Stone World spoke with Andrew Geronimo, product manager with BB Industries, about the best practices for cutting quartzite in the field as well as the shop.
Quartzite is one of the hardest natural materials that fabricators will cut for countertops. One of the biggest mistakes Andrew Geronimo, product manager with BB Industries, sees is the incorrect blade being used to make the cuts.
“There are some fabricators out there that will use the same blade on their saw no matter what they are cutting,” said Geronimo. “They will not get great results doing this. The blade won’t cut, or the life of the blade will be reduced. Sometimes they just won’t get through the stone at all. The reason you have to use a quartzite blade specifically is because of the bond that is used between the blade and the diamonds.”