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Article Number: 677 | Rating: Unrated | Last Updated: Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 12:00 AM

Hello Just reiceved a piece of Labradorrite I think its granite I would like to polish it for a small hearth below my oil stove what product do you have

Dear Tony:

If it's labradorite, how could it possibly be granite??...

As for the polishing, I suggest the following in increasing order of importance:

1. Polishing powder for silicate rocks;

2. Before that, specialized diamond pads for silicate rocks to prepare the surface of the stone for polishing by honing it;

3. A specialty variable-speed right-angle grinder/polisher with a 4" backer pad to hold the diamond pads and a 7" pad holder with a white hog-hair polishing pad;

4. A good 2 to 3 day class on stone face polishing;

5. A few months of field practice.

I can supply you with all of the above but the last one.

Ciao and good luck,

Maurizio Bertoli