January 12, 2009

Coffee-colored Polished Concrete

by Rick Amorey

I have recently done some renovating at home, as some of you may already know. It was a general renovation, and it included a lot of re-painting and buying equipment, especially in the kitchen. But when my friends recently came over, the first thing that they noted was the polished, concrete floor. It received so much attention, much to the chagrin of my new espresso machine.

That was okay, however, as my coffee maker received the attention it deserved when I served them home-brewed coffee. These compliments died down quickly, though, and they were talking about my polished concrete floor again in no time. They kept on asking me how I managed to do it with so little actual experience. Perhaps I was a member of an elite concrete polishing group?

I must admit that I do not know anything regarding secret societies. I do know a concrete polishing group, but all I did to contact them was find their far-from-secret website. Basically, all I did for the house's floor was surf the web for a contractor in my area that could perform concrete polishing.

So, if you want an astonishing concrete floor like mine, I would suggest going to concretepolishing.org. The people there are experts in their field, and they could do a much better job than you could ever do yourself. They know how to utilize the innovations in concrete polishing, aware of how to use different grits of diamond. As for me, all I know is they start with the low grits for coarse cutting or grinding, and go to progressively higher grits to establish that shine.

Your floor will look amazing when polished, and I also noticed that they add in densifiers at certain time intervals. This would help in making the concrete last. Finally, you could have some color added to it; mine sports a coffee finish that I'm proud of.

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