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We begin the process by covering your floor in water, which not only helps lubricate and cool down the grinding stones on our polishing machines, but it also helps prevent fine dust from filling the room. After a thin layer of water coats the floor, we begin by removing any previously existing coating and imperfections using a coarse, 16 to 20 grit diamond embedded abrasive. After we have covered the entire working area, we proceed to let the floor dry.
The next step of the process is sealing any cracks or joints in the floor with an epoxy or semi-rigid filler. We then continue to grind away any imperfections by slowly decreasing the grits of diamond abrasive. Once we have covered the floor using a 150 grit stone, we proceed to apply a chemical hardener which hardens the concrete and prepares it for the polishing process.
Once the hardener has taken effect, we begin polishing concrete in your Cache Valley home. We slowly move to finer, and finer grit stones, eventually ending with a 1500 to 3000 grit resin-bond diamond, depending the level of sheen you'd like in your floor. Finally, to top it off, we coat your polished concrete floor with a stain guard to help protect it and make it easier to maintain.
The next step of the process is sealing any cracks or joints in the floor with an epoxy or semi-rigid filler. We then continue to grind away any imperfections by slowly decreasing the grits of diamond abrasive. Once we have covered the floor using a 150 grit stone, we proceed to apply a chemical hardener which hardens the concrete and prepares it for the polishing process.
Once the hardener has taken effect, we begin polishing concrete in your Cache Valley home. We slowly move to finer, and finer grit stones, eventually ending with a 1500 to 3000 grit resin-bond diamond, depending the level of sheen you'd like in your floor. Finally, to top it off, we coat your polished concrete floor with a stain guard to help protect it and make it easier to maintain.
What Equipment Do We Use?
While polishing concrete is not necessarily a difficult process, it does take a variety of stones, chemicals, and tools. We often use a squeegee like brush to help remove water from the floor, and a hose to wet down the area. However, if we are working in a furnished building where we can't use water to polish your concrete, we do have polishers that contain industrial vacuums and suck up any dust.
When concrete polishing in Logan, we use a wide variety of stones and abrasives. The beginning stages require abrasives that are anywhere from 16 to 150 grit. These stones are often diamond embedded to help improve their durability and effectiveness. Additionally, polishing stones need to be brought, running anywhere from 200-3000 grit. These stones are also diamond embedded for durability.
The machine itself is often powered by an electrical cord and then pushed from behind. These polishers contain multiple stones underneath to help make polishing the concrete in your Cache County residence or business a faster, more efficient process. Chemical hardners and concrete stain guards, or finishes, are applied using a roller brush, and a special tool is used to clean out concrete joints and and cracks. A calking gun is also used to apply epoxy or a semi-rigid filler.
While polishing concrete is not necessarily a difficult process, it does take a variety of stones, chemicals, and tools. We often use a squeegee like brush to help remove water from the floor, and a hose to wet down the area. However, if we are working in a furnished building where we can't use water to polish your concrete, we do have polishers that contain industrial vacuums and suck up any dust.
When concrete polishing in Logan, we use a wide variety of stones and abrasives. The beginning stages require abrasives that are anywhere from 16 to 150 grit. These stones are often diamond embedded to help improve their durability and effectiveness. Additionally, polishing stones need to be brought, running anywhere from 200-3000 grit. These stones are also diamond embedded for durability.
The machine itself is often powered by an electrical cord and then pushed from behind. These polishers contain multiple stones underneath to help make polishing the concrete in your Cache County residence or business a faster, more efficient process. Chemical hardners and concrete stain guards, or finishes, are applied using a roller brush, and a special tool is used to clean out concrete joints and and cracks. A calking gun is also used to apply epoxy or a semi-rigid filler.
Would I Be Able To Do This Myself?
While concrete polishing in Cache Valley can be a fairly straightforward process, we do not recommend doing this yourself. Not only does it require a team of skilled concrete polishers, but machines and stones can cost thousands of dollars to use and maintain. Not to mention you need to know which grits of abrasives to use, when to apply chemicals, and what grit of polishing stone is needed for that perfect shiny finish. Let us take care of all of that for you! Just give us a call for an instant, and free, estimate.
While concrete polishing in Cache Valley can be a fairly straightforward process, we do not recommend doing this yourself. Not only does it require a team of skilled concrete polishers, but machines and stones can cost thousands of dollars to use and maintain. Not to mention you need to know which grits of abrasives to use, when to apply chemicals, and what grit of polishing stone is needed for that perfect shiny finish. Let us take care of all of that for you! Just give us a call for an instant, and free, estimate.