Polished Concrete

The right flooring solution for your home or business.

Polishing concrete floors requires a great deal of expertise and the use of specialized polishing machines equipped with diamond infused disks that gradually grind down surfaces to the desired degree of smoothness and sheen.

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A mechanically polished concrete floor is an economical, multistep solution for your floors in which we mechanically grind the concrete to a smooth surface. The quantity of steps depends on the concrete’s condition and hardness as well as the desired finish. By choosing your finishings, you can define the level of shine, stain and aggregate exposure. An abundance in stain choices gives you endless options for design. The polished look accentuates Spanish, southwestern, Tuscan, and old-world architecture or it can add a sleek modern look to your facility. 


Polished concrete is extremely durable, easy to maintain and is done to obtain the level of sheen you want from satin to high-gloss that will meet your aesthetic and maintenance requirements.


Reasons for polishing concrete are lower overall lifetime costs, no waxing, no chemicals and no wasted labor, all that is required for cleaning is an occasional damp mopping and the floor can be return for immediate use. Brighten your space with the lighting properties reflective polished concrete will create. Polished concrete is in demand for restaurants, office buildings, rest rooms and other public facilities that want to have a look that is unique, bright and clean.

Why Would You Cover Up Concrete? 

Why Not Polish It?

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Cost Savings

Polished concrete is extremely inexpensive! The high cost of traditional flooring materials such as carpet, tile, VCT and laminate aren't necessary when the original slab is going to be used as the finished floor surface.

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Resilient in High Traffic Areas

Unlike other flooring materials, polished concrete floors will never fade. Even if stained, the stain will not fade under the heaviest of traffic.

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Colors and Designs

Concrete can be easily stained to match any existing decor and the color possibilities for your floors are endless. From simple colors to detailed borders, logos and designs, your concrete floors are only limited by imagination.

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Less Maintenance

Polished concrete floors are not only easy to clean, they usually require only the occasional damp mopping. No wax is necessary in order to maintain the shine of your new floor! Polished concrete floors eliminate the need for additional protectants as well as the labor, time and expense to apply them.

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Resistant to Moisture Problems

Polished concrete floors, unlike some epoxy, laminate and wood floors, allows the floor to appropriately breathe and eliminates all the issues that may arise with other flooring materials that completely seal the concrete.

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Reflectivity

This is very important for places like warehouses, office buildings, hotel floors, restaurant floors, and other public places that would like to project a brighter, cleaner, more professional image. Polished concrete floors can also save energy by reducing the amount of artificial lighting required.

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Sustainable Flooring Aternative

Polished concrete doesn't need any type of hazardous coatings or cleaners. Environmentally friendly flooring that's easy on your budget!

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Versatile

Because polishing concrete is a step-by-step process, business owners and homeowners alike are able to choose amount of shine and design to fit their maintenance and aesthetic requirements. The versatility makes our concrete floors and excellent flooring option for a variety of places.

Sheen Options

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Flat (Ground)

A Flat polish usually can be obtained by stopping at the 100-grit resin bond. When you look directly down at the floor, it will appear somewhat hazy with little if any clarity or reflection. Flat appearance with none to very slight diffused reflection.
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Satin (Honed)

The Satin polish is obtained by stopping at the 400-grit resin bond, producing a low sheen finish. Matte appearance with or without slight diffused reflection. This grit level produces a low-luster matte finish.
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Semi Polished

Semi Polished finish is achieved by going up to an 800-grit diamond abrasive. The surface will have a much higher sheen and you will start to see good light reflectivity. Objects being reflected are not quite sharp and crisp but can be easily identified.
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Highly Polished

This level of polish produces a high degree of shine. The floor appears to be wet when view from different vantage points. Objects being reflected are sharp and crisp as would be seen in a mirror-like reflection. This is obtained by going up to ta 3,000-grit burnishing pad and using a high-speed burnisher. 

Concrete Polishing Process


The fact that concrete is a durable material that has a long life span is commonly known. Yet, it is rather having a poor reputation of being a dirty and grey floor, even though there is so much more to concrete floors than this. Our team transforms them into a stylish and resilient floor solution. The concept is simple yet brilliant! With our special equipment we grind and polish the concrete floors to expose the stronger concrete beneath. This does not only make the floor more durable, there are also no limits to your creativity. By coloring it, applying textures and patterns, or adding logo and stencils we make your floor look unique and break new grounds.

Cleaning the Surface

Application of new technologies combined with our 51+ years of experience has made us a leader in the field of coatings and their application. Being able to call upon that experience to define a problem area means better solutions for you. We pride ourselves in introducing to our customers the latest in new technology and how those products can best serve the industry.

Diamond Grinding

On every project we combine our commitment to quality, innovative coatings along with professional service to provide our customers with turn key management. Whether your needs are routine maintenance or major projects we follow through to make sure that your performance requirements are met.

Polishing, Sealing & Burnishing

The following steps include grinding the concrete floors with resin-bonded diamonds to bring the floors to a polish. At some point in this step the stain is applied to the floors if desired, and the concrete is densified to harden it and leave it ready for the full polish.


The final step is to bring the concrete to the desired level of shine, which could be matte, satin, or highly polished. After this, the floors are sealed with an impregnating sealer and burnished twice.

Sealed Concrete

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A concrete floor sealer will beautify and preserve your floor. Sealing brings out the beauty of a concrete floor by enhancing the color and adding sheen. 

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Sealing also preserves the decorative treatment by protecting the floor surface from abrasions and stains. Some floor sealers form a protective film on the surface of the concrete, while others penetrate into the floor.

Epoxies and urethanes deliver the best long-term performance and can last years before the need for reapplication.

KC Concrete Flooring Restoration specializes in transforming your concrete surfaces into a beautiful pieces of art.