Concrete must have been laid perfectly by a very experienced concreter and is often susceptible to minor blemishers such as low spots and screed marks.
Polished concrete floor salt and pepper.
The grind and seal floor process can transform your old floors to a new more modern state of the art finished polished concrete floor.
The polished concrete natural plain finish highlights the existing surface of the concrete floor.
With its ability to help reduce a home s heating and cooling requirements a concrete floor s durability fire resistance sound insulation value for money and huge variety of decorative finishes are second to none.
Gloss values express the degree of reflection when light hits the concrete floor surface and range from 20 to 30 low gloss to 70 to 80 high gloss.
Today specifications for polished concrete are now including specified gloss readings determined using gloss meters see table.
This system is not always an option for clients as to obtain a good result the floor to be polished must be well placed.
The process of achieving salt and pepper and full aggregate finishes is very different and involves a process that is progressive in nature removing layers of concrete surface initially revealing the finer sands and stone for salt and pepper before reaching the larger stone below for a full aggregate finish.
Neither does it have the durability of polished concrete.
The salt and pepper look requires approximately 1 16 inch surface cut depth and has fine aggregate exposure with little or no medium aggregate exposure in random locations.
Polished concrete is cost effective and affordable when compared with alternative floor finishes.
The salt and pepper polished concrete floor.
Using heavy duty dust free polishing machines we grind down the surface of the floor to the desired exposure required then an acrylic sealer is applied either epoxy or polyurethane in a satin or gloss finish.
The boys filled the channel and took five bags of dust away when they had.
Just love my polished concrete floor dave and karl came in on time and on budget the floor was a challenge as it was 1970 s and in very bad condition even the plumber had cut a big channel through the slab for the waste.
Salt pepper finish polished concrete.
In the salt pepper finish we lightly grind the surface of the concrete to reveal the fine stone and sand hidden just beneath the surface.
Depending on the mix of the concrete this type of finish is easily obtained with polished concrete.
This finish leaves a lighter overall finish which maximises the surrounding natural and artificial light.
Any areas of floor which are not level will remain un level and any attempts by the applicator to level uneven surfaces by grinding will result in patches of exposed stone.
A highly burnished finish is just cleaned and sealed.