PURPOSE: To provide an efficient polishing method for smoothly finishing an irregular surface such as a floor surface made of stone and provide an abrasive pad shortening the work time and having a long life.

CONSTITUTION: A surface to be polished is rough-finished by a rough-finishing rotary abrasive pad having a flexible rim section 24 at the peripheral end of an abrasive body section 22, then the surface is finish-polished by a rotary finishing pad having an abrasive segment in a small area to suppress the suction phenomenon to the surface being polished.