I find myself doing more and more bathroom remodels as time goes by. I’ve always used the supply house to provide the edge on natural stone (granite, marble and slate). However I know that slate is softer than the others, can I do the edge on a slab of slate with a 4″hand-held grinder? I just want to take the sharp edge off left by the wet saw, and polish it to a finished edge. I know I can’t do a complete bullnose, but if I can soften the edge myself, I can save a lot of money by buying the whole slab and doing the vanity top myself.
Thanks for any advise, Gary
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roar
My Dal-Tile store sells a set of 4-5 diamond grinding/polishing wheels and an adaptor for a side grinder. I think it cost about $100. You could break the edge with a regular diamond cutting blade, then shape and polish with the fancy wheels. I have also seen a diamond profile wheel at one of the other tile shops in town. It puts some kind of ogee edge on stone.
Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell'em "Certainly, I can!" Then get busy and find out how to do it. T. Roosevelt
Ed
On those dimond polishers how do you keep them wet while they do their work? wouldnt there be a problem spraying water on or around the grinder.
I've used a grinder that was meant for this work, had a gfci built into it.
I have no idea. I was just reporting that I saw some stone polishing disks at Dal-Tile. But I suppose that if you used a squirt bottle and dir4ected the water at the stone, there shouldn't be much of a ....zzzap... problem.
Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell'em "Certainly, I can!" Then get busy and find out how to do it. T. Roosevelt
I just had a granite counter top put in to my kitchen. The granite subs had occasion to do some hand grinding with those fancy diamond wheels on their side grinder. Outside they used water sprayed from the nozzle on the hose and aimed it at the granite. No one got electrocuted as they appeared to be pretty careful. They also did some grinding inside the kitchen. They used the same wheels with no water. They did have a shop vac going. It still made a big mess and ALOT of sparks! I would definitely go for the diamond wheels if I were doing this myself. They seemed very resilient and looked like they got alot of use from those subs.
I hope this helps.
Steve Kasower
Look at http://www.easternmarble.com
Lots of supplies, call them up and ask them. Extensive web site. They halped me with edge polishing of marble and limestone tile. I use a cheap ($30) pneumatic (0-2300 rpm) variable speed polisher that won't is fine around water.
You can also get diamond router bits, which would allow you to do a full bullnose.
i'm looking at polishing about 55' granite and am trying to learn how to go about it. looking on ebay you can find these diamond pads for a 4" grinder for about 5.00 a pc. . another seller has a air grinder with a water attachment for 165.00. let me know what you find out on how to get it done. larry