Thread: polished concrete DIY?

We used a zyleen (???) based sealer(DT fauxtect concrete sealer), you can repair it with a solvent that you just paint back over, it softens up the sealer and repairs it.

my nextdoor neighbour does concrete polishing

and at a reasonable price as well

or he'd even give you some free advice if asked

PM if your interested and i'll forward his number on to you

Damien,

Be careful with Xylene or M.E.K based sealers, make sure you follow the safety instructions. They are great carriers for the resin but quite nasty for your health, use positive pressure ventilation if the area is at all inclosed and always use your face mask.

If you go a couple of steps down the solvent tree to Solvesso or Solvent 100 base the safety is a bit easier to control.

If you liked the darker look you can buy 'wet look' or even dark tinted sealers that will hide the lighter swirls.

Shane

Originally Posted by Vern

Originally it was going to cost me $4,400 to do about 140sqm, but now that i've built a house on the slab, it'll probably cost more

a good source has told me ,he can beat that price no probs

One thing to remember in living and sleeping areas, Xylene and similar, in fact most will off-gas for a long time and be quite harmful, especially to kids.

Try a Acrylic base if possible, easy to touch up and way less harmful to manufacture, apply and live with.

Just a thought.
2pac is super heavy duty though and will retain shine for a long time.
The more gloss, the harder the finish.

Originally Posted by S_Squirel

Damien,

Be careful with Xylene or M.E.K based sealers, make sure you follow the safety instructions. They are great carriers for the resin but quite nasty for your health, use positive pressure ventilation if the area is at all inclosed and always use your face mask.

If you go a couple of steps down the solvent tree to Solvesso or Solvent 100 base the safety is a bit easier to control.

If you liked the darker look you can buy 'wet look' or even dark tinted sealers that will hide the lighter swirls.

Shane

Thanks for the advice, the xylene based product doesn't bother me as we aren't living in it yet, so once cured i'm guessing its not emitting any fumes. So can you give me some brands or somewhere ot look these products up, or supply them?

Originally Posted by big guy

One thing to remember in living and sleeping areas, Xylene and similar, in fact most will off-gas for a long time and be quite harmful, especially to kids.

Try a Acrylic base if possible, easy to touch up and way less harmful to manufacture, apply and live with.

Just a thought.
2pac is super heavy duty though and will retain shine for a long time.
The more gloss, the harder the finish.

All the concreters and grinder/polishers suggest to use the xylene based products, i think for ease of use and repair and for the job it does.
Will discuss the living with it factor with the polishers.

Originally Posted by hiline

a good source has told me ,he can beat that price no probs

Will ring him tomorrow, just got home and are buggered considering i was up at 4am to go to work this morning, plus i'm into a bottle of red