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.
Before the renovation, there were various cracks brought about by the genius who decided to nail a carpet to the concrete flooring. The contractor, however, said that it was easy to fix. Unfortunately, the fix will remain visible. Instead, he thought, why not use the cracks as guidelines 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 then told me that he used the crack lines as a guide, and applied various colors on each design element. He did this in between grinding and the higher grit polishing, he said, because higher grits "close" the concrete. The color will then be set in.
The result was an astonishing concrete floor. Unlike my own concrete floor, which sported a coffee tint all throughout, this project left a pleasing variety of eye-relaxing hues. And, needless to say, my friend was very happy with how his floor turned out, despite the earlier setbacks.
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.
Before the renovation, there were various cracks brought about by the genius who decided to nail a carpet to the concrete flooring. The contractor, however, said that it was easy to fix. Unfortunately, the fix will remain visible. Instead, he thought, why not use the cracks as guidelines 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 then told me that he used the crack lines as a guide, and applied various colors on each design element. He did this in between grinding and the higher grit polishing, he said, because higher grits "close" the concrete. The color will then be set in.
The result was an astonishing concrete floor. Unlike my own concrete floor, which sported a coffee tint all throughout, this project left a pleasing variety of eye-relaxing hues. And, needless to say, my friend was very happy with how his floor turned out, despite the earlier setbacks.
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Rick Amorey originally found a contractor in his area through Concrete Polishing. Visit Concrete Polishing now, and find a contractor in your vicinity as well!
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