Concrete Grinding and Polishing Tips - Play Sand

2018-11-30

Concrete Grinding and Polishing Tips -- Play Sand

Play sand works as a great abrasive when you are using a concrete grinder. It keeps the diamonds grinding disc dressed and cooled while acting as a secondary abrasive to speed up the grinding process.

It is a good idea to have some play sand throughout your project. Diamond tools would no longer cutting and producing debris after a longtime grinding. Likely, the problem is that the tools have heated up and the matrix has started to swell. Therefore, throwing down some play sand will increase the amount of debris in the work area, which in turn will help expose new diamonds for grinding.

In addition, play sand keeps the sealer, adhesive, mastic, etc. from collecting back together to form a mass, which can smear back to the substrate during the progress.

In a word, play sand will help ensure you have a constantly dressed tools for maximum performance.