polishing marble

[jacquieg]

What can you use to get the smooth gloss finish on marble such as on the back panel and hearth for a fire sorround. Thank you for any help.

[Phil Anthropist]

[Rob Morley]

I'm not sure that's a very clever website - "Acid will dissolve it" but "try an application of naval jelly"?

[Chris Bacon]

Lots of polishing, or polish/lacquer. Are you still talking about your brown spots?

[The3rd Earl Of Derby]

nuetral(opaque) shoe polish and a polishing disc buffer.

Aldi had a car disc buffer polisher in stock a week or two ago at a reasonable cheap price. Pop into your nearest and see if they still have any in stock?

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Not really much help on polishing? Pity.

[Weatherlawyer]

When polishing marble, use a hard, white polish and a soft white cloth. Any colouring in the polish or cloth will stain. Rub the polish hard into the marble. For a matt finish use, a softer polish."

Use as powerful a drill as you can get and a lambswool polishing bonnet with the polish recommended.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

But what does this mean? Is it a wax, or an abrasive compound? New shiny marble doesn't have a wax type polish on it.

[The Natural Philosopher]

Pumice powder or jewelleres rouge and a buffing wheel.

[The Natural Philosopher]

Oh use some ruddy T-cut and a buffing wheel. Its all just abrasion. Get it fine enough and things look shiny.

[Chris Bacon]

That's it - if it's really bad, a belt sander might be useful (haven't tried one for this), working down through grades, to flat the marble, then wet'n'dry down to 600 grade, then buffing. Not sure about "T-cut", it might stain.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

I was hoping to know how marble masons do it. I somehow doubt they use T-cut. I don't either - even on a car. Overpriced rubbish. Farecla is the daddy.

[The Natural Philosopher]

Yebut, nobut, you are so...not Halfords :-)

Try em all out on a scarp piece first.