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   Don | May 22, 2002 05:45am | #1

   Quinn:  You should see my tee shirt for trying to polish granite w/ carborundum.  Granite has the same hardness as glass.  You can do it, but it will really take a lot of paper.  If you are desperate enough to follow through w/ this idea, try an air operated random orbital sander w/ wet or dry and water.  Start w/ 50 grit, 100 grit, 220, 400, 800.  To truly polish it shiny, like the flats, you need to go to about the equivalent of 3500 grit.  You may be able to get some 1500 grit, but I doubt that you can find the last stage.  If you are truly desperate, and fool hardy to boot, try a B&D ROS w/ a GFCI.

   Try Hardrock Tools on line.  they sell stone polishing supplies.  They have diamond discs that will take you from 30 grit to the black 3500 grit polishing disk.  Unfortunately, they are a mought expensive.  But, if you are committed.

   Good luck.

   Don

   The GlassMasterworks - If it scratches, I etch it!
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   MarkCadioli | May 22, 2002 10:29am | #2

   There is a product that I have used succesfully. It is a PVA Sponge called Hi Lap..I think it's made in Asia  and should be available from your local Stonemason supply company.

   It fits on a 4" grinder and comes in varying grits..you have to start coarse and work your way through.

   http://www.quittintime.com

   
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   NPitz | May 22, 2002 01:40pm | #3

   If I was doing it, I would have my granite supplier polish the edges before I got the tiles. It might cost a little extra, but it will save you lots of aggravation.

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   andybuildz | May 22, 2002 02:48pm | #4

   Why not use a wood bullnose the same material as the cabinets? Thats what I did. I did the 12" granite on the diagonal along with the bullnose and granite backsplash I reached better then 24". Looked great to boot. Or...Use a wet saw and the 45 deg. attachment on the sliding table and miter the edges..I did that on a tub platform. Its a lot of work but looks custom and probably is less work then polishing edges.

   HAve fun

   Andy

   It's not who's right, it's who's left ~ http://CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM

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   Rickter | May 22, 2002 07:11pm | #5

   I did the same thing with a standard sink rail edging in a color to contrast or compiment the infill of 12 x 12 granite tiles that I butted tight with no grout space. It has worked very well.

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   larsen_troy | May 23, 2002 04:58am | #6

   In the glass shop I used to work in, we had cork belts for our belt sanders that we used to polish complicated edges that could not be put through our polisher.  Seems odd, but it is the norm.