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We carry this in 3 mesh sizes: this 70-24 coarse mesh, a 70 mesh, and a 120 mesh. Use the link just above to see all of them.
Unlike the Coarse Silica Sand which has a broad particle size distribution, the particle size is this grade is much more consistent. It is still free flowing. Its color is slightly yellowish.
It can be used for several things: in ceramics to a clay body for texture or to "open" up the body, as an additive to paint to give a very sandy textured surface, as a filler in liquid resins like epoxy, as an inexpensive sand blasting media, as an aggregate with light colored concrete and more.
Silica sand makes a good aggregate for art and craft items made of "concrete" (which is sometimes mistakenly called "cement"- cement is one ingredient along with aggregates and water used to make concrete). Some of its advantages are it's not as expensive as Fused Silica or some of the other exotic aggregates and it's a light color which you will need if you're making a light colored concrete (you will need to use white portland cement rather than the standard gray also). It will give you a little more hardness and strength than plain old river sand because it's cleaner and purer. You could also use a blend of Silica Sand with Fused Silica to get some of the advantages of both. That, and some metakaolin, a little CSA cement (it's darker), or another pozzolan (but not the darker Silica Fume or Fly Ash), and perhaps some super plasticizer like "super sealz" might all be worth trying.
A lighter colored concrete means you can more easily make it any color you want by adding pigments. Standard concrete made of standard gray portland cement will require higher concentrations of pigments and you'll be limited to dark colors. If you start with a light colored concrete it's much easier to get interesting colors, and less expensive because you don't need such a high concentration of pigment.
Keep in mind the final color you get with concrete depends on many factors, like the color of the cement and any additives you use to achieve "pozzolan" concrete. How the finished surface is treated is another. If your finished surface is 'up', it can be troweled, it can be brushed and/or washed when semi-set, it can be acid washed, it can be ground and polished, and so on. If your finished surface is 'down' (the bottom of a mold for a cast concrete object) the choices are a little more limited. It mainly boils down to whether you have exposed aggregate or not, and what color the cementitious part of your mix is along with the color of any pozzolans or pigments you add.
There are many different aggregate materials used with high performance ("pozzolan") concrete. They can be the same aggregates used for regular concrete. The countertop and decorative flooring industry uses a great variety of aggregates, some very exotic, especially when the surface is ground and polished with diamond, when exposes the internal aggregates used.
Other aggregates that our shop carries would be classified as "sand", not "gravel". They are listed in scattered locations, so to find them use the link at the top of this page. Others are not necessarily labeled 'sand' and would be used for their darker or lighter colors: Granular Magnetite, Fused Silica, Kyanite, and Crushed Glass.
For coloring concrete, special pigments are often used that are made to withstand the alkaline nature of concrete. You can use ordinary pigments, but you should test them, they may change color when added. The iron oxide pigments like black, red, yellow, or brown iron oxide will work better that many others.
Other materials related to concrete that we carry are additives like "super sealz", and "Metakaolin", can be found by doing a shop search on "Cement", "Colloidal", "Thixo", "Kaolin", and "Calcium": Calcium Chloride is a cement accelerator, Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate (raw gypsum) is a pozzolan, and "calcium aluminate cement" is another type of cement (like portland) that sets fast and is often used as an accelerator in standard cements.-
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Mar 4, 2023
A+
duncanmurray
Aug 6, 2022
good sand. just as described
Smoky D
Jun 30, 2022
This is some nice sand. Yep. Bunch of sand particles. Thinkin' about this sand and I'm all. Yep. That's some good sand.
Miyuka
Feb 26, 2022
Very good silica sand! Shipping was fast too! 🛻 💨 I 1000% recommended it
Carol velasquez
Jul 25, 2020
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