Makita Rotary Polished My Cultured Marble Sinks!

SilverLexus

SilverLexus

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Yep, good ole SSR2.5 to the rescue. After I bought my house I accidentally dragged a towel with a piece of stone across my long master bath cultured marble sink. Well today I took my Makita 9227 set on 2 to 4 and polished almost all of the scratches out. Here's what I did.



1. Mr. Clean Magic Eraser followed by Lysol Basin cleaner to clean the sink area.

2. Covered fixtures with old bath towel.

3. Got a Lake Country Yellow pad and attached to Makita.

4. Slowly went from "1" to "2" to "3" as I worked in SSR2.5.

5. Buffed up remaining polish with new Hometex MF from Sam's Club.

6. Admired results as I had a very smooth nearly scratch free sink area.



Isn't it great when you can use detailing knowledge to avoid hiring an expensive contractor? :D



Turns out cultured marble is quite durable. No real chance of doing any damage with a rotary from what I could tell. I did start with a finishing pad but quickly moved to something more aggressive to have more cutting power. I also tried DACP which also worked as well as 2.5.
 
Does your cultured marble have the manufacturer installed holograms too? My shower (only thing in our house that is cultured marble) is covered in holograms. The counter/sink may be a good practice panel, LOL.
 
No holograms - the mfr installed it perfect.



I don't have pics since my wife lost our digital camera. We are looking for a new one now which is just as well. The old one was mediocre at best.
 
Sean,



I found a Fuji E550 which I am trying to sell my wife on. I would then be able to show after pics.



I'm also looking at the Panasonic Lumix camera like Greg (TW85) has.



Greg, you still digging the Lumix? Mtodde is thinking about one as well. Hard to beat Leica optics...
 
Haha, I learned everything I know about using a rotary buffer and polishing clearcoats from my previous job in the cultured marble industry. One day I was looking at my car and I was like "I wonder if this stuff will work on cars too?" so I tried it and sho-nuff, I became a detailing freak. I've been refining my methods for automotive use over the years. It's funny to see someone else go the opposite direction since it seems so logical to me. Cultured marble manufacturers generally use either an acrylic or polyester clearcoat. Where I worked at Waldorf Marble in White Plains, MD, we used Polyester and it was sprayed on much thicker than automotive clearcoats. There were parts of the sinks that we would actually wetsand with 220 grit paper to remove molding defects. I wouldn't even think about using 220 anywhere on automotive clearcoat.
 
I was actually wondering if I could polish my laminate countertop and bathroom countertops. it's soooo scratched it's crazy. any ideas?
 
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