will this stop my blade from sparking?

Sparking can be caused by many factors including a dull and dirty blade, improper water flow/heat dissipation, the material being cut, and the rate at which you are cutting. Always use a sharp, freshly dressed blade to achieve the cleanest cuts possible. Dont force the tile, let the blade do the cutting.

how do you dress a diamond blade?

To dress a diamond blade, simply make one or two small cuts into a Solid Gold dressing stone. Do not cut any deeper than the total diamond segment height of your blade. The resinous stone will effectively clean the blades diamond matrix and remove any glaze or debris to expose fresh, sharp diamond that is ready to cut "like-new".

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Solid Gold Dressing Stone for Diamond Blade

Name: Solid Gold Dressing Stone for Diamond Blade
Brand: CD Products
SKU: 02420
Price: 10.4 USD
Availability: InStock

$10⁴⁰ USD

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Solid Gold Resin Dressing Stone for Diamond Blade

Use Solid Gold resin dressing stones to unleash the true cutting power of your worn diamond blades, core bits, hole saws, grinding wheels, and other diamond tools.

Features

Larger size: 6-1/4" x 1-5/8" x 1-3/16"
Abrasive resin exposes fresh diamond to revitalize cutting performance
Brings dull, glazed over diamond blades, core bits and drill bits back to life
Dressing stones can also be used to smooth rough tile edges without discoloring tile

Dressing Stone for Diamond Blade

The cutting efficiency of any diamond tool will diminish over time
Tile blades and core bits can easily become dirty, clogged and glazed-over when cutting through hard porcelain and other tough materials
Dirty diamond blades and core bits can cause tiles to rub, bounce, burn or chip while cutting
Solid Gold dressing stones effectively remove any glazed-over debris from the tool's diamond matrix and expose clean, sharp diamond that is ready to cut again "like-new"

How to Use a Dressing Stone

To dress a diamond blade, begin by making one shallow (~1/8") wet cut into a Solid Gold dressing stone
Slowly deepen the cut until the entire diamond rim makes contact with the resin dressing stone
Repeat this process once or twice to fully clean and dress your diamond blade
To get the most use out of your dressing stone, do not cut any deeper than the total diamond segment height (rim height) of your blade or hole saw
Cutting wheels should be dressed every 40-50 cuts to maximize cutting efficiency and prolong life

5 stars: 20 (87%)
4 stars: 3 (13%)
3 stars: 0 (0%)
2 stars: 0 (0%)
1 star: 0 (0%)

Stone

The stone was very good

works great

great stone, cost is also nice!

Works

As advertised. Actually used on an IQ blade, definitely brought it back, was able to bring it back twice before it got complety warn out. Looking forward to using on a wet saw blade next....

Dressing the blade

These work awesome as long as they are used frequently to prevent rounding of the edges.

Great dressing stone

I'm constantly using this stone, mostly for keeping my blades sharp and on occasion knocking down some chipped surface cuts for better looks. Highly recommend this stone, Contractor direct house brand dressing stones and their house brand diamond blades which I have equipped all of my tools with are a true winner in cost vs performance ratio.

Blades

Works well

Works well

works as described

I buy these you will to

I like this dressing stone I usually use a resin based bar but this time I bought one of each too so a side by side test and it worked well

tools

Good price on dressing stone, and I can always count on these Rubi blades!

👍👍👍👍

Awesome product! Cleans up pretty good and fast shipping

The best

Best dressing stone money can buy. Makes cheap blades tolerable and good blades, great!

fast shipping on order

Great service for getting my order fast, but I haven't used this product yet.

No more chips

Works great. Hit your blade with this dressing stone and your cuts on porcelain tile have little to no chipping.

A must have for glass tile

I purchased this along with a glass tile blade for my kitchen remodel. I had about 130 sq. ft. If glass tile to install. It works great for cleaning the blade. As soon as I felt the blade getting “draggy” or not cutting as easily, I would make a quick pass through the dressing stone. The difference is immediately noticeable. I highly recommend this if you cutting glass tile.

great suggestion

didnt know about dressing stones until calling contractors direct to order another blade and the customer service rep suggested a solid gold. i was pleasantly surprised to see a big improvement with my old blades and have been regularly using it on my new blade to keep it cutting fast. thanks for recommending this stone.

must-have for any real tile setter

so many novices out there wasting money on new blades after theirs becomes glazed over. guys, use a dressing stone!!! seriously, diamond is STRONG and will LAST A LONG TIME. dressing your blade is standard maintenance. i can understand that manufactures usually skip over this important step to get you to buy more blades, but seriously try dressing your blade if it is not performing well before you trash it. these solid gold stones are the best dressing stones i've seen so far and i've been layin tile for over 22 years. not sure what they put in these things but they work exactly as they should

worth it

purchased along with a T3 Razor for porcelain and an Alpha Vetro for glass. the gold is longer than the raimondi stone and requires fewer cuts to successfully dress the blade. worth the few extra bucks for the bigger size and longer lasting resin. A+

buy this stone

you will thank yourself later. bought it to see what the hype was about but it didnt come with any instructions so i just rubbed it by hand at first but then realized you are supposed to cut into it. i cut 3 small lines into the stone and sure enough my cuts were silky smooth after that. you have the get in a habit of occasionally dressing your blades between cuts they say dress every 40-50 cuts but i dress more like every 20-30 cuts

Solid Gold

I received a sample stone with my last order. It brought 2 of my old blades back to life so I ended up returning the extra blade that I bought. Thanks CD!

Good

Noticeably better cuts with my Dewalt XP4 and T3 Razor

CLEAN CUTS

this dressing stone actually works as described. dress the blade as soon as you notice any chipping or sloppy cuts and you'll be good to go. i wish i saved all the blades i threw away over the years. highly recommended, especially for any glass block cutting. thanks!

Best dressing stone

These stones work just like the old true blues. Big size lasts longer and keeps blades cutting smooth.

It works

I dress my blades every 40 cuts or so just to be safe and definitely get nicer results and fewer chips after dressing with this stone

Can you dress a turbo mesh blade or just a continuous rim diamond blade?

Contractors D.

Yes, you can use a dressing stone on a turbo mesh blade.

Do you use these dressing stones on wire blades as well (like the taurus 3 ring saw uses)?

Contractors D.

No, you cannot use that dressing stone on a wire blade.

Do you dress blade with water on?

Contractors D.

Yes, you must have the water running while you dress your diamond blade with a dressing stone.

How do the Solid Gold dressing stones work?

Contractors D.

A blade's cutting rim can easily become clogged and glazed-over. Dirty blades can cause tiles to rub, bounce, burn, or chip. Solid Gold resin dressing stones effectively remove glaze and debris from the blade's cutting rim and expose clean, sharp diamond that is ready to cut again "like-new". Many dull or "dead" diamond blades may still have plenty of life left in them - ALWAYS TRY DRESSING YOUR CONDEMNED DIAMOND BLADES BEFORE TOSSING THEM AWAY!

My blade was cutting great but I tried stacking a few tiles to speed things up and now it cuts really slow and is chipping a lot. Will this stone help?

Contractors D.

Inspect the cutting rim of your blade - if diamond is still visible along the edge of the blade it can very likely be dressed and restored.