Clear Coat A Cultured Marble Bathroom Sink

This product is poured into casts to form bathroom counters and shower surrounds that are easier to care for than natural stone.

Clear coat a cultured marble bathroom sink.

Some applications may not have a clear coat layer. However these procedures are specific to surfaces made with a clear coat layer. Any minor scratches burns or stains can be buffed out of the cultured marble with an automotive buffing compound readily available at any hardware store or places where they sell automotive products. The cultured marble is not the same texture and color all the way through the counter.

Cultured marble can be burned like leaving a hot curling iron on your bathroom sink may get scratched and can get stained. If you use abrasive cleaners however you can scratch the shiny gel coat surface of the cultured. Cultured marble is unlike other solid surface. Refinishing the sink typically requires you to refinish the counter top as well.

A gel coat is put on the cultured marble at the factory to give the product a shine and seal in the interior resins. I have done the following so far. Cultured marble is an acrylic resin product mixed with marble dust. I had some deep scratches in my bathroom sink so i sanded this down knowing that i might go way too far with believe it or not 80 grit then 120 then 220 etc.

Cultured marble vanities are easy to clean and offer the appearance of more expensive stone. I need to refinish my cultured marble bathroom counter tops. If your cultured. This sanded area in the cultured marble sink doesn t shine after buffing obviously but at least the scratches are much less noticeable even though the sanded area is now white.

The kitchen bath cleaner made at the request of manufacturers for use on fiberglass products and cultured marble vanities. For sinks vanities countertops bathroom tubs wall panels and the areas surrounding tubs and showers. Also got some 2000 grit which made it smoother but didn t polish it. Wet sanded the surface with 220 400 and 600 grit sand paper which got rid of the stains and etched areas from setting down tile cleaner.

Cultured marble countertops do contain marble dust but they re not natural stone. The same technology is used to make cultured onyx and cultured granite. They re actually closer to fiberglass or resin which means that if the surface is discolored scratched or you re just sick of it you can paint over it in good conscience. Cultured marble is made of a mixture of polyester resin limestone dust fillers and pigments with a clear gel coat finish on top.