The Sloth’s Guide to Polished Concrete Floors

Polished concrete floors are now becoming a popular way to enhance the beautification that you will find in almost every office or apartment. Although maintaining the shine of the concrete floor is a bit more challenging task than it seems. The following steps will help you maintain the shine of your polished concrete for a long time.

1.Before starting the concrete polishing process: Make sure the area to be polished is completely clean, remove any previous coatings and seal previously used ones and restore damaged areas. Although the initial process for grinding concrete may differ with respect to the amount of damage done to the concrete floor.

2. Use a concrete grinder: Concrete grinders are mainly used to smooth the uneven surface of concrete. Use a mix of metal bonded diamond abrasives to expose beautiful aggregates at full, medium or partial depth. Diamond abrasives for concrete come in different grits from 16 grit to 3000 grit. The smaller the grit, the coarser and more aggressive the tool will be, at this stage use low diamond abrasive grits on concrete.

Once the upper surface of the concrete has been cleaned, start the polishing process.

Although grinding a concrete surface sounds easy, if proper technique is not used, the end results can give you a heart attack.

The technique to use for grinding concrete:

• Move the concrete grinder in round movements.
• Define a start and end point for the area that needs polishing and move systematically
• Make sure the entire area is evenly covered and no area of ​​the floor is left untouched.

3. Use diamond abrasive grit for fine concrete: As suggested above, the higher the grit range, the better glossy floor you’ll get. Use a fine abrasive grit that will prepare the concrete floor for the final step.

4. Use extra fine diamond abrasive grit for concrete: This is the last step in the concrete grinding process. In this step, use an extra-fine concrete diamond abrasive grit to make sure you remove all teeth and scars and get a smooth concrete floor.

5. Use a coat of floor polish: After you finish polishing the floor, be sure to use a coat of floor polish. This will preserve the freshly polished concrete floor from any new damage.

Above are the procedures used by experts to give you a flawless polished concrete floor, you can choose these procedures yourself for best results.