John,
 
Yes it is real smooth, but it has also been painted. If you would, please list the steps for polish the cement floor.
Thanks,
 
RK

From: John Freitag <jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com>
To: Restoration and Maintenance <sccpartners@stoneandtilepros.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 2, 2012 3:15 PM
Subject: RE: [sccpartners] Seal Exterior Cement Terrazzo?

Roger,
 
Most of the basement floors I see are a smooth towel finish , if you start lower then a 120  you will probably expose the aggregate. Try starting with the 220 if your finish is smooth.
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In my brothers trucking garage we started with a 220 and the finish turned out great.
 
 
 
 
 
From: Jason Francis [mailto:jfrancis@marbleglow.com]
Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2012 4:03 PM
To: Restoration and Maintenance
Subject: RE: [sccpartners] Seal Exterior Cement Terrazzo?
 
Roger,
 
John is referring to a cream polished floor. To have a nice cream polished floor, it has to be very flat....and should have been power troweled. In a basement, this is rare, in the NE anyhow.
 
Most residential concrete floors I do I start with a minimum 50 metal, but you will have aggregate exposed.
 
The nice thing is that it's your place!
 
Jason
 


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On Jun 2, 2012, at 3:08 PM, "John Freitag" <jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com> wrote:
Roger ,
 
First you need to hone the floor using concrete diamonds. If you have a smooth trowel finish you can probably start with a 220 grit. If there is a texture or broom finish you will need to start lower.
After the 220 grit then apply the concrete densfilier . I prefer Chem Tec One . you can get this from Stonecare central
Apply the densflier onto the concrete and keep it wet for 1 hour , using a broom to brush the product into the concrete. If the densiflier start to dry add some water to keep it wet
After 1 hour vac up the remaining densflier
Then using a finish mop apply a thin coat of densflier onto the the concrete and allow to set over night.
The next morning come back and hone up 400, 800 or 1800 depending upon the shine.
 
Want more shine allow the floor to dry for one or two days and then crystallize the concrete and you will have a great Shine.
 
 
John E Freitag
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From: Roger Konarski [mailto:qm144@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 7:11 PM
To: Restoration and Maintenance
Subject: RE: [sccpartners] Seal Exterior Cement Terrazzo?
 
John,
 
What are the steps you used to polish the concrete? I was thinking about polishing my basement floor.
 
Thanks,
RK
 
From: John Freitag <jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com>
To: Restoration and Maintenance <sccpartners@stoneandtilepros.com>
Sent: Friday, June 1, 2012 9:15 AM
Subject: RE: [sccpartners] Seal Exterior Cement Terrazzo?



Jason,
 
You are in the right track. First strip off the wax / coating that has been applied. Then if possible find out what grit the finish at from the installer. Most installer will leave the terrazzo anywhere from a 80 grit to a 120 grit.
 
Depending upon where the installer left the finish this will be you starting point.
 
Apply the densifier after your 220 hone and then hone up to the customer is looking for. High gloss is going to be 800 hone.
 
After you are finished then I would apply  Stone Care Central Solvent based Impregnation Sealer. I polished the concrete in my brother’s trucking garages and after we polished the concrete then sealed with an the Stone care Central Solvent sealer , that was 4 or 5 years ago and the garage is auto scrubbed at least once weekly and it concrete looks great and is not stain form the spills from diesel fuel, oils , grease etc.
 
So in this case I would recommend the solvent based sealer .
 
 
John E Freitag
Director
The Stone & Tile School
Office 407-567-7652
Cell 407-615-0134
 
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From: Jason Francis [mailto:jfrancis@marbleglow.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 7:05 PM
To: Restoration and Maintenance
Subject: [sccpartners] Seal Exterior Cement Terrazzo?
 
It seems like this topic has come up before.....
 
Same job with 2k of exterior white cement terrazzo......
 
Keep this in mind...The terrazzo floor on this job cost the owner $300K. The contractors put acrylic sealer on top everywhere, even outside where it is exposed to the elements. It looked horrible. I still cant believe they would put acrylic outside. Anyways, I have to strip it all off, run a grit or two and densify. Should it be sealed? with an impregnator? My gut says no,  but the client is concerned with potential staining on a white floor. I want the floor to breathe. Any topicals worth looking in to?
 
 
Thanks for your thoughts.
 
Jason
 
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