fluorescent light.

Casey

Hm, maybe this is what happened in my tiled shower. I always thought it was because the corners were grouted THEN caulked, but maybe it is the product. But, it's been two years and I still have a yellow tint...

The yellowing faded significantly overnight and today. The bar area where this happened gets good natural light, however the corner that gets the least light is still yellow. Hopefully it will also fade as the day goes on. Pretty concerning when you spend good money on cabinets and it looks as if they are ruined before they are completely installed.

The same thing just happened to us on our brand new white kitchen cabinets! It looks like someone took a yellow highlighter to them! the same GE caulk was used. Right now everyone is stumped and trying to find an answer. How did everyone make out? What should we do?! :( advice please!

Put some lights on it and give it a couple weeks, it will mostly like completely fade.

What type of caulk do you recommend? We don't want this to happen again.

Anyone got an answer from GE

This is second time this has happened. First time GE silicone, it was a small fix just a new trim and got away with it. This morning was a different issue it was a fridge panel and stove cabinet. Yesterday granite installer used GranQuartz silicone same thing happened OMG this is a nightmare. But THANK YOU for all your info on this forum I was able to investigate and find a FIX, yes a FIX. After you all said that UV and 2 weeks of cure time could work well I used my UV light that I use to seem glass together and all so far is going away !!!

Denis, can you confirm your issue completely went away? If so, after how long? see my green highlights above, they seem to get worse by the second. What kind of UV lights did you get to help fix this?

My issue also resolved within a week without UV light, although the location does get a fair amount of indirect natural light from nearby windows.

Daniel. It completely went away, it's been 3 months since.

Thanks guys. I'll wait it out and repost with any results.

Ran into the same issue as above and found this blog to be very helpful in resolving the issue so thanks to all the above who commented!

The quartz counter top fabricator/installer used GE Silicone 2 and after a few hours it reacted with the paint on the cabinet leaving a green haze. The installer said they had never had any issues using GE Silicone 2 before. Fortunately; after about a week with the help of a florescent construction light shining on the area during the night it went away.

I have this too. My issue was not removing old caulk. Where I did, it did not turn green. 2 different products reacting together was the issue.

I Just installed a Quartz Countertop and sealed where it met the pantry cabinets with the GE silicone II and just got a call fiom the contractor complaining about a green line on the blue cabinets. I called GE using the number on the silicone tube and was informed this is an overage of catalyst and will disappear on its own within two weeks. They said do not remove the silicone as this is a normal reaction.

Yikes! I just experienced the same thing, same GE product. The caulk turned my custom fireplace mantle yellow/green by the next morning following installation. As soon as I read these comments, I began removing as much of the caulk as possible. By the second day, yesterday, I'm wondering if it's fading or my wishful thinking? Crossing my fingers and researching other caulking products. Recommendations?

It will fade in a few weeks. The installer used acid cure instead of neutral cure silicone. As a cabinet rep, I have seen this a few times in the past and it always goes away.

My contractor used a similar "clear" caulk to install a white Cambria countertop and backsplash. (I don't know the brand.) It has stayed yellow on the wall and countertop for a year. But worse, because it's gummy, it collects dirt and is impossible to clean.

Hi karenmbeil, our customer care team would like to know more about your countertops. If you'd like to talk to them about the issue please call 866-226-2742 or send us a message with your contact info! Thank you

Hello, I've had this happen on cabinets before with one of our contractors and he said to give it a couple of days and it will go away and he was correct. Don't know why this happened but I've personally seen the yellow (and freaked out) and then the beautiful finished product after the yellow went away. I can reach out to him to see what product he used to see if it was the same

Thanks,

Jason

" But worse, because it's gummy, it collects dirt and is impossible to clean."

If it has stayed gummy, it's not silicone.

Thank you, everyone. I appreciate your comments and the offer from Cambria to talk it over. I will call. The product is still yellow on the painted wall, the countertop and backsplash, a whole year later. That is an interesting observation about silicone; I will try to find out exactly which product the contractor did use.

I had the same experience, GE silicone on glass cabinet doors. It reacted with the cabinet finish, and turned dayglow yellow. After reading this post, I placed them outside in the sun and the yellow went away.:)

Has anyone reported this to GE? The product NEEDS a warning!

I'm a contractor in ny who just installed white painted cabinets for a client.. counter top installer just finished installing... the following day along the entire perimeter of cabinets are now a bright neon yellow color??? trying to find why?? obviously there is some sort of chemical reaction between the silicone and the paint. does anyone have any information on this issue please. I can be reached at 631-433-1614 thank you in advance for. Ed

please help!!

I would try andrew's suggestion above of removing the doors and placing them in the sun. If it is on cabs that can't be removed, I wonder if an artificial UV light would do the same thing. I would also contact GE and direct them to this thread.

I appreciate it.. however the cabinet panels cannot be removed.. it is a pretty large area and entire perimeter of peninsula etc.. call will be made to GE. but I think we all know no one is going to take responsibility for this!!

I really think it would be easiest to check out this link and buy a UV bulb. It sounds like the light reacts with chemicals to change the finish. It would be the easiest fix, so I'd try it first.

https://www.lightbulbs-direct.com/article/choosing-ultraviolet-bulbs/

I would also approach GE as I do my 6 year old students - ie, non-confrontationally (My wording is: "I'm not mad, but we have a problem and we need your help to solve it"). GE knows the chemical make up of their products and may know how to neutralize the chemical reaction taking place, if the UV bulbs don't work.

GE can't even get the products they manufacture to match their published installation specifications. I'm not optimistic here. They're going to refer you to their lawyer, not their chemist.

I too recently experienced this with GE caulk in a small section of my bathroom. It didn’t fade much from the bright yellow after a week, so i removed it and replaced it with a different product. It was still white underneath the top layer. Annoying all around.