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Steve-Maine

10-12-2004 02:42:07

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I recently was at a Home Depot and they had their cement floors polished. I was thinking of doing this to my new shop. Looks like it would be easier to clean spilled oil and grease. Has anyone had this done and cost. Thanks in advance.

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MarkB_MI

10-12-2004 18:29:13

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Re: Polishing Cement Floor in reply to Steve-Maine, 10-12-2004 02:42:07

For my shop floor, I troweled the heck out of it with a power trowel, then sealed it with Meadows CS-309. Although it's a little late to trowel your floor, you can still seal it. Your local redi-mix outfit should have CS-309 or something similar in stock.

I disagree with those who say a sealed floor is necessarily slippery. CS-309 is actually kind of tacky when wet. Get a little ice or snow on it, however, and you'll think you're wearing skates!

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Mydeere

10-12-2004 16:21:50

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Re: Polishing Cement Floor in reply to Steve-Maine, 10-12-2004 02:42:07

Steve, that "polished" finish on the concrete your looking for is done when the floor is poured and finished. It is called a hard trowel finish and is just a matter of spending more time when the floor is power troweled. Also after the floor is floated for the last time at installation, a hardner/sealer/curing compound is applied. The hardner/sealer will provide some repellent characteristics that will help keep oils, etc.from soaking in but the real repellency comes from the polishing effect of the power trowel. This finish has its advantages and disadvantages. As others have said in the other replies, this finish can be very slippery when wet but is also easy to keep clean because the "pores" of the concrete become smaller and smaller with each successive pass of the power trowel giving it that polished look. Unfortunately, this finish can only be done when the floor is first poured and finished.

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clodhopper

10-12-2004 14:02:10

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Re: Polishing Cement Floor in reply to Steve-Maine, 10-12-2004 02:42:07

Here in Illinois most people who pour concrete floors seal it with a sealer, it makes it shine like polyeurothane. It looks nice and keeps spilled things from obsorbing into the concrete. You just spray it on with a hand pump up sprayer and let it dry. If you don't want the slick smooth floor, just broom your fresh concrete to the desired texture, let it set up then apply sealer. I beleive any home builder store or concrete plant has the sealer.

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ChuckG

10-12-2004 11:06:13

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Re: Polishing Cement Floor in reply to Steve-Maine, 10-12-2004 02:42:07

Steve, I had them "burn" the surface of my shop floor when they poured it. It polished the surface and made it hard for spills to soak in. Yes, leather soled footwear on the damp shop floor is slick! Good Luck, ChuckG

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Redmud

10-12-2004 07:01:37

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Re: Polishing Cement Floor in reply to Steve-Maine, 10-12-2004 02:42:07

I always liked the painted floor's, we had both gray and red. polishing looks good also. but in a work area it needs a lot of thought, slick floors will cause back problems. you hardly ever slip unless you have an arm load of something heavy.
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Kendall

10-12-2004 06:33:24

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Re: Polishing Cement Floor in reply to Steve-Maine, 10-12-2004 02:42:07

I had to polish some concrete in my house once and rented a floor polishing maching with the optional polishing blocks. Had a special base to hold 6 stones about 3x3x5 or so. Makes a lot of dust so cover up every thing if you do it. You may or may not need to do this. Check it out at a rental center to at least learn about it.The Home Depot near me did the same polishing job. I also read where penetrating epoxy can be used to seal concrete. I bet if you did all this and waxed as Allan said, you'd have to put suction cups on your shoes to walk around! The dealer where I bought my truck from had shop floors that were smoother and shiner than my kitchen floor. I was impressed and have often thought of doing something like this myself, even if just cleaning and painting.

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txblu

10-12-2004 06:31:25

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Re: Polishing Cement Floor word of caution in reply to Steve-Maine, 10-12-2004 02:42:07

Had some of those slick work boots with the cream colored foam sole/heel. Really nice, love to wear them.

Pulled p/u into shop one day and either the floor was wet, or my boot bottom was wet.

Shut the truck off, opened the door, put the foot out to touch the floor and get out like I have done thousands of times. This time foot slipped right out from under me and I slid down the side of the seat, across the threshold of the door facing, and wound up on the floor. Needless to say, my back hurt, both from the slide and the sudden stop.

So, moral of the story, if you're going to have that nice shiny floor that is easy to keep, be really careful when it's wet.

Best,

Mark

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Allan in NE

10-12-2004 05:06:47

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Re: Polishing Cement Floor in reply to Steve-Maine, 10-12-2004 02:42:07

Hi Steve,

Pretty common practice. Just need a buffer and a little wax.

Allan

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