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?

Thanks

"Morgan" writes:

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?

I've got a lighter color. After 3 years, no change in appearance.
They do say darker colors show more scratches. Good instructions
he

http://www2.dupont.com/Surfaces/en_U...rian_care.html

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...shing+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.

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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...shing+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

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.

"Frank" frankdotlogullo@comcastperiodnet wrote in message
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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...shing+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