what is grinding and polishing marble with natural stone?

Question

Dear All, i would like to know how they will grind and polish with natural stone, the details (4 face grinding and polishing).
i think it is wet grinding. Thanks

Answer 1

You can polish anything, using anything which is harder. Marble is a relatively soft stone, and if you used another type of rock to polish it, it could work but would take a long time. We use to use a quarts based stone, but these polishing stones are quite thick, needed lofts of water and left a really big mess. Sandpaper is a small amount of quartz sorta glued on a piece of paper or canvas. Not very practical when polishing large amounts of marble like an entrance floor, but would work on smaller pieces ot statues. Today we use industrial grade diamonds. That plastic, Number 1 was taking about is just that. These diamonds are embedded in a resin, melted together to form a diamond pad. These diamond pads which comes in different grits can bring the highest amount of shine in a marble when used properly. The last step is a powder, which is usually based of Oxalic acid, potassium, and other "fun stuff", and this brings out the final mirror finish.

Anthony
Marble Maestro

Answer 2

Grinding and polishing with natural stone ? every one uses sandpaper these days . for grinding most use a diamond wheel , for polishing most use sandpaper and then micro paper which is miore fine than normal sandpaper . At least that is what I use on solid surface countertops when I make them . Then for polishing I use a scotch-brite pad and a little water .

Answer 3

I am not sure of your question.but assuming you wanted how the marble is been polished with what.
Well marble are polished with natural stone but nowadays they use some kind of rubber to polish the marble later they use chemical to give the shine.