Step 6 apply concrete floor polish.
Can i polish my existing concrete floor.
The best concrete grinders typically include a skirt and a vacuum both of which are designed to contain dust.
Typically some surface preparation is required prior to polishing to remove dirt grease coatings or blemishes.
You d be happy to know that any concrete surface can be ground back and polished up.
Use the floor grinder to apply concrete floor polish over the whole surface.
Look for a unit that is also equipped with a built in liquid dispenser.
Doing so should give you an extra sheen.
Once you ve densified the concrete it s time to polish.
This may be a less risky option to pouring a new slab over an existing one.
At this point the concrete floors should look smooth and bright.
It takes many steps or passes with a grinder to finish a highly polished floor.
In most circumstances the answer is yes.
There are two methods used to polish concrete wet vs dry.
Polishing existing floors for existing floors polishing enhances their appearance by grinding the concrete down to a smooth high gloss finish.
Be sure to overlap your circles as you proceed.
The concrete polishing equipment used is a walk behind floor grinder for big jobs and a hand held grinder for small jobs and edges.
See polishing concrete methods for an explanation of these two processes.
Imperfections when polishing an existing concrete floor or any concrete slab it is always difficult to tell what will happen after the first cut is made.
While pouring concrete over an existing slab is possible there are a number of challenges if you choose to go down that route.
Densify and maybe stain then a chemical densifer is applied which seeps into the concrete hardening its surface and filling voids while preparing for the final polish.
Can you polish old concrete.
Wood pine needles and other debris may be exposed.
The difference is concrete polishing and although it can be a tough job to get right the results are worth it.
Use circular motions to work the grit over the entire floor.
You will need to overlap in this stage.
The first coarsest grinds typically performed with metal bonded cutters flatten the floor and open up the concrete s pores.
Minor cracking and imperfections add to the character of the finished floor.
The first cut removes the top layer of concrete and exposes sand and anything else that has been troweled under the concrete.
While the colour and aggregate distribution may be an unknown quantity until the grinding takes place in most situations the floors can look amazing.
Begin by using a 100 grit resin diamond bond then move up the cycle to a 400 grit bond then an 800 grit bond and finally finish with very fine grit between 1500 and 3500 level resin bond.