Sunday, February 22, 2009

CONCRETE POLISHING: Cheap yet classy

By Drake Brathley

What comes to your mind when you see the floors at department stores, large retail stores and in many industrial areas? As you see these floors is that it shines so beautifully and looks so expensive and clean! And yet you think twice and look twice and you'll be amazed to know that it is concrete!

These floors look a lot different because they are very well maintained. Sidewalks doesn't need necessary procedure to ensure that they won't get stained or dirty, office floors and those of that in the department store and industrial areas are keeping measures to ensure their shine and polished look more lustrous and shiny. Although they are not your ordinary concrete floors, they are concrete and they are polished.

If you're one of these homeowners who own concrete houses surely you do have concrete floors and obtaining that polished look on your concrete floors is now as easy as one, two, three. Concrete polishing is easy and can in general be done on your own. Polished concrete is exactly as it is, concrete floors that has been polished to a remarkable shine.

Concrete polishing is as the same as sanding wood. In concrete polishing you use a machine to go over your floors to even out the imperfection and as it goes over your floors, polishes it to your desired smoothness and shine. Sanding on the other hand uses sand paper to even out imperfections and smooth out the wood. With the concrete polisher, you go over the floors with its pads and discs at the bottom, that is filled with hard rocks or shattered diamonds to even out your floors and polish it to your desired shine.

Once you see how concrete polishing works, you'll love to polish your floors everyday. Concrete polishing is quite remarkable and quite durable. The most palpable advantage of concrete polishing is that it is less expensive than any hardwood floors and stone floors. Even the polishing of this expensive floors are done by expensive contractors. Concrete flooring is as easy to clean and not as taxing like other floors are. Waxing is out of the question, buffing is out also. Concrete polishing is just that. no need to worry for the budget of hiring contractors just to have your floors polished.

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