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Wet/Dry grinding
cdeberry	04-29-2008 14:18:34
Member Posts: 4 Joined: 03-13-2008	I have seen it done both ways - is there any benefit to wet grinding other than limiting the dust?

MC	04-29-2008 15:41:10
Member Posts: 733 Joined: 05-20-2007	no benifit in my opinion unless you like making a huge mess and soaking yourself with slurry

customc	04-30-2008 04:47:25
Member Posts: 76 Joined: 02-02-2008	i was taught with the wet pads.after getting wet and ruining my driveway i decided to try the dry pads .i noticed they are alot slower .since there seems to be millions of pad makes theses days i might have used a crappy pad though.i would love to lose the water mess.what is a good pad manufacturer for dry pads?

MC	04-30-2008 08:19:25
Member Posts: 733 Joined: 05-20-2007	there are alot nowadays that make good dry pads. When I first started using them I was stuck with crap. Just look into the companies that make diamonds for floor grinding. Granquartz has some awesome 5" dry pads called erasors which are good for the first few steps of grinding without having to use any metal tooling. For polishing...there are a ton of good ones out there.

Jim Cuviello	05-10-2008 07:18:43
Member Posts: 156 Joined: --	Dry Grinding = Silicosis Google it! Wet Grinding = Life Dry grinding is fine if you have the ability to capture the silica dust created.

scarab1	05-14-2008 17:42:36
Member Posts: 33 Joined: 10-24-2007	QUOTE Jim Cuviello, 2008-05-10 07:18:43 Dry Grinding = Silicosis Google it! Wet Grinding = Life I go with this option. Anyone that tells you this is easy and you won't get dirty or wet is lost. Oh yeah for those that don't like to get dirty or wet consider a new line of work.

solid-art	05-14-2008 18:17:10
Member Posts: 32 Joined: 03-20-2008	Rubber apron Rubber boots Rubber gloves and you can live to rub her back again. Paul

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