How To Cut Soapstone By Hand

Pour additional water on the cut line when dust emits from the contact point between the diamond blade and the Silestone countertop.

How to cut soapstone by hand. I remodeled my sisters kitchen and installed the new soapstone. Clean up the edges with a 60-grit in a belt sander then RO working from 80 to 180 or 200 to gut the rest of the scratches out. Due to its high talc content its reasonably simple to cut soapstone slabs with a regular circular saw fitted with a diamond-tip masonry blade.

It shows how to cut using both dry and wet techniques. You must wear a mask during this process. For example if you are right handed you will hold the hammer in your right hand.

Slice the blocks into smaller sections with the chain saw. You want to make sure you are rubbing enough so that the heat of your hands will transfer to the rock. Hold the hammer in your dominant hand and the chisel in the other.

Use just enough oil to spread a thin coat onto the surface by hand. No special tools are neede. How to cut a stone countertop with a circular saw.

Avoid cutting directly through the white or brown veins when possible. I know nothing about soapstone. Set up a straight edge to guide you as you use the saw.

This will make the cutting process more manageable with less stress on the saw. This is a demo of me cutting out a goose carving from soapstone using a saw designed for ceramic tile. If you want a finished soapstone work to shine it must be properly treated and polished using the right kind of oil and the proper techniques.