Been in Wickes, and they are selling off tiles. They have 400x400mm bluey
grey granite at £4 each. This gave me an idea; might make a cheeseboard by
sticking four rubber feet on the underside, or cut 100mm strips to line a
bathroom ledge. Fine, but the edges are cleanly cut, quite sharp, and
unpolished.

I'm sure there must be an easy way to polish these edges, it doesn't need
the precision of the tile surface. Maybe some king of disk in the angle
grinder, a diamond stone used like a rasp, or rubbing compound and the
orbital sander?

Any ideas, or is this a waste of time?

--
Toby.

'One day son, all this will be finished'

On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 16:11:49 +0100, "Toby" wrote:

I'm sure there must be an easy way to polish these edges, it doesn't need
the precision of the tile surface. Maybe some king of disk in the angle
grinder, a diamond stone used like a rasp, or rubbing compound and the
orbital sander?

Any ideas, or is this a waste of time?

Polish? probably a waste of time. Stonemason quoted me a price for finishing
granite and marble edges -- granite is about four-five times the price. He said
that marble could conceivable even be finished by hand alone, but that granite
need diamond, power tools, and time, being much harder.

I'd set taking the sharpness off the edge as a goal, and try wet wet-and-dry
sandpaper, a (expendable) carborundum stone, diamond stone, and a stone disc in
an angle grinder, in that order (the last might put up a huge cloud of dust, so
don't do inside).

Thomas Prufer

On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 16:11:49 +0100, "Toby"
wrote:

I'm sure there must be an easy way to polish these edges,

Yes, but it'll cost you. Use a diamond sharpening plate and a _lot_
of elbow grease. Use a good one too, as you'll wear out the cheap
polycrystalline sort. You could do it, but the abrasives will cost
more than the tile.

Personally I'd make a little wooden frame for it, maybe even just a
slip of veneer (or shagreen !) round the edges.

--
Smert' spamionam

"Toby" wrote in message
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Been in Wickes, and they are selling off tiles. They have 400x400mm bluey
grey granite at £4 each. This gave me an idea; might make a cheeseboard
by
sticking four rubber feet on the underside, or cut 100mm strips to line a
bathroom ledge. Fine, but the edges are cleanly cut, quite sharp, and
unpolished.

I'm sure there must be an easy way to polish these edges, it doesn't need
the precision of the tile surface. Maybe some king of disk in the angle
grinder, a diamond stone used like a rasp, or rubbing compound and the
orbital sander?

Any ideas, or is this a waste of time?

No idea, but it sounds an ideal way to bugger up your cheese knife.

I can't understand why marble / granite / glass cutting boards are made -
okay they look good but they're the best way to knacker an expensive knife.
Rubberwood is your mate in these situations, or tacky plastic. Doesn't look
as nice, but functionally better.

Only my opinion, of course.

Mike Dodd wrote:

"Toby" wrote in message
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Been in Wickes, and they are selling off tiles. They have 400x400mm bluey
grey granite at ?4 each. This gave me an idea; might make a cheeseboard
by
sticking four rubber feet on the underside, or cut 100mm strips to line a
bathroom ledge. Fine, but the edges are cleanly cut, quite sharp, and
unpolished.
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I can't understand why marble / granite / glass cutting boards are made -
okay they look good but they're the best way to knacker an expensive knife.
Rubberwood is your mate in these situations, or tacky plastic. Doesn't look
as nice, but functionally better.

Nice soft pine.
Whip over it every few weeks with a cabinet scraper to keep it from getting
tatty.

In article ,
says...
Mike Dodd wrote:

"Toby" wrote in message
...
Been in Wickes, and they are selling off tiles. They have 400x400mm bluey
grey granite at ?4 each. This gave me an idea; might make a cheeseboard
by
sticking four rubber feet on the underside, or cut 100mm strips to line a
bathroom ledge. Fine, but the edges are cleanly cut, quite sharp, and
unpolished.
snip
I can't understand why marble / granite / glass cutting boards are made -
okay they look good but they're the best way to knacker an expensive knife.
Rubberwood is your mate in these situations, or tacky plastic. Doesn't look
as nice, but functionally better.

Nice soft pine.
Whip over it every few weeks with a cabinet scraper to keep it from getting
tatty.

Pine splinters too easily ISTR. Beech would be a better choice and would
only require wiping down. We have a small one which must be 20 years
old, came free with a selections of cheese. Its got mighty thin but
still functions.

I've since made many from beech off-cuts as give-aways.
--
Paul Mc Cann