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how can you get scratches off of marble

Submitted: 277 days and 15 hours ago.

Category: Home Improvement

Value: $15

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Posted by Stephen Cutler 277 days and 15 hours ago.

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Make a lubricating solution of 1 cup water with 5 drops dish detergent. Use "wetsand" sandpaper in a 400 grit. Put some of the solution on the scratch and gently polish the scratch. Follow up with a 600 grit. Finally use a "rubbing compound" auto part stores sell for buffing out gelcoats.
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277 days and 15 hours ago.

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This is a good solution for minor scratches,but mine is a swirl from a diamond pad. Will this still work.

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Eventually it will work. From a physical perspective, you need to abrade the surrounding marble down to a point just barely beyound the depth of the scratch. Beginning with coarser grits will accelerate the work, but too coarse a grit will simply lower new scratches. Start with a grit finer than your diamond pad and work up to the 400, 600, and rubbing compound.

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