Since he seemed to believe that I was a member of some secret floor-polishing society, my friend told me to come over to his place a few weeks back. He wanted me to check out his concrete floor if it's fit to be polished. The floor was a nightmare, however, and I immediately had doubts. Thankfully, I was able to get my contractor to have a look. He said that, while dreadful, the floor still had a chance to be something special.
I recently went back to his place again, eager to see the progress on the floor. What I saw blew me away, and strengthened my astonishment for concrete polishing even further.
One of the main problems, my contractor mentioned, were the cracks that were developing on the surface. While relatively easy to fix, the evidence, so to speak, was very difficult to hide. thus, rather than hide it, he decided to use the cracks as borderlines for a specific flooring pattern.
They decided to prepare the surface first using coarse grinding. Now, I have a limited understanding of how concrete polishing works, but I think I can explain. Basically, concrete polishing involves a batch of diamond tooling. The first few passages are meant for coarse grinding, and here they use low grits of diamonds. They do this to add design to the concrete.
He used the crack lines as a guide to make a sectioned floor. Each section had a different hue, which he applied before going to the high grits for the polishing finish. He said that this was necessary so that he could close the concrete, locking the colors in.
The result, as I've mentioned, was a breathtaking piece of flooring. It was colored like mine, but it sported different hues. The colors themselves were well-chosen and go well together. Of course, my friend was very excited about his new polished, concrete floor. - 15252
I recently went back to his place again, eager to see the progress on the floor. What I saw blew me away, and strengthened my astonishment for concrete polishing even further.
One of the main problems, my contractor mentioned, were the cracks that were developing on the surface. While relatively easy to fix, the evidence, so to speak, was very difficult to hide. thus, rather than hide it, he decided to use the cracks as borderlines for a specific flooring pattern.
They decided to prepare the surface first using coarse grinding. Now, I have a limited understanding of how concrete polishing works, but I think I can explain. Basically, concrete polishing involves a batch of diamond tooling. The first few passages are meant for coarse grinding, and here they use low grits of diamonds. They do this to add design to the concrete.
He used the crack lines as a guide to make a sectioned floor. Each section had a different hue, which he applied before going to the high grits for the polishing finish. He said that this was necessary so that he could close the concrete, locking the colors in.
The result, as I've mentioned, was a breathtaking piece of flooring. It was colored like mine, but it sported different hues. The colors themselves were well-chosen and go well together. Of course, my friend was very excited about his new polished, concrete floor. - 15252
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Rick Amorey originally met a contractor in his area through Concrete Polishing. Visit Concrete Polishing now to get Polished, concrete floor yourself!
