Tips & How-Tos, Vol. 4 No. 6 - December 2004/January 2005, Concrete Overlays & Toppings

Concrete Tips: Using PVC Pipe to Draw Curves for Saw-cutting

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Step 1: Transfer at least three points of a curve from the blueprint onto the floor.

Step 3: With the help of 4" grinder, saw-cut the groove by following the marked line.Here’s a novel, fast and inexpensive way of saw-cutting curves on concrete overlays or toppings, using a 1⁄4″ diameter PVC pipe, 4″ grinder and shop-vac.

Step 1: Transfer at least three points of a curve from the blueprint onto the floor.

Step 2: Use 1?4" diameter PVC pipe to join the three points and draw the curve on the floor.Step 2: Use 1⁄4″ diameter PVC pipe to join the three points and draw the curve on the floor.

Step 3: With the help of 4″ grinder, saw-cut the groove by following the marked line.

Thanks for this tip go to Gary Jones of Colormaker Floors. You can learn more about Colormaker and the company’s Wild Workshops at www.colormakerfloors.com.

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    Gary Jones owns Smart Surface Technology, a company he founded in 1990 in the Vancouver, Canada, area. The creative director of the Colormaker brand, Jones was an early innovator of high-performance overlays that didn’t crack or delaminate. He was inducted into the Decorative Concrete Hall of Fame in 2014.