Polished concrete is a wax-free material with an elegant high sheen finish, created using recent advances in technology and equipment that enable contractors to provide this finish on all different kinds of floors.
Warehouses and offices alike have taken to using Residential Polished Concrete Floors; these highly durable surfaces have become more prevalent over time than granite, tile, or marble surfaces. Homeowners have also discovered their durability; using polished concrete as part of a domestic decor is elegantly professional looking.
Have you considered polished concrete flooring as an option for your next project? Look no further. Here is our ultimate guide on polished concrete floors!
What Is Polished Concrete?
Polished concrete flooring refers to any form of concrete that has been treated through mechanical grinding and polishing steps to produce a smooth and glossy surface. This process uses increasingly finer diamond abrasives that grind down until its surface has become reflective and glossy in appearance.
How are polished concrete floors produced?
Producing Residential Polished Concrete Floors requires several distinct steps, performed by experienced professionals such as Nationwide Concreting's team. When carried out correctly, the results can be incredible; Our process goes like this:
- Clean and Patch Surface
It is vitally important to prepare the surface adequately when polishing an existing concrete floor, but still essential when installing new flooring. This step must not only take place during installation but after any major change has taken place as well.
At our cleaning services, we'll work to thoroughly scrub every surface and eliminate stains to ensure they don't become embedded beneath a coat of polish. Any stubborn stains may require using high-strength solutions which require proper ventilation as well as our team wearing protective eyewear and clothing during their removal process.
After cleaning, it will be much simpler to detect and address imperfections in the concrete floor. Any cracks should be filled in with concrete crack filler while any protruding pieces of metal must be chipped off as soon as possible.
- Assess Hardness of Concrete
Once we've addressed all imperfections in the concrete floor, we will measure its hardness using Measurement of Hardness Scale (MOHS) picks to assess its hardness and determine which grinding discs would work best on its surface.
- Treat the Floor With a Concrete Grinder
Standard sanders aren't tough enough to grind concrete, so we rely on specialized tools like the concrete grinder. In our polishing process, a coarse diamond buffer is first used to smooth away surface imperfections like cracks and stains before increasingly finer diamond abrasives are added for a glossy surface finish. Finally, spray-on densifier will be applied before we perform one final pass of grinding to achieve our final goal.
Once we are finished with grinding, we take great care to thoroughly clean the Modern Polished Concrete Floors to eliminate all dust and debris from settling onto its surface.
- Polish and Seal the Concrete Floor
This step must take place under completely dry conditions. A polishing pad attached to a grinder will be used to buff and smooth the concrete, before we seal it using either water- or solvent-based sealer which may either be applied by rolling or spraying onto it - protecting it against grease, dirt and other stains while creating a high sheen effect with glossy sealers.
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