About polished concrete…a message from the owners:
         Commercial and residential building owners, both owners of new construction and those planning to remodel existing structures, want good looking, bright and reflective floors; but they also want floors that are inexpensive to install and easy to maintain.
         Increasingly, building owners and their architects are turning to polished concrete — not your old industrial grade of concrete floor — but a new generation of decoratively polished concrete that is perfectly suited to today’s high-traffic residential, retail, commercial, industrial and municipal spaces.
         When properly finished, polished concrete can be spectacularly beautiful and can be a floor that is cost-effective to install and easy to maintain. Polished concrete floors are being used today in such diverse applications as schools, ‘big box’ retailers, automotive dealer show rooms, high-end retail spaces, light industrial spaces, offices, grocery stores and in warehouse and distribution spaces. Increasingly, we are seeing polished concrete in residential applications, either as a substitute for natural stone or as a preferred material in a modern, environmentally sensitive home.  Homeowners are also choosing polished concrete as an economical alternative for basement remodeling projects.
         The return for a minimal investment is maximized durability, minimized maintenance, and an aesthetic that will draw compliments.
          Dry polished concrete involves the use of a mechanical, dust-free, water-free polishing floor system that features a diamond grind, dry polish and densify process that can be performed start-to-finish in eight to 10 hours (depending on floor size).
         Just about any structurally sound concrete floor, old or new, can be smoothed, dry polished, and hardened and densified (a process that chemically changes the composition of the top wear surface). This floor finish option does not require waxing, sealing, or frequent maintenance other than simple mopping to maintain a highly polished, scuff-free look. The concrete polishing system, which can also include color dying of the surface wear layer in a broad range of hues, can result in substantial savings in installation and annual maintenance costs over alternative flooring options such as stained or sealed concrete, VCT, stone or terrazzo.

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Concrete, Inc.