Concrete Floor Surface Prep

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Concrete floor surface prep.

Install tile directly on the concrete floor. The surface can t be slick heavily troweled or burnished. There are many factors that can affect the adhesion and bonding capabilities of a floor coating system to the substrate. For instance a surface may be in good enough shape to need relatively low impact measures that will not alter the surface profile such as vacuum cleaning low pressure water cleaning and washing or scrubbing.

Edging pads triangular. Edging pads backer. In order to achieve optimum adhesion the substrate must be clean and prepared properly. As needed use a concrete grinder you may want to rent one to remove any coating and to slightly roughen the concrete surface so the adhesive will stick.

Today polymers can be applied as thin as 1 8 or up to 3 4 thick and stamped producing a surface that looks just like a normal stamped concrete surface. Edging pads economy. General instructions for surface preparation of concrete substrates for application of a polymer floor coating or overlay system. If you are installing a locking or floating floor not attached to the subfloor just make sure that the subfloor is clean.

The concrete surface preparation method on a given surface will vary based on how contaminated damaged or otherwise compromised it is. In many cases you can lay tile directly on the concrete surface which is naturally hard and durable. Concrete surfaces are prepared prior to resurfacing concrete to look like plain concrete again or to be upgraded to a decorative finish.