What Is the Difference in Dry and Wet Stone Polishing Pads?
Wet and dry stone polishing are the methods that you can use to get a shine on your stone surfaces. However, the pads that you use for each method have their own unique make up that's suited to either the wet-polishing method or the dry one and you should not use one pad for the opposing method.
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Wet Polishing Pads
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Wet polishing is when you take the polishing pad and you cool it with water as the polishing process is happening. The water not only keeps the material of the pad from melting and warping, but it mixes with the stone and grit that's worn away to create a slurry on the floor that keeps dust out of the air. It can be messy however, and will need to be cleaned up and the pad washed off.
Dry Polishing Pads
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Dry stone polishing pads are able to withstand higher temperatures than wet stone pads, and as such they don't need to be water cooled. However, there pads will kick all of the grit and dust into the air unless the vacuum from the polisher sucks up the residue. The pads will still need to be wiped clean after they're done being used.
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Makeup
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The makeup of wet and dry stone polishing pads is relatively similar. These pads have diamonds in them (or diamond dust in many cases), and the diamond is suspended in a resin material that hardens around the diamond. The diamonds are what form the grit that makes the pad polish. The only difference is the type of resin, since the dry polish has a much higher heat tolerance than the wet polishing pads do.
Grit
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The grit rating of wet and dry polishing pads varies. For instance, 50-grit polishing pads come in both wet and dry pads, and this grit rating is meant for cleaning out smaller scratches and polishing off fine areas. It's important that you choose the proper grit for the proper polishing job. The higher the number, the finer the grit and the finer the polishing.
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