Concrete Grinder

By christdean

Concrete floor grinders are small tools, which helps in leveling, smoothening and cleaning a concrete plane. It uses revolving discs to clean and level the floor. In order to get optimum benefit, the concrete surface grinders should be used to clean approximately 1/8’’ to 1/16” material from the floor. These revolving discs are called concrete grinder wheels.

Concrete Grinder Basics

As compared to other tools, concrete floor grinders are equipped to provide a much better finish to the floor. A rubber sleeve is attached to these concrete surface grinders above the concrete grinder wheels to ensure that the dust gathered in process of cleaning the surface remains collected and is not strewn, as well as it does not enter the concrete grinder. Most of the concrete surfacing grinders contains dust collector, in which the dust is accumulated. Concrete grinders that facilitate wet grinding, contain water tanks, which can hold up to 2 gallons of water.

The rotating disc come with additional attachments such as diamond segmented inserts, grinding stones, brushes and scarifiers. Some concrete grinders have two rotating disc to provide better control of the grinders.Concrete grinders may use propane or gas as fuel.

Diamond concrete grinders use discs that have diamond segments inserted. These can work almost 4 items faster than its counter parts.

Concrete floor grinders may not reach corners or smaller areas, for these areas, contractors use concrete angle grinder. The size that is used most is the four and a half inch angle grinder. Since this is supposed to be held in hand, it is also known as hand held concrete grinder.

Before going for a concrete angle grinder, you need to remember the following points:

Your fingers should easily reach the switch and the barrel should be small enough to be able to hold in hand.
The angle grinder should prevent the debris from entering in to the tool.
You should be able to change the brushes easily.

Concrete grinders and polishers are used to provide a long lasting gloss finish to the floors and do away with the need to coat the floor. Owing to its durability, more and more people are choosing polished floors over marble or granite flooring. Concrete grinder polisher can bring gloss and luster to the floor, you can even get the floor stained to get a feel of the polished stone.

Bosch Concrete Grinder

The main features of Bosch concrete grinder are as follows:

It has double rings which prevents the dust from spreading.
Protection against overloading
Protection against auto start. The grinder will not start unless and until it is switched on. This feature helps in preventing accidents.
The field windings are coated with epoxy. This protects the grinder from harmful dust particles, ensuring long life for the machine.
An indicator shows when the grinder requires maintenance.

Bosch 1773ak 10 amp 5 inch concrete surfacing grinder is available at $402, although the regular price is $736.

Edco Concrete Grinder

Edco concrete grinder produces best result when used for

Cleaning and leveling small as well as big areas like storehouse, parking lots, airports, factories, malls, stadiums etc.
To level rough surfaces
Surfacing concrete floors
Adding texture to the smooth concrete floors.

Concrete Floor Grinder Tips

Before buying a concrete floor grinder:

The cost of a concrete floor grinder ranges from $2000 to $5000. Therefore, depending upon the use of the concrete grinder, you can either buy when you see concrete grinders on sale. Many online stores put up concrete grinders for sale. You can even rent concrete grinders or go for used concrete grinder.

Getting concrete grinders on rental basis works out cheaper, if you are not going to use them for a long time. The advantage of going for rented concrete grinders is that you need not worry about its upkeep and maintenance. It is often found that workers do not handle the equipments properly, causing more wear and tear to the equipments and you may have to spend huge amounts on getting your tools repaired.

Alternatively, you can buy a good quality concrete grinder and rent it out when you are not using it and generate additional income which can wipe out the amount paid by you in buying the concrete grinder to some extent.

If you have decided to buy a concrete grinder, then remember the following:

Buy a concrete grinder that has better vacuum facility. A lot of dust gets accumulated while using the grinder. If the grinder is equipped with a better vacuum, then it will collect the dust. This has double benefit. You won’t inhale the dust and cleaning is not required after you are through with the job.
Select a grinder that can be used on various surfaces or select one that you will be using the most.
Select the width of the grinder based on the area you are going to finish. For large area, wider width is better, and smaller width grinder should be used for a smaller area.