First stab at marble polishing

[Donwand]

Diamond impregnated pads
800
1500
3000
finished up with stone pro polish pro

 

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Understanding it is your first stab....

Would recommend us resin diamonds and compound to polish.

You will get a much more clarity and depth of shine

Could be focus, but looks orange peeled...

and CM is about the easiest to polish marble out there

 

[Old Coastie]

Fun, isn’t it, Brian? If you have time, go get a few marble tiles and mess with them. I second the idea to buy disks and actually hone the stone flat. Or take a class! It
Costs, but you come away feeling ready to take on the world!

 

[Donwand]

Could be focus, but looks orange peeled...

What do you mean?

 

[Mikey P]

The after photo looks like you got the marble too hot by working it too long, creating an orange peel texture

 

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The orange peel,more a effect of using DIPs to cut.

 

[Mrice]

Agree with above. BUT practice more with what you have. They produce results that MOST customers are pretty happy with. Not as good (or as messy) as diamonds, but sufficient and sometimes pretty good.

 

[CentralFLRugSucker]

The convenience of DIP pads makes them a very attractive option. I was taught using 800 grit pucks attatched to a floor pad under a 175 followed by a hogs hair pad and 5x powder.