Concrete Polishing
Concrete Polishing Process Options
Grind and Seal Concrete Polishing (standard process)
Looking for a resilient and beautiful flooring option that’s also budget friendly?
Then Polished Concrete or Grind and Seal floors are perfect for you. These finishes have been a very popular option for homeowners and businesses alike.
Step 1 – Surface grind concrete with large machines to remove any surface contaminants, tile thinset/mortar, carpet glue or mastics etc.
Step 2 – Detail clean and patch of holes and/or cracks with a choice of patch compounds suitable for your needs.
Step 3 – Finish detail smooth grind of entire surface again.
Step 4 – Full detail cleaning/wash as needed.
Step 5 – Apply a minimum 2 coats of your finish sealer of choice (high solids acrylic, water or solvent based epoxy and/or urethane resins in a matte/flat, satin/semi gloss or gloss finish.
True Polished Concrete (TPC)
Step 1 – Surface grinding starts similar as Grind and Seal process although we use more aggressive cutting and finish diamonds over the process. Polish system starts with a series of aggressive diamonds of 30/40, 60/80 grit metals.
Step 2 – Hybrid ceramic grinding process starts typically 30g, 100g and 200g along with use of silicate concrete densifiers to ultimately harden the concrete surface to be “polished”.
Step 3 – After multi coats of densifier we finish grind sequence with a series of diamond resins based on desired shine level in the final polishing grind passes to grit spec of 200g, 400g, 800g, 1500g or 3000g
(in order of lowest shine gloss to highest shine gloss)
Step 4 – After the floor is fully grind polished it gets a detail cleaning and application of a “surface guard” and final machine buff/burnish to complete a perfect surface finish.
Stains and dye tint color can be added to either option during the process.
*As all concrete is unique this is a general basic overview of each process and we adjust as needed to perfect our process and method for each and every project. Your happiness and the end result is our #1 priority.
Our concrete floor finishes are cleaned with a damp mop…that’s it! We can also clean and seal almost any exterior surface bringing new life to your driveways, patios, walkways, natural stone, tile and slate including BBQs and exterior concrete features. Any sealer application can be used with our safe grip sand to aid in a non-skid finish on interior or exterior applications.
