marble refinishing

[jim]

anyone had any success cutting/shaping and finishing off (to a reasonable standard) marble surfaces?

I have acquired a piece of marble ~15mm thick to finish off the "tap end" of the bath where previously a lot of daft awkward-cut tiles were bunged in with silicone etc etc and leaked.....

The bit I have is salvage and has some minor surface scratches and a few stains - assuming I can cut it with (of course) the angle grinder

+diamond blade / elec tile saw :-

what are my best options for dealing with surface stains and scratches? can you sand it with fine wet and dry?

then how best to polish/seal? for use in the bathroom??

thanks in advance

JimK

[Roger Mills]

Go and find a tame monumental mason (bloke who does grave stones). He'll tell you how to do it - and will probably do it for you for a small fee.

Chances are that that you'll need a water-lubricated saw to cut it, anyway.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Marble cuts easily with a wet tile cutter. Within the limits of the thickness that can cope with obviously.

[The Natural Philosopher]

Yes, it polishes with all the usual abrasives.

Wet and dry, and T-cut ;-)

I didn't bother finishing mine. But maybe lithofin stuff is good.

[The Natural Philosopher]

Cuts OK on a tile saw.

[john]

I was given a Victorian, marble washstand and cut it out to accept a modern basin. Angle grinder plus diamond blade cut through the marble like cheese. The marble though had a couple of rust stains and no amount of cleaning and chemicals could shift them (yes I tried the classic Oxalic acid). Even tried skimming the whole surface down a couple of mm, only to discover that marble is a porous material and any staining can go deeeep. Binned it!.