The Cost to Polish a Concrete Floor

 A floor is one of the first things your eye lands on when entering a building. A beautiful, polished concrete floor leaves people with an amazing first impression of your business and you.

People walk through your space knowing you care about your business and, in turn, them. Similar to the sanding of original wood floors, concrete polishing uses fine-grit diamond discs to polish and bring to life an existing concrete floor. Find concrete floor polishing in London Ontario.

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A lustrous concrete floor has become a design feature that takes concrete from unnoticeable to wow: 

Add a special epoxy topcoat that is water-resistant and mould-resistant to make your concrete floor almost impervious to upkeep.

A concrete floor is perfect for many commercial and home applications: 

• Retail stores

• Grocery stores

• Offices

• Commercial and home gyms

• Change rooms and locker rooms

Locker rooms should be waterproofed to protect against mould:

If water resistance and mould prevention are important to your space, coat your concrete floor with epoxy. You can also apply both processes, finishing a polished concrete floor with a waterproof epoxy coating.

Good things come to those who dig deep:

When an original concrete floor is put in place, gravity settles the heavier pebbles, also known as the large aggregate. Small aggregate remains nearer the surface. These two aggregates, the liquid topping, sometimes called concrete cream and the required bonding chemicals that make up the blend of the concrete.

A floor machine with diamond abrasive discs is used to expose the sunken aggregate.

Sometimes during the original pour, the aggregate may be concentrated in some areas more than others. This is a possibility of which you should be aware.

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A coarse-grit diamond disc exposes a terrazzo look. Terrazzo floors, noteworthy for their exposed aggregate beauty, have been in our historical brains since the 15th century. Terrazzo, an Italian word for terrace, became synonymous with mosaic flooring when the Venetians added varied-size chips of left-over marble to their interior flooring surfaces, pressuring them into a uniform plane on a mortar base.

Get a few quotes from concrete polishing companies:

You can pay between $3 and $13 per square foot for polished concrete. A dry-polish is a great &#;green or environmentally friendly&#; process that gives your concrete floor a stunning lustre through a simple process requiring a fine grit diamond grinding disc.

The cost of polishing depends on the preparation required and the number of desired effects applied to your existing concrete floor.

• Are they specialists in their industry? The feeling of security and trust is felt when you work with a company with has years of experience. Ontario Specialty Coatings has been professionally waterproofing gyms and locker rooms with epoxy finishes and beautifully polishing commercial concrete floors for six years.
• Does your existing concrete floor have a super-strong top coating the removal of which requires aggressive abrasives, even before the job of concrete polishing?
• The amount of aggregate exposed depends on the depth reached of the diamond discs. The more machine-passes on your concrete, the deeper the cut, the heavier the beautiful &#;terrazzo&#; look.
• The grit of the diamond discs and the amount of chemical hardener used depends on whether you have soft or hard concrete. Ontario Specialty Coatings must determine the original concrete hardness to know the kind of abrasive discs to use in the grinding process. Soft concrete, counter-intuitively, requires a more coarse diamond grit.
• The amount of concrete dust that must be disposed of is greater with the number of machine passes.
• Will you want a look of saw cuts?
• The degree of repair of joints, cracks, and dislodged aggregate is unknown during the time of your quote; however, years of experience helps us provide you with the cost range of repair you can expect.
• Is a stain being added to the finish?
• Is there an effect added to the stain, such as mottling?
• What is the degree of shine you would like to achieve?
• Will there be an epoxy finish or sealer on your floor?

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