What is your favorite crack chasing tool?

[Jaguar Fan]

I'm ready to chase cracks -- what is your favorite tool?

 

[jask]

Depends how much. a good compressor a zip gun and a long 3/4" flat chisel will work great on a small job. run a hose and keep things soaking wet! beer ... breaks ... and loud rock music help.

 

[Armorpoxy]

Our Installation Dept uses 4” hand grinders to carefully clean out cracks.

We then recommend filling with something g like our Crack Repair Epoxy Putty which is stronger than concrete.


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[Jaguar Fan]

Depends how much. a good compressor a zip gun and a long 3/4" flat chisel will work great on a small job. run a hose and keep things soaking wet! beer ... breaks ... and loud rock music help.

This is in a vacation home, and I don't yet have a compressor here.

 

[Jaguar Fan]

Below is a pic from a website with crack chasing wheels for a 4" grinder (which I already have). What width would you choose?

 

[fasteddie]

I have often used old screwdrivers. Once you get it into the crack about 1/2" then hammer sideways at the tip while holding the handle straight up. Wider cracks get the chisels.

 

[Armorpoxy]

1/4" (.250) should be fine, that is what we use.

 

[clawman]

I just finished over 200 lineal ft. with a Ryobi wet saw and 4" blade, worked great. Now fill the cracks and apply finish.
Rustoleum concrete epoxy or Sherwin Williams Crete Shield?

 

[59 wagon man]

rum and coke. sorry. wrong crack lol

 

[LXCam]

Bosch chipping gun and a 3" chisel. Just drop a corner in the crack and run it angled both directions and you can literally walk behind it while blowing that out. You'll need to do it that way at each side of the crack.



You don't need to go deep, just get to clean concrete on both sides. And ya, I've a few thousand hours of prepping floors under my belt for commercial applications.