Diamond Concrete Grinding & Polishing

Source:www.stonediamondtool.com Date:2018/1/18 Read:431

Diamond polishing is a process used for a finished concrete flooring solution. Concrete polishing is used to create a durable floor that is easy to maintain and price effective. With this solution, day to day cleaning and maintenance of the concrete floor is much easier than some other treatments. With the very fine diamond abrasives used more of the concrete pores are closed preventing retention of contaminates. Mopping and cleaning with standard floor cleaning equipment is facilitated due to this very smooth surface not holding contaminates.
The depth of polishing controls the final look by how much aggregate is exposed at the surface. The last step of the process is to apply a hardening agent that increases the hardness of the surface well above the original strength of the concrete floor and adds to the shine of the floor. This type of floor will stand up to heavy equipment traffic as well as high foot traffic. It creates a look similar to a terrazzo floor.

Diamond grinding is an aggressive grinding process that removes concrete. It is different from scarifying in that it leaves a smoother polished surface than the scarifying does. Based on the surface being treated and also the possible coating to be removed the diamond hardness is needed to grind through the material to create the proper substrate for recoating. With this method a larger diamond matrix is used for the grinding in comparison to the polishing. This results in a faster production methods than concrete polishing. The grinding often is not the final product but used in the floor preparation process for other work to be done.