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Posted by Morgan on February 3, 2008, 4:14 pm
OK, thanks everyone. That's just the stuff I was looking for.
And in case anybody is wondering,
the darker colors show scratches MUCH more than the lights. The difference
is not subtle. If
I had known, I might have looked at some other options. Probably would have
gone with the
brown anyway, because it looks great here, but at least I would have known.
The first few weeks
was hell for us. After that, we got used to the scratches. We have since
started calling it
"patina" and moved on to other things. Now I'm going to give it a little
sprucing up though.
Thanks again.
> dadiOH wrote:
>> Morgan wrote:
>>> I have a medium brown Corian counter that is a couple of years old.
>>> It is beginning to show a lot of scratches and general wear. It
>>> seems that the darker colors show scratches and wear much more than
>>> lighter colors. I'd like to refurbish it without paying someone to
>>> do it for me. When they installed it, I think they DA'd it with
>>> some polishing compound or something and then just hand wiped it
>>> down. I don't really care about removing the deep scratches, mainly
>>> just refurbish the overall finish some. I'm looking for any advice
>>> on how to proceed with this. I have a PC 7424 DA sander that I can
>>> use but don't really know how to do this properly. Any suggestions?
>>
>> 1. Obtain polishing compound for acrylic. Even rubbing compound
>> should be OK
>> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=acrylic+polishing+compound
>>
>> 2. Place lamb's wool pad on buffer
>>
>> 3. Put compound on counter
>>
>> 4. Buff. SLOOOOWLY so as not to heat the surface.
>>
>> The finer the compound the shinier the result.
>>
> In addition, make sure to wear a dust mask and clean up after refinishing.
> Lot of people are irritated by the dust.
>
> Frank
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