Thinking I was some sort of concrete polishing expert, one of my friends invited me to his place a couple of weeks ago. He wanted me to check out his concrete floor if it's fit to be polished. The floor was extremely ugly, however, and I had serious doubts. Nevertheless, I got a contractor to check it out, and he said that the floor still had a chance to be special.
Last week, I got the chance to go back to my friend's place, upon the urging of the contractor. He seemed to really like what he had done, so I decided it was worth a look. What I saw was so worthwhile, it made me an even bigger fan of concrete polishing, if that was even possible.
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.
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.
Last week, I got the chance to go back to my friend's place, upon the urging of the contractor. He seemed to really like what he had done, so I decided it was worth a look. What I saw was so worthwhile, it made me an even bigger fan of concrete polishing, if that was even possible.
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.
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.
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