HOME IMPROVEMENT
WENDY STYLE
Joe and I (more Joe then me) are remodeling our master bathroom. IT has been a pretty big job! I am not going to tell you the whole bathroom story just yet. I'll save that for another post along with before and after pictures. Should only be a few more weeks now. (Crossing my fingers)
After what seemed like years of trying to pick out tiles to go in the bathroom we finally decided to go with Italian marble!
Marble Marble Everywhere!
Thought I was going to lose my marbles while going through this project!
The problem that I kept having was the unfinished edges! Yes, I know I could have taken all of the tiles that needed polished edges to a professional and had them done. (give them the tiles, fork out some cash and away you go!) Well... Not me. Nope I have to reinvent the wheel! Seems to be Wendy's Style.
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| Unfinished Marble Tile Edge |
I first hit the Internet to see how polishing stone actually happens. Well, I didn't have all the big fancy tools but I did have a dremel tool! That has to count for something right? I then headed into the home depot to get some REAL advice on the matter. Surely, they would know what I was talking about. My dad has me polish the rims on my 1966 Dodge Dart!. I could get those to shine and they were not even chrome! If I could do that then I must be able to Polish a little stone RIGHT? Home depot man said "NO... Can't be done. You have to have these professional tools." ONCE again Wendy doesn't have THOSE tools.
I am here to tell ya that it CAN be done... NO special tools or really any hard work. Here is the steps I took:
Need:
Dremel Tool
Polishing Bits
Compound Polishing Cream
ALWAYS WEAR SAFETY GLASSES
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| Polish Bit ~ Brown Bit ~ Stone Bit ~ White Whirly Bit |
After I bought my supplies went to work! First I used the (My Technical term) The "Brown Bit" over the edge on high speed. I then put some polishing compound on the edge and used the "White Whirly Bit" over the edge until it started to look the same as the polished side of the marble. Finally I took the (White Polishing Bit) put some more polishing compound on the edge and on high speed went over the edge until it shined! No need to press hard... I let the dremel do all the work. I used the "Stone bit" to bevel the edges!
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| Same Marble Edge Now Polished |
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| Side Edge NOT finished / Bottom Edge Finished |
That is how to finish a marble edge Wendy Style!
~Wendy~
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