It can build up an old cracked and pitted concrete floor and make it look brand spanking shiny and new and increase the floor s light reflectivity by as much as 300.
Polished concrete garage floor vs epoxy.
A properly refined polished floor can last up to 10 years.
Garage floor paint vs.
With the information provided above you should be able to make an educated decision by now.
The main difference between a polished concrete floor and an epoxy floor is that polished concrete reveals the concrete itself while epoxy is a continuous coating over the top of the concrete.
The lifetime of epoxy depends on the traffic and the volume it has to withstand.
Polished concrete can also include dyed concrete stained concrete and engravings such as the picture above showing where we dyed and polished the newly poured concrete floor.
Thinking of finishing the floor in your garage for a more polished look.
The installation cost of epoxy coated floor is twice the cost of polished concrete floor.
What s the best choice for your space.
We are back where we started epoxy floor vs polished concrete.
Most importantly the cost of refurbishing will only be a fraction of the initial installation cost.
Aesthetically finishing your garage floor can make all the difference but you have to keep in mind the fact that garage floors take plenty of abuse from everything that goes on in the garage.
Epoxy is an ideal product for resurfacing a concrete floor.
In summary this is what you are looking at.
In this project the grinding process was very extensive to allow it to expose some of the colored aggregate river rock.
When you are dealing with an environment where the floors are wet for a longer time.
It can be applied from as little as 2mls to as much as 80 mls thick depending on the application and underlying floor surface.