NEW * CONCRETE & TERRAZZO POLISHING PADS * from STONEPRO

[MARK SMITH]

STONEPRO proudly introduces another new product for polishing. these pads are designed specifically for polishing concrete counter tops & terrazzo. concrete counter tops seem to be the next big thing on the west coast & we have been getting numerous requests for this type of pad. so here it is. 4" & 5" in stock.
available in the following grits : 50, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1500, 3000 & final buff.



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Mark

How do these differ from your regular wet pads for stone? Are they supposed to be run wet or dry? When I polish concrete floors I’ll run up to 220 wet, then stain if that’s the case, then densify and go back to 220 dry through 1800 dry.

I have run my wet 5� pads on concrete tops dry before with very good results. Actually when I ran them wet I got very poor results but I think it was because the concrete was still too green. After about two weeks of cure time I went back over the tops dry and they came out beautiful. I went 50’s or 120’s – 1800, all dry. Other than having to be extremely consistent with head weight and polishing patterns it went well and was fairly straight forward. Those tops are about a year and half old and need to be re-polished. From the people that you have dealt with that are doing counters, what are they doing to reduce or eliminate etching, do you know? I don’t want to put anything topical on these because then you end up with a maintenance nightmare. I’ll send some pics to Jo of those concrete tops that I did & maybe he can post them if he gets a chance, I’d love to get you guys to critic them and let me know what you think.

David Gelinas
Marbleguy

[MARK SMITH]

I honestly don't know what to do about etching. i have found that most people getting in to concrete tops & most shops that specialize in it have been using granite pads with mixed results.
these can be run dry, but i would recommend you turn down your rpm's so you don't overheat & burn the pad. it will take some experimentation on your part as far as running dry.
they are a total different animal when compared to granite pads.
the resin on granite pads is formulated to perform on the quartzite in granite.
the resin/diamond matrix in these pads is designed to perform on concrete as well as concrete with exposed aggregate. with a harder resin bond to perform on the abrasive concrete, especially when it's not fully cured. the final buff is the $H1t according to my clients.

I purposely did not fill the holes in these tops. The look for the kitchen is for it to be a several hundred year old Mediterranean look. The tops are two inches thick with 6-inch wire and fibers in the mix. The color is also through and through. The back splashes are all formed together as one piece with the tops. The 10-foot long island weighs about 562lbs and took 8 men to get it into the house.

David Gelinas

[MARK SMITH]

wow very nice !
give that a once over with my final buff :lol:

Thanks Mark

I had a blast designing them. You should have seen the looks I got from my neighbors driving past on Christmas morning while I’m out in my front yard mixing 24 bags of concrete. That in itself was worth it all. LOL But designing and engineering it all was a lot of fun, especially figuring out what kind of edge detail I wanted and how to go about getting it. The back splashes were also a little bit of a challenge but it was all a lot of fun. When I re-polish them I’ll be getting a set of your pads. I’m curious how the finial buff pad would affect it all. I’m just guessing here but it would seem that your 1500 is probably somewhere around the same as the 1800 that I used, and that’s where I stopped. So if I used your 3000 and your Final Buff pad, then I would guess there should be a HUGE DIFFERENCE. Right? My grits were; 50, 120, 220, 400, 800 &1800.

David Gelinas
Marbleguy

[MARK SMITH]

well i can't say for sure since i don't know what brand of pad you used. chances are they were granite pads ?
but my clients who tested these & helped with the r & d on them say they make concrete shine like granite does when polished good.

That's concrete? VERY IMPRESSIVE

[FLStone]

Just a question....
Are the 3000 and buff even necessary?...From what I understand 1500 is about all you need and that's it....

Mark,
anymore updates on Arix technology???