Low Step Concrete Polishing Guides To Save 50%

MELBOURNE, Australia - Feb. 25, 2016 - PRLog -- Huge savings in work time and costs for polished concrete are now possible with the introduction of Concrete Earth hybrid diamond products and specially developed chemicals which are designed to work synergistically to produce high quality finishes with a large reduction in the number of individual steps.

Distributor Concrete Grinder Sales has compiled http://concretegrindersales.com/polished-concrete-guides on how to use these products for the many different finishes from polished 'Cream' to full 'Exposed Aggregate' for both professional and diy use which are easy to understand and follow.

Eleven to fifteen step polished concrete processes are only necessary because of the severe limitations of the chemical products used in the traditional procedures. As one example, old style 'adhesive' based grouts which fill in the myriad of air holes discovered after removing the concrete surface need two extra grinding steps to prevent it from being pulled out as the grinding progresses. Instead of grouting after 30/40 grit metal bond diamonds have been used it is necessary to grind two more steps finer.

The products behind the new low step polished concrete guides:

Unique PCD's, Fast Patchig, Pore Filler & Densifier, Hybrid grinding pads, anti-slip and anti-stain, penetrating sealer

Unique PCD's

The above products are fully described in the guides with the details of how and when to use them. They include the Half Moon PCD diamonds that remove thick coatings, hard products and can cut through to the aggregate. What makes these unique is that they leave a 30/40 grit finish when normally deep grooving results from using PCD products which requires two steps of grinding to restore the surface to 30/40 grit.

PCD is an acronym for polycrystalline diamond which is a hard layer fixed to the front of a segment that is used to sheer off coatings from concrete floors. It is normally round in shape and causes grooving of the surface. The special design of the Half Moon PCD segments prevent the grooving and save two griinding steps to remove the grooves.

Invisible fast cure crack and hole filler

Crack and Hole Filler was specally designed for polished concrete with glass fillers, concrete dust additive, part A and part B rapid chemical cure and expanding formula. Most patching compounds shrink and require overnight curing so that if a depression is left after curing another day is consumed to fill it and allow it to cure again before being able to grind the area.

A one hour cure formula means that grinding can be continuous and the expanding nature of the curing material ensures that there are no depressions or reworks. Using clear glass beads and the original grinding dust will produce a very close match to the floor colour when polished making repairs almost invisible.

Grout and densify solution

To save more steps the biggest time consumer for polished concrete was targeted. The result was Pore Filler which is a grout and densifier in one step. Grouting can be the most difficult part of polishing concrete, but this product is smooth and easy to apply and to polish off leaving an early gloss at 100 grit after 30/40 grit metal bond diamonds. This saves approximately three other steps found with traditional polished concrete procedures.

Hybrid grinding pads

To compliment the Pore Filler and Densifier are a range of hybrid pads containing phenolic resins, ceramic bond and metal bond diamond segments to cut well and leave an exceptionally smooth surface which are used to apply the grouting. These long-lasting pads are quiet and smooth on the equipment and transition from Metal bond diamond segments to Resin bond segments.

Anti-slip, anti-stain penetrating sealer and primer

The final piece in the puzzle was to produce an exceptional penetrating sealer that produced a high gloss and yet was anti slip both wet and dry. For stain protection a penetrating primer is used before the finish coats.

About the guides

Each guide has a flow chart with possible beginning diamond segments and the different diamond products that follow with additions for a higher quality finish. they show the stages at which pore filling and densifying is required and when to apply the finish coats. After the flow charts is written explanations of the steps and their variations to explain them in more detail.