How To Install Granite Countertops On A Budget - Part 5 - Sandpaper Polish Job
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- Do it yourself granite kitchen counters part 5. How to polish a rough cut to a nice shine with various sandpaper grits. I start by sanding with an 80 grit with my random orbital sander and work my way up to 2000 grit wet sanding. I also show how to fabricate a rounded or bullnose edge
I have been turned down by two professionals, I simply wanted them to recut an existing counter top. Both wanted to sell me new granite (not an option). Your video has been a Godsend. I have fitted multiple laminated wooden kitchen tops, but never thought I could cut the granite myself.
Great pacing, high quality video work, info was PERFECT.
Huge Thanks,
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I think for an amateur He did a fantastic job!!! I'm sure he's very proud of himself. He may have made a few mistakes but he corrected them immediately. He was just as good as a professional. Great job!
Thank you!
Nice Job! I like how you pulled a Macgyver, and completed the project with the tools available to you.
This looks awesome thank you! I have my granite sink cut out, my contractor left me and it has rough edges and now I know how to make it look polished! Appreciate the helpful video!
This is a great job and very detailed video. Keep it up!
hi dude!!
i don't know you and you definetly dont know me but i just wanted to stop by and from the bottom of my heart thank you for this series os videos of how you remodeled your kitchen
i honestly dont know anything about house duty and seeing you cutting granite and all the stuff you did you really encouraged me to give it a shot. i've had for almost a year my granite plaques just sitting on my living room and i have just finished the grill part of the kitchen
i followed every single tip you gave, from the "ear protection people" to "finish the sink hole inside with the hand cutter"
Again, thank you
From Monterrey México 😎
Thank you for commenting. That is great to hear. You should be proud of your work. Comments like yours are the best reward for doing the videos.
I think he did a great job for a guy that does't every day!! Good job.
Zondo Juan Thanks for the compliment, glad you liked the video!
Great JOB! I Good for You and your family. Very nice !
Love your guys vids. Need more broken dirtbikes … they're my weakness as well. But, I've thought of taking on some granite, so thanks very much. Good luck to you and Jennie in all your ventures.
Great job, a lot of work but is all worth it, thanks for sharing 👍👍
i think for one who is not a professional granite installer, you (and family) have done, one hell of a job. and we won't mention the 2-5 thousand dollar savings that ppl like me can't save, bc we cant do this. darn good job.
+Dee Harris Thank a lot for the compliment. I definitely don't pretend that it's as good a a proper professional job, but for a few hundred bucks and a few afternoons I'll take it!
+Jennies Garage hey....i said that first. happy new year!
lol no no the material is 30 dollars a sqft, that is not install among so many other things i will bet this install would cost 5 grand
+Jon Gray i wish austexan were correct, but i think you're more on point.
if you have an angle grinder and a 4” backer, it’s probably a little easier to get a set of wet/dry polishing pads for granite. you can pay a lot for a set ($100ish), but it’s totally possible to get excellent results from a cheaper set ($20-30). probably get a better, more consistent result in a lot less time. you can’t complain about what you managed to achieve though
Thank you!!!! I bought a marble bathroom vanity top that is 5” too wide. I purchased it from a guy who told me it was 31”. In my excitement to get this for $100, I didn’t think to measure it when I went to pick it up. Thanks to your video, I think I cam trim this thing down 2 1/2” off each side and have the perfect top!!!!! Thanks again!!!!!
One side is already poloshed though, no?
Looks great, good work!
I still have two more videos to watch but I had to stop and tell you what a great job you did on this project. As with all your videos, I enjoy watching and learning. Thanks!
Thanks so much for the compliment, I hope you enjoy the rest of the series!
***** I did watch all the videos. Great job! You've inspired me to tackle my old yellow and black tile from the 30's. However, I won't be making a video of it. I'm sure I'll cuss a little along the way and won't have to rate it PG. lol Thanks for sharing your work with us. I was especially interested in how you got the polished edge and you showed it in your final video. Well done. :)
Ottawa Granite Art
Good job dude. You got good brains
Great job! I’m trying to get a company todo this for me. Thanks for showing.. I got this
really good job done !
great video, I guess some people don't realize you are a do it yourselfer. I'm in the process of redoing my kitchen myself. also gold standard tile didn't seem too worried about looking like a jackass...keep up the good work!!
Very informative clear simple instructions
Overall...good job. I remember my first granite diy project. It was definitely a trial and error project. TH-cam was a great help finding all the info I needed.
Anthony J thanks for the comment. This job was a learning experience that will hopefully help folks with their projects.
you never see good job
Very clever and very patient
great job bro!!
Bro I’m going change my kitchen marble to you did a great work thanks for great video
Have fun cutting and polishing that. Marble is a bitch and cracks for little to no reason.
Very true.
Well done!!!
great video
Nice work
I know it looks good good job
Your videos have illustrated (and instructed) do-it-yourself granite counter work from which i have learned alot- thanks so much. in this vid, I'm just curious why you didn't epoxy the filler piece on first and then do all of the polishing at once. thanks again for your videos.
DIY is a lot better than hiring a professional so u don't have to waste money and you can help a friend or family member for countertop change since you got experience for an ametur
I'm looking to do a kitchen remodel and was wondering if it was possible to save some cash and do it myself. Your results are very encouraging that I may actually be able to do this! Thanks for the videos!
Don’t do it. Get a pro
Thank you for sharing this! I have a single cutting board to polish and do not want to purchase all the diamond baleds and polishing discs for that. I have lots of sandpaper and multiple sanders to use!!
Damn I’ve never once seen granite fabricated like this. So many things I could point out that you did wrong but good on you for getting it done with no prior experience. But I do think you could’ve saved a lot of time and effort by hiring someone to do this job for you. Just your labor cost alone for the help you hired could’ve easily been used to get this professionally installed. If I took on this job I would’ve been done in about 2 hours and charged 400
You could use a whetstone to grind with successively finer stone. This has the advantage of keeping it very flat.
very nice. thank you
Well.... There's so many things wrong here ..where to begin...
I can give you props on saving on buying grout by filling the tile joints with granite dust!!! 2 thumbs up there Opie!!
I did the same DAMMNN thing.
But after few hrs.. and tons of sand paper.. i started to ad some water when sanding.. and was TONS BETTER.. AND FASTER.
Thanks I need that video!!!
can you tell me in what video did you the epoxy the granite to glue it together ?
Definitely on budget. All by yourself and a lot of hard work, but nicely done and good results at the end. Hey to fill the seam, ask some of your local stone fabricators to give you a little bit of "Knife Grade Epoxy" and some "Hardener Paste", mix it up quickly and dress the seam with it. Scrape off the excess with a razor edge. It will look like from prefab store.
hahahahahahah bad job
+Gold Standard Tile
Uhhh how about buying your own..Gold Standard. We hate these turds coming in like homeless begging for epoxy
+Infidel G Infidel
I hear ya'. We just had few people asking how to do seams, so we helped them with their 3 months countertop project where it already cost them an unpaid vacation, a mess all over the basement or garage and a pile of unusual tools that now has to be soled on CraigsList because they will never again use them in their lives. However, I always tell them that it is unpatriotic to buy this prefab Chinese and Indian crap!
Bro.. that was a helluva long sentence...I have a headache now from reading it....
+Infidel G Infidel
What sentence?
I was merely trying to paint the picture of the fun part of our business where we don't mind so much helping out but in fact we are glad to see them in our shop, and then you realize that you are actually helping out some Indian or Chinese business that pay their workers $0.32 an hour until their backs break or until they die, but far from blaming makers of prefabricated countertops in India or China I blame Americans that buy it from them!
Was that short enough for ya'? :-)
Good! Job! Not bad for an amateur!
Very good bro. What kind of glue/adhesive did you use to attach the granite onto the wood?..Thanks.
My dad was a master stone cutter from Barre VT. Would use fine stone dust mixed with expoxy and put in cracks. Let dry for 24hrs the polish or sand too blend in 99percent of time you could never see the seam or crack. Always use finer grit dust.
That's right.
Good job dude! Amazing! By the way just wanna ask you or perhaps share me some tips! Installing granite slabs using silicon instead of using cement on a concrete countertops is a good I idea or not? Pls., dude need some help.
You can buy diamond impregnated sanding disks I used them to polish concrete counter tops.
You were so close to saving a ton of time.
If only you went to Harbor Fright and got a BELT SANDER.
we can do all this in one day with a perfect job
man I live in brazil and actually we do have a P120 sandpaper speacial for granites. In addition, while going up the grits we follow a sandpaper combination given by an European norm. The combination tell us to follow either the 36,50,80,120,180,240,320,500 or 40,60,100,150,220,280,400,600 sandpaper numbers. I also believe that yo could have saved a lot of papers if u used the special sandpaper for granites.
What disk did you use on your grinder??
If you would of used polishing compound when wet sanding it would of cut the elbow grease and boost the shine like waxing a car.it looks good.
i need a pro who wouldnt mind giving me a few tips, i already got a granite countertop for free so I'm excited to get going on the install
You could probably fill that crack with a grey epoxy before sanding it and it would be a lot less noticeable.
next time, glue the edge first then sand/polish it. This is coming from a professional. It will make the seam turn out better and it keeps the polish all the same.
By sanding first you rounded the bottom edge, making the joint show
10-4 I was telling him that telepathically. 😀
Great
Dang it!!! Why didn't I think of using LOCKTITE FOR LAMMING GRANITE!!! DOOOD
Next time please please ware safety glasses, but you've done a good job mate
🙄
Do you still have 10 fingers ?
is this your home or are yall flippers?
Take some of that granite dust and mix it with clear epoxy to fill in that gap maybe?
Your working soooo hard! There has to be an easier way...
There is an easier way, go to the granite store, pick out a beautiful piece of granite, find a professional granite cutter to cut, install and polish the stone. That’s what we did. Our kitchen is twice as big as his, we got a 32” x 60” piece cut for our coffee bar and we have another granite slab for our master vanity, which is 22” x 60”. This includes a backsplash for the coffee bar and bathroom vanity. Total cost $3300.00. Not bad right?
Hey, there’s some things I do myself. I ripped out and demoed the old kitchen and installed the Kraftmaid Kitchen Cabinets. I’m doing all the trim work, arabesque tile backsplash for kitchen, new Flooret Rigid Vinyl plank flooring throughout the house and remodeling two bathrooms. But the granite...no way baby!
I give this gentleman major, major kudos. I just told my wife that I know my limits. Awesome job!
Still don't know why the need for 45 angle.
I wonder about a belt sander?
Just use polishing pads. All of the power tools with water and dust will kill you and your tools. You don't see many videos like this cuz the thousands of others who started, didnt get to finish 🤯😬😱☠👻
gooooooooooooood
Yeah, he makes an average noob, non-DIY person believe they can do it. I'm sure buying all that sandpaper was pricey, but nothing compared to the cost of hiring a professional. Very encouraging!
Did you use your shirt to wipe it down..??
In addition to the previous comment regarding attaching the filler piece before sanding the edge, why didn't you use stone polishing pads and your grinder instead of 30+ pieces of sand paper? Amazon.com has them fairly inexpensive and you would have saved a lot of time with better results...
When I started the project I didn't want to spend the money or wait on the shipping for polishing pads. It did take a ton of sandpaper though!
Polishing with a grinder requires a variable speed grinder; a decent one will run you about $150. Also, polishing must be done wet, which complicates things and requires extra safety precautions.
Who glues granite to granite
They glue granite countertop s at the seams all the time. And glued grave stones too the bases on top of metal pins. (Iam from Barre VT) and come from a long line of stone cutters. My dad was a master stone cutter .and used hand chisels for over 42 yrs.
Disclaimer I'm not a pro and also an amateur...I almost made the mistake of doing what he did and was going to use sandpaper on my sander to polish. After a few more videos and research thank God I didn't. I actually went to the store and didn't get the and paper only because i wanted 5" and they only had 6". I'm so thankful. His result looks pretty good I'm sure but if you have more than 1 edge you will be there for days and develop tennis elbow. Also I don't like how he eased his edge with a cutting wheel, I feel could possibly look rough and splintered . For the amount of sand paper he bought he could have just bought a set of Wet/dry diamond pads for his sander instead. That's probably the best thing to do but I didn't do that tho...I got a set of polishing wheels for my angle grinder from harbor freight for $15. Came with 40, 80, 220, 400, 600 grit wheels. I used to ease the edge and polish and came out great. If I want to wet sand with something higher 1000+ I could but looks fine. I Took 5-10 minutes per edge. I can't imagine sanding out the blade swirls with just normal 80 grit sand paper! I'm in no way hating, I appreciate the video just sharing what worked for me. I probably did it wrong also I am sure. Thanks
The pros use diamond for granite.
Sandpaper could’ve gave you that bevel too
Why not just flip the piece over and use the factory cut for a seam and not your skill cut? Also should've glued all that first then sand and polish.
That wouldnt go over so well with the hose running inside 🙄
Мужики, зачем растягивать полировку гранита толщиной 20мм.с нанесением фаски в домашних условиях так долго? Это дело 5 минут 😁
no
My budget is $5 bucks
you did such a nice job and the videos are great but I cant stop shaking my head at this step, just cut a strip of unused slab then epoxy it in place before you sand and polish the edge is the "proper" way to do it. all that nice work and you create such an eye sore hack job to finish the job, what a shame when it wouldnt have been any more work to just do it right the first time. why, why, why, why??????? not just do it right by doing a little more sanding for a professional looking invisible line on that edge. also the epoxy filler needs to be added to your seam joints when it is installed so the entire seam is filled and not just added on top as you intend to do later which only gets a very small fragile amount of epoxy onto the very top edge of the seam.
some one teach this guy how to get a straight closed seam and get this guy diamond polish pads and cup wheel lol
Antonio yes! i cringed the entire time.
Its bad enough that this video narrative starts with; " I've been working on installing new granite countertops in this kitchen for a COUPLE OF DAYS now "! This should have been done no later than dinner time two days ago!
+Gold Standard Tile Hi, this was my first time doing a counter like this, so it took me longer than it would take a professional. I also did it in my spare time, and had to do the camera work. But luckily I wasn't under pressure for time so I could complete the job at my own pace.
+Jennies Garage
Gee, we hope it was worth it at least.
If not secret, where did you get these granite tops?
Marc Harmon Look moron, you got the wrong company here. We are not from Washington state! You can say whatever f..k you want, but when you slander our company's reputation with lies, that's when you need to shut the hell up before somebody else shuts you up and drags you through the mud! Since you know how to do sh..t yourself, we suggest you to also go f..k yourself too!
This whole series is so painful to watch.
🤣
Horrible seam
E for effort, and those God awful cabinets! What a waste of time! Grinch
Hahahaha I like your enthusiasm, I respect that you tried but the work is so bad I think it gave me cancer. A+ for effort though.
WTF!!!!!! This is so bad, sandpaper?! On granite?! Ally you have done is burnt and destroyed your edge, waves and bumpy. And one more thing you have been cutting and fitting that granite for a couple of days, it's an 8 hour job to template, cut, polish and fit, you should be ashamed