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flipping and transporting
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swirl marks
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Salt water itself (with a neutral PH) does not harm concrete (good concrete that would not decay on its own). As long as there are no freeze thaw problems (which can be designed for), no iron in your aggregates, and no steel reinforcement in your ti…
hey guys, i have a client that wants me to make him 1m x 1m tiles for a feature wall surrounding his pool. some of the tiles will be submersed in the water permanently (salt water) could i please get advice on this if it can be done at all..
thanks…
cut a trench in ur floor? please explain mate
Swirl free polishing is the most difficult thing for my employees to master. Most of the time our swirls happen after attaching a new pad to a backer. I think the pads of whatever quality need to be balanced when attached and broken in properly. Eac…
I like brazed electroplated lippage discs ...
They are available in 30, 60, 120, & 220 grits from Concrete Countertop Specialties ...
The 5" pads work great on the DS-301 ...
I will say this ...
The 30 and 60 are extremely aggressive and remove…
Eric,
When you are going for the matte finish with the diamond/copper pad's what grits are you using?
There are a couple of things that could be happening and it really comes right down to the type and quality of pads you are using ...
What I mean by this is you could be using the cheapest pads in the world or the most premium pads available on the…
hey guys how is everyone.
need some help on what causes swirl marks when polishing, it doesnt happen all the time and im not to sure what i do differently to cause it. it usaully happens when i start getting above 800-1500 grit pads.
i wet grind and…
hey guys i have a client that wants red glass and mirror specs in a black kitchen bench top. i am aware of the difficulty in achieving black but my main issue is getting the mirror pieces in. any ideas
Bad curing regimen. Keep the slab wet and covered in plastic for at least 5 days, and when you uncover it, make sure it has air flow on top and bottom. You can uncurl your slab if you act quickly - flip it over and do to the other side the same bad…
hey all, what are the main reasons for a counter top to curl up. is it mix, mold, or the piece just being to thin. i made the piece at 1.4" thick.
i also didn't fix the mold down to the pour table (if that could have an affect)
thanks
Mark, I'm not sure what a deck pad is but thanks for the feedback:-)
pros- if your doing a lot of heavy grinding it's a huge time saver, huge. Industry standard?
cons- it's really loud. I recall someone commenting they had a hard time finding replacement parts or shitty service, something of that sort. Mark C posted…
What I meant was - get a super-p that can be added to the mix water before the cement goes in. In a barrel mixer, you should be loading your water, then aggregates (sand and gravel), then pigments, then your SCM's if you're using them (supplementary…
George, I have been using a VSMM for wet cast, GFRC, and hybrid wetcast GFRC fro over a year now. I have not used the old mixer for anything other that my nephew using for a deck pad. i had thought that i could discharge what i wanted and leave the…
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- At 7:03pm on June 28, 2009,
james gatehouse said… - come on up mate ,there is also a guy in west aus on here it would be good if we can get a crew of people pushing this product all over aus and wake up australia to this excelent product james
- At 6:19am on June 27, 2009,
james gatehouse said…
- depends on what i am making ,normaly 4 days before i strip it. your details just mobile no . or ph no. if you go down this track and get into bench tops full on the more people that start to hear about concrete to be used as more then floors the better for us just like the states get it out there and create james
- At 5:34pm on June 26, 2009,
james gatehouse said…
- send me your details james
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