I spent 8 days on my hands and knees scrubbing cove base with a toothbrush and caked-on soap scum from the tub, scrubbing and painting walls, and taking 11 passes to the kitchen floor with a mop to strip/seal/polish it etc. to deliver a pristine perfect unit to these people.  

It's polished for sure, but felt fairly genuine IMHO.

Not a flooring guy, but I had some tile glued onto basement floor concrete where the guy that took up the tiles used some kind of machine (looked a bit like a floor polisher) that heated the tile so that the glue loosened and then the scrape was easier.

Who are not secure about looking less than fully articulate in digital print, or are simply not good at the whole tech thing for various reasons.But they are not people of ill intent, and I'll take sincerity over polish in the people I communicate with any day.

Separate and apart from liability, auto, etc, all of our properties are bundled into our “polished apple” policy.

If you want to succeed you need to move out of your denial stage and realise that selling is the right and only option if you plan on moving forward.You can polish a turd until it shines like a diamond but it will always be a turd.

We chose just below median priced single family homes in nice areas where there was just a little bit of polishing up to do to make it a great modern home for families.

old oak looking vanity with polished brass knobs.?! 

If stain remains, rust remover (Oxalic acid solution) or bleaching may be necessary.Do not use ammonia or alkalies.NAIL POLISH: 1.

Nail polish remover