Saturday, January 24, 2009

Maintaining Your Polished Concretes Quality

By Mikkan Drane

Yes, you've done it! Your floor looks amazing! But wait, are you not forgetting something? Although concrete polished floor are said to be highly durable and strong, it will still need to be cared for and maintained. Because face it, strength alone wont work, especially when you're abusing it.

Making sure that a sealer is used over the cracks and gaps of the polished floor is the first step in improving the quality of the floor. The same sealer can be used if after some time cracks are already developing on it. Epoxy is one of the best products to use for this problem.

When you are done with the sealing process, the next step will already be very simple. All you have to do is keep your concrete polished floor sleek and clean all the time. Although it is not required to be done all the time, you can choose to put on your floor necessary concrete polishers that would add up to the quality and durability of your polished concrete floor.

By keeping your floor clean and dry, you are helping it in keeping that slip resistance attribute that everyone wants from a concrete polished floor. Contamination is one of the major contributor in making concrete polished floor slippery, so making sure your floor is free from contaminants will help greatly.

Polishing your floor will help in filling on the surfaces' roughness thus providing the grip friction necessary for its slip resistance feature. This however depends on the type of concrete polished style you have on your place. If it has that low surface roughness, lessening the layers of the polish to be applied should be followed. - 16752

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