PERSONAL
SECURITY
 When
transforming and installing the Granato solid surface, you should kept in
mind the following recommendations:
Working
in illuminated areas and with good ventilation.
Use
auditive protection and security glasses when using saw or router.
Use
mask for powders to make the polish process.
STORAGE
MANIPULATION AND TRANSPORT
The
Granato sheets must be transported vertically, each badge by two people (never raise it up
in horizontal way, since it can cause fractures to the sheet), during this operation it is
recommended to adopt a position that doesn't affect the spine, flexing the legs and always
using belt.
Store
horizontally over plane surfaces, to preserve the product specifications and
characteristics and guarantee a perfect perfomance in the transformation.
TRANSFORMATION
START
Verify
the definitive measures in the work to guarantee the success of the transformation and
installation.
Check the sheet before separating or cutting, with the
purpose of verifying the color and status (the sheet should be humidified with water).
Before beginning the cuts in the sheet, this should be
rectified and squared, using metallic straight guides and a router.
The separation of the 12.7 mm Granato
sheet can be made with circular table saw , minimum 2 HP, with tungsten disk from 10 to 12
inches with 60 to 80 teeths and an incidence angle from 0 to 5 degrees.
To cut 6 mm Granato and Opalizzo
the 2 HP router offers an appropriate perfomance, with tungsten FRESA of straight cut.
CLAMP AND MIRROR IMAGE FOR SURFACES
One of the most important advantages in Granato
is the possibility to make imperceptible unions that are known as union by parallelism in
the factory process or clamp and mirror image.
For
this step, the router is indispensable , 4 press, straight guide, and a bit in perfect
status
Once carried out the mirror cut to the two surfaces,
proceed to clean the borders with isoprophylic alcohol . Mix the adhesive Granato
as indicated it the handling instructive, and apply to both sides. Unite the parts and
press. use presses on the pieces during one hour minimum (don't remove adhesive excesses
on the union until it gets perfectly dry). it is recommended to place a structural
reinforcement, in the inferior part of the assemble, in the same material.
BORDERS STICK
The borders production requires of
a very adjusted stick making continuous pressure. It is very important to pass a 180 grain
sandpaper to the other side of the sheet to get a better adherence, clean the powder with
isoprophilic alcohol , prepare the adhesive as it is indicated in the users manual, place
it in both faces and proceed to unite and press for an appropriate adjustment, eliminate
the adhesive excess, wait it to dry off (one hour) and proceed to sand.
Borders Routing
With the routers' help and a moderate range of
tungsten bits, the different types of finishes in the borders are carried out, convex
molding, half-round, bevels, etc.
SPLASHERS IN HALF-ROUND
In the production of splashers with end ups (half-round)
it is necessary to add an element in Granato between the badge and the
vertical end up; that is previously machined to get the internal covering radius,
as shown in the sketch.
HANDSWASHERS, DISHWASHER AND COOKING
DEVICES PERFORATIONS
This perforations should be made
with the help of cutting templates and a router.
To assemble
handwashers and dishwashers in Granato, the badge and the well should be sanded in uniform
way and verify that they coincide exactly, apply the adhesive in both pieces and proceed
to press them until you get the total cure (one hour approximately).
After
this step, the internal borders of this assemble are manufactured with the router and the bearing bit, designed for this purpose.
FINAL
SURFACE POLISHING
The polish process should be made
with roto-orbital, electric or pneumatic sanders, with different sandpaper numbers, it is
adviced to sand the borders with sandpaper, humid and by hand.
In the Granato
solid surfaces there are easily achieved 3 finishes types that go according to the
necessity or client's pleasure:
Mate
finished: To obtain this finished, sandpapers of grains 220, 320 and 400 are used
progressively, until the material shows its own shine.
Glossy
finish: It is achieved adding to the previous process a hand of car polisher
cream , by hand or with machine, until the surface is smooth.
Brilliant
finish: The sand process should be taken until sandpaper grain 600, apply the car
polisher cream and add neuter liquid wax with electric or pneumatic machine
SURFACES INSTALLATION
It
is important to check the supports where the finished surface will be placed , the
distance among them should not be larger than 60 cm to avoid possible bulges.
The
anchorages for the installation should be perfectly leveled.
To
paste the surface to the supports or anchorages, the use of normal silicon is recommended,
because assuring it with screws can cause ruptures.
Equally,
the stick of loose splashers, should be made with normal silicona.
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