[lgalla]

Jack,never heard of reagent alcohol.Learn something new every day.
I think harryn was refering to a final rinse of CC.
Larry

[jhudler]

The isopropyl (rubbing, IPA) alcohol you buy at the super has as much as 30% water in it.
You can find >99% reagent or pharmaceutical grade isopropyl at your pharmacy or scientific supply.

I've never considered using alcohol for cleaning the sand. If I were, I'd probably switch silane instead and have done with the whole problem.

Hard to beat a cheap turkey roaster filled with sand at 400F for an hour.

[lgalla]

Jack,ever thought of trying Acme nuts?

[greybeard]

Acme nuts as turkey stuffing ?
Mmmm, lovely, but a tad unkind to the dentures.

John

[jhudler]

Jack,ever thought of trying Acme nuts?

Shhhhh! that's next

[jhudler]

Found me a local supplier of crushed granite!
I've acid washed a batch of it and didn't see much bubbling as you would with sand... even the fines.

They sell a number of sizes however, the ones that seemed best were called "5/8 Chip", "5/8 to 1/4", and "1/2 and down (Fines)".
They were all stored close together and fines were blowing into the larger pieces... but hey they sell rock and gravel to landscapers. As washing is required this isn't a problem.

The only downside is they sell only by the cubic yard or approx. 2800 lbs! per aggregate. Where to put all that!

Upside... all three delivered to the house $280 or $170 if I pick it up.

[roach]

you misunderstood me we wash our mixing gear with ipa i only suggested rubbing alchol cause i didnt think your'd get the real stuff yor granite dont look that bad

[lgalla]

I may be labeled Benedict Arnold,but I have decided on a machine base of concrete.I maybe tared and feathered or epoxyed and stoned[granite stones]
but It makes sense to me.I am just eliminating a steel subframe or legs for the granite top.
Larry

[romihs]

Roach,

Do you guys actually wash your aggregate before using it?

Regards

Sandi

[USMCPOP]

Has anyone made any granite "plywood" using scraps of granite from a kitchen counter fabricator? I was thinking about that recently, as a local outfit invited people (in a Craigslist ad, no less) to dumpster-dive and carry off what they wanted from tons of cast-off pieces. Just a thought. Hate to see that stuff wasted.

[Zumba]

Has anyone made any granite "plywood" using scraps of granite from a kitchen counter fabricator? I was thinking about that recently, as a local outfit invited people (in a Craigslist ad, no less) to dumpster-dive and carry off what they wanted from tons of cast-off pieces. Just a thought. Hate to see that stuff wasted.

Material costs of E/G are already very low. Labor is medium to high. Dumpster diving in this application is false economy, IMO.

[jhudler]

I may be labeled Benedict Arnold,but I have decided on a machine base of concrete.I maybe tared and feathered or epoxyed and stoned[granite stones]
but It makes sense to me.

I have more eloquent, some may say explicative words for such treacherous behavior! I wave my epoxy at you, you, silly canadian frenchman!

[jhudler]

you misunderstood me we wash our mixing gear with ipa i only suggested rubbing alchol cause i didnt think your'd get the real stuff yor granite dont look that bad

The granite we get is stored outside on the ground and can have practacally anything from mud to compost on it. This make washing pretty mandatory, even for gravel and sand. The acid wash is just my way of making sure the limestone and ferric fines are removed.

Like grain alcohol, 99.5% IPA is readily available in the US (though it's produced differently than in Europe).

I'm curious if that's a big pile of granite to the east of your building. If so, why is it all spread out?

[Gizmot]

I have more eloquent, some may say explicative words for such treacherous behavior! I wave my epoxy at you, you, silly canadian frenchman!

he's a frenchman?

where are you from exactly?

[lgalla]

Oui Je suis francais de Nouveau Brunswick, living in Toronto.Many relatives in P'I
that is PEI.Look at my smiley.Proves my background.Eh!
Monsieur Larry Gallant.

[roach]

not personally our supplier grades washes drys mixes it to what spec we give them bags it for us
the granite spread out to the east of my building?

[brunog]

Larry,
I can just feel the "Acadien" accent in your text.

When you say concrete is portland cement concrete??

Gizmot,
you're my next door neighbour and I am also a frenchman.

best regards

Bruno

[jhudler]

Acadiens! You mean some Cajuns move back north?!?!?

[lgalla]

Jack ya got-it backwards.Cajuns are Acadiens who moved south.
Bruno,I have no concrete answers.
Jack hows yer nuts[ACME]coming along?
Larry

[jhudler]

Jack ya got-it backwards.Cajuns are Acadiens who moved south.
Bruno,I have no concrete answers.
Jack hows yer nuts[ACME]coming along?
Larry

Guess the joke is lost in translation.

Haven't started the Acme nuts yets, got one project to get out of the way before starting that.

Jack