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Custom Concrete Solutions of Connecticut recently completed this polished concrete flooring project in North Branford, Connecticut.
Polished Concrete Flooring Details
Location: 51 Valley Road, North Branford Connecticut ( New Haven area)
Property: Van Wilgen’s Garden Center
Size: 5,000 SF
Problem: 20-year-old VCT tile on floor, which was worn, hard to clean & maintain.
Solution: Remove tile, grind and polish concrete to 1,500 grit; acid stain flooring
Time to Complete: Approximately 1 week.
Contractor: Custom Concrete Solutions CT
Products Used
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Kemiko Cola Stain – Kemiko is one of the leading manufacturers of decorative acid stains for creating natural, marbleized concrete floors. View Kemiko Color Stain Gallery.
Prosoco Consolideck LS – This is a lithium silicate concrete treatment that hardens the concrete reducing potential damage from water and abrasion. Ideal for a facility like a garden center.
Prosoco Consolideck LS Guard – This is a glossy sealer applied to the finished polished surface. Then it is burnished with a high speed burnisher. This step heats the sealer embedding it into any open pores in the concrete. The result is a long lasting moisture resistant surface.
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Steps to Natural-Looking Decorative Polished Concrete Floors
Custom Concrete Solutions, owned by Don Pinger, completed this project for Van Wilgen’s Garden Center near New Haven, Connecticut.
The result is a durable, natural-looking, earth tone decorative stained floor. The polished cement process creates a seamless surface that is both attractive and easy to maintain.
The first step of the project commenced with the arduous task of removing the old VCT tile. The CCS team used a ride-on scraper to remove the tile. If you’ve never seen this process, watch the short 45-second video showing a ride on scraper in action below.
The next step was grinding and polishing the concrete. This step requires specialized equipment. The polish process requires going back and
forth over the cement surface starting with grinding blades followed by subsequent passes with finer blades.
Before the final shine is achieved, the floor was stained a decorative brown earth tone with Kemiko Cola Stain. This is an acid stain that reacts with the lime in the cement producing a reddish brown color resembling old, worn leather.
Midway through the process, a liquid densifier manufactured by Prosoco is applied to harden the surface and increase the surface area for polishing.
The final steps are polishing to 1,500 grit followed by application of Prosoco Consolideck LS Sealer. The sealer is then burnished.
About Custom Concrete Solutions of Connecticut
Don Pinger and his team specialize in decorative solutions for flooring including overlays, self-leveling cement, acid staining, polishing and vertical wall stucco systems. CCS is located in West Hartford CT.