Guide
Concrete grinder rental: what to rent, what it costs, how to use it
Concrete grinder rental rates for hand-held, dual-disc and planetary grinders, what's charged extra, power and OSHA dust rules, and a garage step by step.
System: Set up
Equipment and supplies
Grinders, dust extraction, tooling, starter kits, renting versus buying, and where to buy materials.
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- Starting a business
- Equipment and supplies
- Pricing and profit
- Quoting and sales
- Installation and systems
- Warranty, hiring and operations
- Marketing and leads
Start with the guides
Guide
Epoxy flooring equipment: the complete tools list, with costs
Every tool an epoxy flooring business needs, stage by stage: grinders, dust extractors, tooling, application, testing and safety gear, with rent and buy prices.
Guide
Epoxy flooring supplies: what contractors buy and where to buy it
The supplies epoxy flooring contractors buy, from primers and polyaspartic topcoats to flake and fillers, the kinds of suppliers, and how to pick one near you.
Articles
Concrete dust extractors and OSHA's silica rules for grinding floors
What OSHA's silica rule requires when you grind concrete: the 50 µg/m³ limit, Table 1 controls for floor and hand grinders, written plans and extractor specs.
Concrete grinders for epoxy prep: types, brands and what fits the job
Which concrete grinder to use for epoxy prep: hand-held, single-disc, dual-disc and planetary machines compared, with EDCO and Husqvarna examples and costs.
Diamond tooling for concrete grinding: bonds, grits and PCDs for coating prep
Concrete grinding tools explained: metal-bond diamonds and grits for coating prep, matching bond to concrete hardness, PCDs, resin bonds, cup wheels and costs.
Epoxy flooring starter kit: what to buy first, in three budgets
What an epoxy flooring starter kit costs: three budgets built from published prices, what suppliers' starter kits contain, and what to add as work grows.
Rent or buy a floor grinder? The break-even math, worked out
Rent or buy a floor grinder? Break-even tables from published rates ($90–142 a day) and prices ($8,488 dual-disc), plus extractors, tooling and insurance.
Watch every step before you do it
The Epoxy Playbook: full installations recorded start to finish, which you can replay as often as you need, plus pricing, quoting and selling the job.