My friend, under the impression that I'm a concrete polishing guru, invited me to his place a few weeks back to gauge his concrete floor. He wanted to know if it was fit for polishing. His nightmare for a floor turned out to be quite disastrous to my eyes. 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.
So then I went back to the place recently, eager to see what they have done to it. What I saw was so astounding, and it reinforced my already high view for concrete polishing.
When we were removing the carpeting that covered my friend's concrete, we realized that some genius decided to nail the carpet to the floor. The problem then became the chips and cracks left behind by this. My contractor had an idea, though. Perhaps he could use the crack lines as a guideline for a new design.
The surface being prepared, he was ready for coarse grinding. My understanding of the concrete polishing process is limited, but I will try to explain. Basically, concrete polishing involves a series of diamond tooling with progressively higher diamond grits. The lower grits are meant for coarse grinding, which reveals some aggregate which adds 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. - 15359
So then I went back to the place recently, eager to see what they have done to it. What I saw was so astounding, and it reinforced my already high view for concrete polishing.
When we were removing the carpeting that covered my friend's concrete, we realized that some genius decided to nail the carpet to the floor. The problem then became the chips and cracks left behind by this. My contractor had an idea, though. Perhaps he could use the crack lines as a guideline for a new design.
The surface being prepared, he was ready for coarse grinding. My understanding of the concrete polishing process is limited, but I will try to explain. Basically, concrete polishing involves a series of diamond tooling with progressively higher diamond grits. The lower grits are meant for coarse grinding, which reveals some aggregate which adds 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. - 15359
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Rick Amorey originally found a contractor in his area through Concrete Polishing. Visit Concrete Polishing now to get Polished, concrete floor yourself!
