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doing a bit of retro cutting today on porc tiles to fit a led strip light in a recess, scratched all of a tile with my grinder guard, any ideas how to remove? Nightmare!
 
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Try ceramic clean from lithofin, that normally removes metal marks from tiles.
 
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Cheers lads, tried rubbing grout but didnt work, tried jif (cif) and didnt work, was thinking of scratching it off with a grinder but thought id ask here first lol.. i'll try the suggested methods tomorrow..
 
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The solution: Barkeeper's Friend.
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Just had a quick read up on that bar keepers friend and im completely sold on it.. hope it comes in time for new tools tuesdays :sob:
 
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We use Bar keepers friend on solid surface countertops (Corian) it’s really good.

For tiles I would use diamond hand polishing pads.

Start off with 3000 and if it’s still there at 50 grit you have a big problem:tearsofjoy:
 
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Do you have a variable speed grinder and polishing pads? Might be worth having a go on a spare tile. Depends on the Porc though.
 
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Do you have a variable speed grinder and polishing pads? Might be worth having a go on a spare tile. Depends on the Porc though.
Out of my 4 Grinders, none are variable unfortunately! Is there a bid difference to hand polishing pads?
 
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Out of my 4 Grinders, none are variable unfortunately! Is there a bid difference to hand polishing pads?
Don’t use had pads on porcelain tiles, you’ll trash them.
IF you could remove the marks by polishing them, use a cream based product, but it’s still likely to dull the surface, esp if they’re polished.
 

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