Granite is sought after for counter-tops because of elegance, its heat resistance and toughness. These qualities usually have a large price tag too. Although you enjoy the appearance of granite but can not manage a sound-slab countertop, granite tiles help you update the look of your kitchen and may suit your budget. These tiles might nevertheless have noticed marks on the sides, however you can grind out these and polish the tiles using an angle grinder.
Put in your goggles and dust mask. Grinding granite generates dirt, and that means you need to protect your eyes and lungs.
Place your tile in your work table that is flat, with hanging 1/3 2/3 of the tile added to the dining table and Lay a piece of OF JUST ONE-by-4 inch lumber across the top of the tile near the fringe of of the dining table. Attach the tile to the function table by tightening c clamps on the little bit of lumber; do not connect the c clamps straight to the granite, as it can be scratched by them. The only goal of the lumber would be to protect the tile from scratches in the clamps.
Set the angle grinder 800 RPM, to 2 and connect the 50- grit disk to the grinder. Grind the edge from left to right to eliminate area scratches that were huge and noticed marks. By keeping the grinder in a slight angle, eliminating a tough chips over the bottom corner bevel the edge. Make three or two passes with the 50- disk.
Change the disk to 100-grit. Grind the medial side of the tile shifting from left to right. This ought to remove most of the of the scratches that are remaining. Follow this disk using the 200-grit one, which abandon a sleek edge and should finish eliminating scratches.
Begin sharpening by altering the disk that is grinding into a 400-grit one. The fringe of of the granite tile must start to appear shiny. Continue with an 800- disk, which finishes the sharpening for a lot of types of granite and raises the sheen. For granite that is dense, you could need to polish the edge having a 1,50- a 3,000 as well as grit disk – diamond sanding disk.
Remove the Cclamps and change your granite tile to expose a side that is new on the fringe of of the dining table. Repeat the sharpening and grinding method with all sides.