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Polished Concrete for Schoolspresents

2017 CASBO ANNUAL CONFERENCE & CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BUSINESS EXPO

What is Polished Concrete?Why in a School?What are the Benefits?What is the Process?How is it Maintained?

What does it cost?

2017 CASBO ANNUAL CONFERENCE & CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BUSINESS EXPO

Our GoalProvide schools with the ability to make an informed decision as to the viability of polished concrete floors in their sites

What is polished concrete?

Polished concrete is concrete that has been treated with a chemical densifier and ground with progressively finer grinding tools. The grinding tools are usually progressive grits of diamond grinding cup wheels and diamond polishing pads.

But why in a school?

Benefits

• More resistant to high foot traffic

• Less maintenance and longer service life

• Resistant to moisture transmission issues

• High light reflectivity

• Is sustainable flooring alternative

What about

NOISE?

HEALTH?

IS IT GREEN? SAFETY?

The Process – Think RPM!RESTOREPROTECTMAINTAIN

The Polishing ProcessRESTOREUNPROCESSED CONCRETE:Unpolished, or unprocessed, concrete often has some type of topical coating(epoxies, for instance) or adhesive (carpet adhesive, black mastic, etc.)present that will have to be removed by using Surtec Enviro-Strip, Safe Stripor Soy Solvent, or mechanically remove with a scrape away tool.

1) GRINDING:Begin the concrete polishing process by equipping your grinder with Surtec Universal Diamonds. The first step of the process involves grinding the concrete with Transitional grits 50, 100 and 200. Continue with 100 and 200 grit resin pad.

2) APPLICATION OF DENSIFIER:After using the 200-grit resin, you can apply a Surtec concrete densifier.

3) HONING:Continue the polishing process with 400-grit resin. During this step of the process, the concrete will start to shine. The brightness or clarity of the sheen will vary, depending on the resin grit you chose.

4) POLISHING:Continue and finish the polishing process of the concrete with resin grits 800, 1,500 and 3,000. Each of the final resin processes will depend on the shine and reflection that you are seeing on the concrete surface. If you continuethrough the 3,000–grit resin, your concrete should have a mirror-like finish that almost resembles the look of glass.

PROTECT5) GUARD APPLICATION:It is recommended to use a diamond polishing pad after the resin diamond polishing steps are completed. Application of Surtec’s Guard 598, will finish the concrete polishing process and give your new polished floor its ultimate shine, and a safe, sealed and maintainable surface.

Is it maintenance free?

Not Quite