You can choose from a variety of ways in order to give your polished concrete floor the desired color you want it to become. These ways include in the typical color pigment to concrete mix application, dye, tinting, and chemical or acid staining option. With the right method and a choice of pattern to add in, you will be able to come up with the polished concrete design that you wish to have.
The color pigmentation option used to be the most common application used popularly before. Its process includes mixing the pigment to the thickness of the concrete and its topping layer. This is often used in conjunction with the honing process except that during honing, the pigment quantity needs to be lesser than when it is used on normal mixing. Pigmented colors are available in powder, liquid and granule form.
Color pigmentation works when these ultra fine pigment particles which are fine solids, disperse throughout the matrix of the concrete. It is featured in the dry shake feature and can be applied as a cement and sand hand cast onto the pre-hardened concrete surface. The process where the color comes off is through a monolithic topping formation.
Concrete acid staining or chemical staining is the now much preferred method in coloring concrete polished floors. This product is composed of metallic salts with slightly acidic, water based solution compounds. The process of chemical staining happens when the dense concrete opens because of the acid, which then allows the metallic salts to seep in to the concrete where it reacts to the hydrated lime present in the compounds of the concrete slab.
The dyes and tints for concrete polish coloring are a bit off with what we would normally imagine about it. Unlike tie dyed cloths, the effects of dyes and tints on concrete polished floor are actually more opaqued and usually remains on the surface of the concrete. This quality makes controlling the coloring compound very easy to handle, thus achieving the desired design and flow becomes trouble free. Its colors are more vibrant than the rest of the coloring solutions mentioned.
A surface coating on the other hand is the simplest method in the coloring concrete options. This is where the surface of the slab is coated with paint and a sealer system. With the way you play with the paints colors and shades, you will easily achieve finishes like the mottled sandstone resemblance most interior designers desire. All in all, the color and the end result lies on your imagination, what you want for your polished floor, and what coloring option and material you will use for it. - 16492
The color pigmentation option used to be the most common application used popularly before. Its process includes mixing the pigment to the thickness of the concrete and its topping layer. This is often used in conjunction with the honing process except that during honing, the pigment quantity needs to be lesser than when it is used on normal mixing. Pigmented colors are available in powder, liquid and granule form.
Color pigmentation works when these ultra fine pigment particles which are fine solids, disperse throughout the matrix of the concrete. It is featured in the dry shake feature and can be applied as a cement and sand hand cast onto the pre-hardened concrete surface. The process where the color comes off is through a monolithic topping formation.
Concrete acid staining or chemical staining is the now much preferred method in coloring concrete polished floors. This product is composed of metallic salts with slightly acidic, water based solution compounds. The process of chemical staining happens when the dense concrete opens because of the acid, which then allows the metallic salts to seep in to the concrete where it reacts to the hydrated lime present in the compounds of the concrete slab.
The dyes and tints for concrete polish coloring are a bit off with what we would normally imagine about it. Unlike tie dyed cloths, the effects of dyes and tints on concrete polished floor are actually more opaqued and usually remains on the surface of the concrete. This quality makes controlling the coloring compound very easy to handle, thus achieving the desired design and flow becomes trouble free. Its colors are more vibrant than the rest of the coloring solutions mentioned.
A surface coating on the other hand is the simplest method in the coloring concrete options. This is where the surface of the slab is coated with paint and a sealer system. With the way you play with the paints colors and shades, you will easily achieve finishes like the mottled sandstone resemblance most interior designers desire. All in all, the color and the end result lies on your imagination, what you want for your polished floor, and what coloring option and material you will use for it. - 16492
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Fascinated on concrete polishing, Mikkan Drane shares his research about the benefits, rewards, and advantages expected from concrete polishing.
