One of my workers marred up a new US Marble Evercor solid surface vanity top in numerous places. Since I occasionally refurbish Corian and other solid surface products, I thought I'd refresh this instead of buying the expensive replacement. I started at 400 Granat to get the deep scratches out and moved up to Platin 500, 1000, and 2000. Several observations/questions came up:
1. Evercor felt more "plastic" than the other solid surface products I've worked with and it wore out the paper really fast. About 1 sheet per 2'x2' area. Does anyone have any experience with this particular product or thoughts about why it wears out paper so quickly?
2. Even though I only had 1 or 2 sheets of the appropriate sandpaper with me, I tried to work on the entire top to see if I could get it close to the original (high?) gloss finish. I fell very short. Even at Platin 2000, it really just looked like a nice matte or perhaps slightly better. But it can't be confused with the original very shiny gloss finish. Do you think this was because of not having enough paper or I'm going to have to go higher to 3000 or 4000 or ???
3. Perhaps this gloss finish was achieved by adding some kind of coating as a final step? I'll try to call the company on Monday.
I want to get this fixed asap so I can install the vessel sink and get the plumbing hooked up. So if anyone has advice from experience or knowledge I'd appreciate your help. Thanks!
1. Evercor felt more "plastic" than the other solid surface products I've worked with and it wore out the paper really fast. About 1 sheet per 2'x2' area. Does anyone have any experience with this particular product or thoughts about why it wears out paper so quickly?
2. Even though I only had 1 or 2 sheets of the appropriate sandpaper with me, I tried to work on the entire top to see if I could get it close to the original (high?) gloss finish. I fell very short. Even at Platin 2000, it really just looked like a nice matte or perhaps slightly better. But it can't be confused with the original very shiny gloss finish. Do you think this was because of not having enough paper or I'm going to have to go higher to 3000 or 4000 or ???
3. Perhaps this gloss finish was achieved by adding some kind of coating as a final step? I'll try to call the company on Monday.
I want to get this fixed asap so I can install the vessel sink and get the plumbing hooked up. So if anyone has advice from experience or knowledge I'd appreciate your help. Thanks!
