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Metal bond diamonds
Aggressive metal-matrix diamond tooling for the first cutting stages: levelling, lippage removal and coating removal.
Metal bond tooling holds diamond in a metal matrix that wears slowly and exposes fresh diamond as it goes. It is the most aggressive tooling in a restoration sequence and does the work that no later stage can substitute for.
Metal bond leaves a deliberately coarse scratch pattern. It is a preparation stage, never a finish, and everything that follows exists to refine what it leaves behind.
What it is used for
- Levelling lippage and removing high edges between tiles or slabs
- Taking heavily worn, scratched or damaged stone back to sound material
- Removing hard topical coatings, adhesives and cementitious residue
- Opening up dense stone or concrete before honing
How to choose
The decisions that actually change the outcome, rather than the specifications that are easiest to compare.
- Bond hardness runs opposite to stone hardness
- Soft bonds suit hard stone and hard bonds suit soft stone. Getting this backwards is the most common tooling error: the tool either glazes over and stops cutting, or wears away far faster than it should.
- Grit sets the recovery cost
- A coarser grit cuts faster but leaves deeper scratches that later stages must chase out. Starting too coarse routinely costs more time in honing than it saved in grinding.
- Segment geometry and coverage
- Segment shape and how much sits under the plate affect flatness and how readily the tool clears debris. Wide continuous coverage runs smoother; discrete segments cut faster and clear better.
What it will not do
- Cannot produce a polished or even a honed surface
- Aggressive enough to cause real damage on thin, friable or shelly stone
- Will not remove a stain: staining is absorbed, not surface-bound
Where this sits in the process
Equipment only makes sense in the context of the stage it belongs to.
Tell us what you work with
Recommending the right tooling depends on the stone you work on and the finish you sell. Send those details and we will advise on what actually suits the work.