Corian: easy buff

[Old Coastie]

Simple buff, happy customer:

 

[Mikey P]

no tutorial?

 

[dealtimeman]

Do you think you could of wet ended the scratches out?

 

[Old Coastie]

Do you think you could of wet ended the scratches out?

Mike, no tutorial.

Michael, yes. Corian is not a difficult refinish. In this case, the customer only wanted it to look spiffy for company, so as with fiberglass, I just used a polishing cream and a buffing cream at 1 and 2 with a Makita. About 900 rpm or it flings everywhere.

It looked very nice. She just didn't want to spend a bundle.

 

[mirf]

Nice job.

 

[Essie Powell]

What's the going pricing for polishing stone counter tops ?

 

[Mikey P]

$150 to $250 an hour

 

[Jimmy L]

Can you use a fine rubbing compound? I've seen people buff out car window scratches with it.

 

[PrimaDonna]

We charge between $9-14 per sq. ft to do granite counter tops depending on how aggressive we need to get.

 

[Old Coastie]

Can you use a fine rubbing compound? I've seen people buff out car window scratches with it.

On corian, yes. In fact, that is what I use, followed by a fine polishing compound.

 

[mmarkovic]

It really depends on what the customer wants. I started refinishing Corian last year because the "authorized Installers" who are supposed to offer refinishing will quote nearly 75% of the cost to replace it. That's when they whip out the samples and photos of their new stuff that looks like real granite or marble. I learned how to use some incredibly durable, breathable, and long lived abrasive pads on a machine that oscillates and rotates while vacuuming up the dust dry. It's the same system I use to hone and polish stone (travertine & marble). I do it dry so I can see jsut where I am in the process. When you do it wet between grits you have to stop, pick up the slurry, squeegee the surface blow or wipe it dry so you can see if you cut out the marks from the last grit. That takes too long. Done dry you know exactly where you are and where you need to go till you change media to the next grit. Simple, sweet and efficient!

Corian is much like doing stone only harder because the resin loads your media so quickly. I've taken out nicks, gouges and scratches as well as changed the sheen to whatever the customer wants. I was surprised how differently people appreciate the sheen of their corian.