PYLA (Polishing Your Life Away)

Presenting…

Have you ever thought that plain ol’ Stone block would look really neat if it were polished with Oak? Or that lonely Basalt cube might be slightly improved with a touch of Mangrove? Well, this mod adds a nifty way to turn plain ol’ Stone, Diorite, and Basalt into Polished versions with wood textures! Fans of SYLA (Staining Your Life Away) will appreciate the similar nature of PYLA. Conversely, fans of PYLA will appreciate the similar nature of SYLA. SYLA was all about Staining vanilla pieces, so PYLA is all about Polishing vanilla pieces. Of course, some Stones already have a Polished version, but not like these. Also included are Slabs and Stairs of the 3 types, Stone, Diorite, and Basalt. (_Note:_ Basalt needed a Slab and set of Stairs added, so this mod brings those into play too.)

PYLA provides 8 different Polishes that can be used on 3 different types of stone blocks: Stone, Diorite, and Basalt. Each of the 3 types has 3 pieces within the group that can be Polished: Blocks, Slabs, and Stairs. The Blocks also emit light equal to a Magma block, but not the Slabs or Stairs. And so, today we bring these 8 families together for a sit down. Shall we go and meet these families?

The Acacia Family

Starting on the Left at 1 o’clock, we have The Acacia Family, with their Gray trunks and reddish inner core:

The Birch Family

Over at 3 o’clock, we have The Birch Family, with their White/Gray trunks and whiteish inner core:

The Cherry Family

Followed at 5 o’clock by The Cherry Family, with their dark Maroon trunks and pinkish inner core:

The Spruce Wayne Family

At the 6 o’clock, we have The Spruce (Wayne) Family, with their dark Brown trunks and their light Brownish Tan inner core:

The Mangrove Family

Then at 7 o’clock, we have The Mangrove Family, with their dark Brown trunks and their dark reddish inner core:

The Jungle Family

Up next at 9 o’clock is The Jungle Family, with their Greenish/Yellow trunks and tannish inner core:

The Dark Oak Family

Sitting at the 11 o’clock, we have The Dark Oak Family, with their dark Brown trunks and dark brownish inner core:

The Oak Family

And finally, at 12 o’clock, we have The Oak Family, with their tan and pepper Trunks and their light tannish inner core:

Recipes

Supporting these families, is a premier logistics outfit, that shall remain nameless, but we’re all thankful for the Mojang, oh and also _recipes_. It all begins with Tree Logs that you Blast into polishing powder. (_Note_: The starting points for SYLA and PYLA are similar, but PYLA uses Tree Logs and SYLA uses _Stripped_ Tree Logs)\

Next, quickly Smelt an Iron Nugget to get 1 Empty Polish Can.\

Finally, combine the powder with a honeycomb block, the empty polishing can, and you have a polishing can of that particular tree polish!\

When all the polish has been used up, only 12 uses per can (come on, folks, the cans are small! LOL), the used can disappears, and an Empty Can takes the place of it. The Empty Can, uh can be used to craft more tree polish!\

Requirements

Built and Tested on MC JAVA 1.21.1 and Neoforge 21.1.186 Converted and Tested on MC Java 26.1.2 and Neoforge 26.1.2.95 Converted to Fabric and tested on MC Java 26.1.2 This mod does not replace anything and adds a fun component to Minecraft, but it does require Neoforge/Fabric. Recipes are reasonably balanced.

Thank yous

Thank you to the MCreator team for all their hard work on making MCreator, and providing a decent source for the community to utilize.
MCreator
Thank you to the Mojang Team for Minecraft, without which none of us would be here.
Minecraft
Thank you to the Neoforge Team for picking up the pieces of Forge and pushing forward.
Neoforge
Thank you to Modrinth for hosting all our fun!
Thank you to the community!

F.A.Q.\
Q. Can I use your mod in my mod?
A. Yes! If you could please include a Credits.txt file with the name of this mod.\

Q. Why can’t I change this _ Slab/Stair into the polished version?\
A. Make sure you are targeting one of the 3 types of stone blocks: Stone, Diorite, and Basalt, and _not_ Smooth Stone, Polished Diorite, or Smooth Basalt.

Other Mods by AJ

Colored Obsidian Plus\
[](https://modrinth.com/project/colored-obsidian-plus)

SYLA (Staining Your Life Away)\
[’)](https://modrinth.com/mod/syla-staining-your-life-away)

DYLA (Dyeing Your Life Away)\
[’)](https://modrinth.com/mod/pyla-polishing-your-life-away)