Floors

A couple of weeks ago the concrete floors were professionally polished.  The process involves grinding the concrete with a special polishing machine equipped with different size disks that gradually grind down the surface to the desired degree of shine and smoothness.  During grinding process, a chemical densifying agent is added to the floor to bring out the shine. It took two guys about 10 hours to grind our 500 square feet of concrete to the desired level where we can now see the aggregate.  In certain places, dime size rocks of varying color and shape have been revealed. The surface is very smooth to the touch and appears to be a consistent color throughout. What surprised me the most about the transformation from the simple poured concrete to the final polished finish was how much the color changed-- from a dull, light grey to a very warm, shiny taupe.  We had to immediately cover the floors with Ram board to protect them from all the other work going on, but we feel like this was a very good treatment for this space.  

basic poured concrete floor

polishing equipment

polishing

final polish