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Your cart is empty.This is our new industrial variable speed wet polisher / grinder. This professional unit is equipped with a 800-Watt 7-Amp variable speed motor and features a variable speed dial for optimal control. You can operate from 700-3,000-RPM. After pouring a concrete counter top you'll most likely want to polish it to bring out it's appeal and natural beauty. This Hardin VSP polishing kit with CONCRETE polishing pads is the ideal combination for this application. When used with the lower-Grit (50) polishing pads the Hardin VSP polisher is perfect for exposing salt and pepper aggregate, knocking down and leveling, and smoothing out the concrete counter top surface. Then by working your way through the consecutive-Grits it allows you to take your concrete creation to that desired level of gloss. The pads in this kit are not granite or marble pads being sold as CONCRETE pads. These polishing pads are professional grade 5-Inch diameter X 3MM thick CONCRETE diamond polishing pads made of a harder bond resin that releases the diamonds at the proper rate for softer more abrasive materials. When used in conjunction with the Hardin VSP polisher our polishing pads will give you a far superior shine than standard granite pads being sold on the market today. This unit is equipped with a 5-Feet 1/4-Inch water line that is positioned under the polisher. The end comes with a brass 5/8-Inch coupling to thread onto a common garden water hose. The standardized 5/8-Inch-11 UNC spindle thread makes it compatible with most attachments on the market. Built-in GFCI (circuit breaker) protects the operator. Also included with this unit is a bail handle (D handle), side handle, spindle wrench, and extra carbon brushes
Steve
Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2016
Received this unit on time and it was packaged VERY Well. Came with everying in the description along with the users manual. I've never done any concrete countertop finishing before and have close to 300 square feet of freshly poured outdoor love to embrace over the next week or so.Started off on a test section (poured separate to the main counter), connected the hose, plugged it in and fired it up. Using this outdoors it is NOT very loud, sure you can hear the grinder working but at the time of this review I have been out there for about four hours total and have not had any problems at all with noise levels. No complaints from my wife, dogs, or neighbors :)Since I am using this to expose the aggregate and embedded fireglass I decided to start with another type of disc (Turbo Cup) for quicker removal of material until I get to the desired look we are after. This thing RIPS through the top with very little pressure and does a great job of leveling my otherwise less than professional original pour.So far I've only used this for Wet Grinding and the guard is actually doing a great job of keeping the water off me and dispersed in the direction of where the opeing is. SURE you get a small mist that is inevitable, but honestly all I have used so far is a pair of rubber boots and a disposable vynil dishwashing apron and there is nothing on me at all when I am done for the evening. Never once have I felt any kind of shock, hum, or buzz while using this device even without gloves. GFCI switch has worked as expected and have no fears of saftey.Got about 100sqft left with the initial grind then will be switching to the disc's that came with the unit, I'll follow up with an additional review once I have had a chance to use them.
Bernie S.
Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2013
I thought I purchased a Hardin HWV5GRIN if a HWV5GRIN is what is pictured on Amazon's website which shows brush caps and the water control at the head of the unit. I purchased this HWV5GRIN as a beginner to polish out my first concrete counter . Set for the polisher took less time than the plastic needed to control the water run off. The polisher was getting good results as it worked the surface of the counter. About six hours into the project the polisher's RPMs dropped to half. Not knowing why, I checked the rpm dial to see if it had changed - no change. I checked the GFCI - it hadn't tripped but I hit the test button then the reset the GFCI - the RPMs still were low. I thought maybe the polisher might have gotten hot so I let it set for about a half hour to cool - still didn't help the RPM problem. My next thought was the brushes, I go to check the brushes and that is when I realize I didn't receive the same polisher as pictured in Amazon's ad - which has brush caps in the body of the unit. I wrote Amazon, they responded quickly telling me they we're sorry and a replacement polisher was being sent out - very professional. I received the new polisher as they said but sadly it was the same polisher as the first - not as in the picture. I wrote Amazon again - they don't know what inventory issue they have so they asked me to return the second polisher and they will refund my money. I don't like writing bad reviews but you should know that currently the item in the picture for the HWV5GRIN is not what is being shipped out - hopefully Amazon will get it sorted out or change the picture.
A. Holland
Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2013
I bought this to try polishing and shaping rocks and it worked better than expected. I started with granite rocks split using a hammer drill and wedges which left some of the drill holes in the surface and a fairly rough surface. To smooth it out I used a diamond cup disc which worked relatively quickly and allowed me to removed 1/4" of rock from parts of the surface much faster than expected. Once the surface was basically flat I started using the the 50 grit disc and worked my way up to 3000. When I was finished the surface was a glossy finish just like a granite countertop.The water guard does do very little to keep you from getting soaked but that appears to be pretty standard based on some of the videos I saw of others polishing using different grinders. I found it easiest to work outside and in clothes that I could comfortably get soaked in.There maybe better grinders but for the money I am very happy with the results of this one.
Matthew McConnell
Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2012
This is exactly what we were looking for with our concrete countertop project. We started with the low grit, exposing the cement down to the aggregate so the natural colors of the exposed stone and fossils we inserted would pop. That was the longest grit to polish with, but we took off a lot. We moved up with a few runs over the top using each grit to 400, then used slurry to fill in any of the exposed holes or gaps due to our inexperience in concrete pouring, and laziness with shaking our molds. We then polished with each of the Hardin pads up to 1500, wow. Slick, shiny, one of the most impressive DIY's we've done. The mold building and concrete pouring were the hardest part of this project, and that was with average to above average carpentry skills. The Hardin polisher was a great tool for us having zero experience polishing. It was easy to use, and did a great job. The handle options are versatile, which we didn't think would matter, but in the end it did, just because of the location of our counter layout so we utilized both handle options. Great product! Now we're scheming for other projects.
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