PCD Tooling

PCD is polycrystalline diamond, and it shears coatings off a slab rather than grinding them away. That makes it the tool for removing epoxy, urethane, paint, glue, mastic, thin-set and similar sticky material, exactly where a diamond segment loads up and stops cutting. Once the coating is off, you switch to metal-bond diamond for the concrete itself.

Cup wheels in 4", 5" and 7", both threaded and universal arbor; 3" round tooling in left and right turn; trapezoid tooling including the PCD-Zilla® XL and Mini-Zilla; WerkMaster™ style and Husqvarna® PCD shoes; and general removal tools for epoxy, glue and paint. Between them they cover hand grinders and most walk-behind and ride-on machines.

The thick-coating tools carry fewer, larger PCDs that bite hard through heavy build-up; the thin-coating tools use more, smaller PCDs that spread the load and are less likely to gouge the slab. Left and right turn has to match your machine's head direction — some machines run forward and reverse, some only one way — and the wrong hand will not cut properly. Check your machine's rotation or call us and we will confirm.

Fewer, larger PCDs are aggressive: faster on thick mastic and stubborn coatings, rougher on the concrete. More, smaller PCDs give a smoother, more controlled result on thin coatings. Our cup wheels run from 5 large PCDs up to 24 sharp-edged PCDs for that reason. Match it to the coating, not to the machine.

We make it to fit the common hand grinders and floor machines, including WerkMaster™ and Husqvarna® style mounts, but head format and rotation vary. These are World Diamond Source tools built to fit those machines, not OEM parts. Call us at 800-611-8278 with your machine and the coating you are removing and we will confirm the tool.