Decorative and industrial polished concrete floors offer several advantages that other flooring materials can't match, particularly when it comes to durability, performance, and sustainability.
When we polish your concrete, we apply concrete hardener/densifier. This significantly increases the durability of your concrete slab and makes it less prone to damage, heavy traffic and forklifts.
Polished concrete's smooth glass-like surface repels dust, debris, and allergies, making it simple to clean, requiring only occasional damp mopping or floor scrubbing. Polished concrete floors also eliminate the need for waxes or coatings, as well as the time, effort, and cost associated with their application.
You can choose the level of stone exposed, the sheen (from satin to high-gloss), and even a ray of various concrete dyes with polished concrete’s smooth, reflective surface. At NYIS, we can provide you with a polished concrete finish that fits within your budget.
Traditional flooring options are more expensive than using the concrete slab as your finished floor. You don’t need any floor covering materials, which significantly lowers your maintenance costs. Polished concrete will also reduce the amount of chemicals needed to keep your floor clean.
When concrete is unpolished or sealed, it becomes porous, resulting in concrete dusting. Dust is not only an eyesore and a health danger, but it may also degrade the operation of machinery and manufactured items. Dusting and wear and tear are considerably reduced when your floors are polished as they are hardened, densified and sealed.
A polished concrete floor’s reflecting characteristics will maximize the light in any space. Improved ambient lighting lowers energy costs, improves safety, and enhances the appearance of your facility. Polished concrete is the floor to choose if you want to present a bright, clean, and professional image in your workplace, restaurant, hotel, shop, or even home.
Each business is different and when it comes to flooring systems in commercial settings, there is no one-size-fits-all approach. Polished concrete floors are hard-wearing floor solution for a variety of New York businesses. Choose from 800 grit warehouse polished concrete to a luxurious glass like 3000 grit polished concrete for high end properties.
We start by mechanically grinding the concrete floor to remove any old coatings, dirt, oils, stains and grime.
We repair any cracks, holes and imperfections on the floor. This ensures the structural integrity of the concrete floor.
Once we are happy with the look of the floor and the desired level of aggregate exposure is reached, we make many passes over the floor with various diamond grits, starting with a lower grit and moving to higher and finer grits.
The next step is to grout any remaining holes and apply a concrete hardener. The concrete hardener is an important part, as it densifies the concrete and closes the gaps on the surface, making it a far stronger and denser floor.
When the concrete hardener is fully cured, we start the polishing process with different resin polishing pads until we reach the desired sheen. Lowest sheen is 800 grit ideal for industrial use and 3000 grit being the highest ideal for commercial and residential use.
The final step is to clean your floor and apply a protective UV stable topcoat.
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