Elite Series - 16 Grit Single Segment Orange Very Soft Concrete

- Most aggressive metal-bond grinding segment in the Elite line — 16 grit is the coarsest standard size, designed to tear through thick coatings, heavy mastic, epoxy overlays, glue, and badly worn or contaminated concrete surfaces in a single aggressive pass.

- Single-segment configuration for maximum cutting speed — a single segment per shoe creates less surface contact than a double, which means faster cutting speed and more aggressive material removal at the trade-off of shorter tool life. Recommended for grinders 25" and smaller, and the go-to choice anytime aggressive stock removal matters more than tool longevity.

- Engineered for very soft concrete — very soft concrete (typically under 2,000 PSI, Mohs 2–3) is highly abrasive and rips through diamond segments fast. The orange color code designates the hardest metal bond in the Elite range, holding the diamonds in place longer to give usable tool life on a slab that would chew through softer bonds in a fraction of the time.

- Counterintuitive but correct: hard bond on soft concrete, soft bond on hard concrete — using the wrong bond on a soft slab causes premature wear and burns through tooling budget. If the segments are wearing down visibly fast or leaving inconsistent scratch patterns, the bond hardness needs to move up — orange (extra-hard) is the top of that scale.

- Step-zero tool for the toughest prep jobs — use the 16-grit before stepping up to 25-grit when the floor has heavy coatings or significant surface irregularities. After the 16-grit opens the floor and removes the bulk material, the progression moves up through 25, 40, 80, and 100-grit metals, then into transitional and resin polishing pads. Leaving deep scratches at this stage is fine — the next grits are designed to remove them.