Tested some clearcoat

A lot of old collections have pieces with clear coat that yellowed and peeled. Some of this is because it was 40 years old, and some because it was not meant for sitting outside on a rockpile.

Use the most UV-resistant and weather-proof resin you can find.

I tried this process 25 years ago. Granted products have improved a great deal in that time. Yes it did give a somewhat "wet" look, but it never gave the window pane glass smoothness that a true flat rock polish gives. In your example, I see the same issue that I had back then. The wet-look has a slight ripple in it. I agree that it is sure quicker than an actual polishing. The outdoors does not do them any favor though.

I don't know how to make the link live.

Thanks for the tips,

@shotgunner   testing the market, the process of polishing non jewerly grade / awesome slabs like these that are still really nice takes a while and some people would rather not pay for the time to actually polish. Granted ive found ways to cut that time down but I just want to help my lesser grade slabs find new homes faster. Once i start mass cutting and find slabs that i won't use, i may use this to show what it will look like for those that may want to polish or have it for home decor, just like we wet rocks.  A few rock shops ive seen do this so i thought i'd give a try.


as for the uneven surface, well i'm not very good yet but getting better, a couple others i did turned out a lot better that i'll be keeping. Easy to remove this stuff if i do decide that i want to ever use it for something else.

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