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6 DIY Tips For Professional Concrete Grinding

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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6 DIY Tips For Professional Concrete Grinding

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  1. 6 DIY Tips For Professional Concrete Grinding Hardcore Concrete

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. Thank You Hardcore Concrete Email Us: concretehardcore@gmail.com http://www.hardcoreconcrete.com.au

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