Marble Substrate Sanding

Although it is a naturally occurring stone marble is a soft substance with a surface that is easily worn down with regular usage.

Marble substrate sanding.

While this method will work fine for statues tile and marble countertops sanding large areas of marble like marble floors requires a completely different process and technique. This will require using a wet sanding process to achieve the desired results. Dirt and scratches can affect marble. Before sanding or grinding any marble surface it is important to clean the area thoroughly.

Dirt and dust will compress into the marble further scarring or discoloring the surface. Marble floor polishing can remove small scratches. You can polish the flooring either by dry sanding or wet sanding. Sanding marble is a time consuming process.

Add two drops of gentle dish soap into the warm water. Make sure the dish soap you use does not contain any. An experiment on polishing marble bianco carrara using orbital sander and diamond polishing sheet since orbital sander do not have water feeding structure.