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Concrete Polishing

Polished concrete is a process of progressive mechanical grinding, honing, densifying and polishing a concrete surface. This is done to achieve an aesthetically pleasing, highly durable, light-reflective finish.

Polished Concrete Education Coupled with Reality TV

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Polished concrete is a lot more than just a shiny floor. Floors that are burnished to a high gloss are considered polished, but of course a lot of work, skill and technique goes into achieving that look.

How Do Successful Concrete Contractors Choose the Right Manufacturers?

Choosing the right manufacturer is a dilemma every contractor in our industry faces every day. I’ve heard many analogies used to describe the decorative concrete industry over the years, but two comparisons have always resonated the most: “Polished Concrete is part Art and part Construction,” and “The polishing industry is still the Wild West.”

Concrete Placement and Mix Designs

Concrete Polishing Concrete Placing Vol. 15 No. 6 - August/September 2015 by David Stephenson Comments are Disabled

Mix designs are always a little tricky. As most Concrete Decor readers are not architects or engineers, there is a lot of risk associated with modifying a designed and engineered concrete mix.

Philadelphia Polished Concrete Bart Rockett, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Stamping & Texturing Concrete Featured Contractor Concrete Polishing Staining & Coloring Concrete Vol. 15 No. 8 - November/December 2015 by Vanessa Salvia Comments are Disabled

Bart Rockett, 46, began working with concrete back in 1987 after joining Patterned Concrete Industries (PCI) and working for one of its local franchises outside of Philadelphia in southern New Jersey.

How this Company Fixed a Paste Cap Separating from Concrete

Concrete Repair & Restoration Concrete Polishing Vol. 15 No. 8 - November/December 2015 by Stacey Enesey Klemenc Comments are Disabled

It was not your best-case scenario. A new Army/Air Force main exchange, an indoor mall with multiple vendors and a food court, was slated to open at Fort George G. Meade in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, in six weeks. The floor had been ground and polished, the racks staged and the food vendors’ equipment installed.

Refurbishing A Black Concrete Floor In A Modern Home

Concrete Polishing Staining & Coloring Concrete Vol. 15 No. 8 - November/December 2015 by Vanessa Salvia Comments are Disabled

Black gets maligned as a color in the home, but when used in the right way it can contribute a richness along with a vibe that’s both retro and modern. Nick Dancer of Dancer Concrete Design in Fort Wayne, Indiana, got a chance to refurbish a black floor in an architect-designed mid-century modern home where the color was spot on.