Here's a look at the newest products and innovations for cutting, shaping and finishing dimensional stone and quartz surfaces.

POLISHING SYSTEM
Click photo to enlargeAlpha Professional Tools®, Oakland, N.J., introduces Alpha® Turboshine, a new polishing system for seamless countertop installations and scratch removals for natural and engineered stone. The Dual Adapter System allows users to utilize the optimum disc type and grit for the application without changing the drive system, improving user convenience and reducing downtime.
The Turboshine System comes with rigid and flexible discs including the famous Alpha® Buffs, along with a new 2000-grit disc designed to bring back the original surface condition of engineered-stone surfaces. Turboshine provides best results on granites and engineered stones, as well as difficult marbles such as green and black. The system also works on concrete slabs.
Contact: Alpha Professional Tools®, 800-648-7229.

BUFFING COMPOUND
Click photo to enlargeBraxton-Bragg, Knoxville, Tenn., offers the ScratchPro, a new diamond-buffing compound designed to reduce the appearance of scratches and polish a stainless-steel sink to look like new. The polishing set includes five sheets of specially designed sandpaper; two different buffing compounds, formulated to work on stainless steel, in syringe applicators; matching applicator pads; a custom-designed gripper base; protective covers and complete instructions. The three-step process completely removes shallow blemishes in the surface which otherwise reduce the value and appearance of the sink.
Contact: Braxton-Bragg, 800-575-4401.

CUTTING, DRILLING
Click photo to enlargeDiamant Boart, Olathe, Kan., introduces the Diamant Boart PT 360 blade, and the Diamant Boart Fast Fury™ Dry Core Bit. The PT 360 is a versatile blade that works with nearly any saw. It features a 20mm high sandwich segment with Patterned Diamond Technology that distributes diamonds equally in layers throughout the segment, resulting in consistent, fast cuts through the life of the segment. The blade is also made with a silent core to reduce noise levels.
The Fast Fury™ Dry Core Bit is also designed for long-life and is one of the fastest cutting turbo-segmented bits for drilling in granite or engineered stone.
Contact: Diamant Boart, 913-928-1000.