Polishing concrete - rough or gloss

Polishing concrete - rough or gloss

With our expertise, you can transform rough into diamond

Polishing concrete is in demand. More and more patios, gardens, kitchen floors or even whole ground floors are being polished. Because there is a reason for it. While extremely tough and durable, it requires no maintenance, and most of all give that special look, a mixture of an industrial feel and luxury vulgar appearance, seek by many architects and interior designers. Availability of different dyes allows for creativity to take full control of your floor surface. All kinds of patterns, levels of gloss are available. It is a kind of art and requires experience and knowledge to fully exercise possibilities. Practicality. Hard to scratch, will keep its glossy look for years without the need for any special treatment. Exterior or interior, polished concrete will live to its expectations.

Terazzo grinding and polishing concrete with heavy duty diamond grinder
Terazzo grinding and polishing concrete with heavy duty diamond grinder

Polishing concrete

When you try polishing concrete, the density of the polished surface is crucial. we are using HTC concrete densifier to make the floor harder. Harder floor is much easier to polish.

  • Burnished top – where the creamy laitance has been heavily mechanically trowelled and there is no aggregate exposure
  • Salt and Pepper Concrete effective – where there is only a slight grind to remove a micron of laitance and then achieve very minimal exposure
  • Quarter Cut – where we bring the aggregate back to expose a light aggregate
  • Half Cut – this is when you grind the aggregate through to 50% of the stone is fully exposed