6 DIY Tips For Professional Concrete Grinding

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6 DIY Tips For Professional Concrete Grinding
Hardcore Concrete
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Grinding your concrete floor is one of the most
cost efficient ways of improving the value of
your home. Usually, before anything can be done a
concrete floor needs to ground to provide a
clean, smooth workable finish, talk with the guys
at Concrete Grinding, they will point you in the
right direction and be happy to quote or advise
you on the job. Check out these six DIY tips they
have provided.
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1. What do you want to do?   Take a good look at
the floor and think about the different finishing
options available. Consider just why you want to
grind the floor. Are you grinding to remove an
old coating and will be putting down a new
coating? Or are you looking to polish the floor?
Do you need to apply a self-leveling coating or
just polish the one you have?   Once you have
made the decision you can get the correct
equipment to do the job.
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2. Remove the old coating   The first step is to
remove the old coating, if you will put a new
coating down you will need to have a finish that
will allow the coating to adhere properly so it
needs a rough but uniform finish so the new
coating can key in. If it is smooth, then it may
not stick.   While grinding you need to try and
keep an even, regular swinging motion so the
floor looks even. Do not overgrind, once you have
finished, you can touch up areas that need it,
but if you overgrind, it is much more complicated
to repair.
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3. Fixing imperfections Sometimes there are
imperfections in the floor that mean you will
need to fill them or possibly apply a full
finishing coat of cement on top of the concrete.
Then this is what you will polish the advantage
of doing this is you can colour it or place
different interesting effects in this coating to
give results. When you are happy with the floor
and it is level you can apply the coating of your
choice.
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4. Polishing   This involves using a high-speed
polisher that is designed to do the job. After
grinding the floor to the right profile you then
continue polishing using different grades of
polishing disks and the system that you have
decided to use until you get a high polish finish.
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5. Enhancing or colouring   Usually, on a
polished concrete floor, the polished concrete
has no additional applications, although
sometimes you may wish to colour with stains or
dyes. Usually, because of the nature of dried
concrete, this usually leaves a mottled type
effect which can be very attractive and enhanced
using different colour combinations. Talk to your
local Gold Coast Concrete Grinding Company to
find some interesting ideas and ways of making
your floor original.
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6. Hire Equipment   The local hire shop will be
able to advise you on the best equipment and
methods to use. When you want to do your own
floor grinding you will need specialist equipment
so go and see the tool hire companies and find
out what they have to offer and check out the
online explanation of how to do it. Then consider
your options to make the perfect floor job.
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