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FEATURES & BENEFITS
Stone is one of the most versatile, prestigious, and elegant building materials. Marble Floor’s are a symbol of strength and grandeur that has timeless beauty and classic appeal. Prime Grind Inc. is an expert at restoring and maintaining a variety of stone surfaces to reveal natural luster and protect architectural integrity.
Expert restoration of stone surfaces is critical to enhance aesthetics, and to prevent costly replacement of the stone. Our time tested methods, coupled with technologically advanced solutions, can reverse the signs of aging and damage to protect and enhance the beauty of natural stone surfaces.
Restoring natural stone eliminates efflorescence, increases durability, improves lighting, and creates slip resistance. Here are just a few benefits of natural stone restoration:
Eliminate Dusting: Dusting is caused by upward forces that push dust particles to the surface. That force is called efflorescence. The PG I process eliminates dusting, creating a healthier environment.
Increased Durability: The PGI process creates an extremely hard, herbal surface. This process also increases both the abrasion resistance and the impact strength of the surface.
Improved Lighting: By increasing the reflectivity of the floor by 30 to 60% and higher, facility owners and operators can save by using less light and benefit while getting more out of their existing lighting.
Slip Resistance: Polished stone has a higher friction co-efficient than regular, untreated concrete surfaces. This makes it more difficult to slip on the surface, wet or dry. PGI’s polished substrates always meet OSHA standards.
Cosmetic Options: PGI offers a full range of cosmetic options that can be as simple as cleaning and sealing, light grind with honed finish, light grind with moderate gloss, or full restoration with high-gloss. All levels can be achieved without sacrificing structural integrity or functionality.
Maintenance: Due to the increase of hardness, the decrease of porosity, and the absence of wearable surface coatings, PGI’s polished substrates are extremely low maintenance! This translates into huge savings in regards to maintenance labor, equipment, chemicals, etc.
Polished concrete flooring is fast becoming an architectural choice for residential concrete floors and the commercial/retail flooring sector. A polished concrete floor offers a wide range of finishes from terrazzo aggregate exposure to a polished cement finish. Choosing the right polished concrete flooring system can be difficult without knowing the limitations and features of how the polished concrete process works.
A polished concrete floor is a concrete floor that has been diamond ground and been treated with a chemical densifier before progressively polishing with finer diamond polishing tools. The diamond grinding tools are usually sequenced in grit levels of diamonds and polishing pads which are specifically designed for polishing concrete. Typically, concrete is not considered polished before 400 grit, which is known as honed concrete, polished concrete is normally finished to either 800, 1500, or 3000 grit level depending on the shine and reflection specified.
In simple terms, the process of concrete polishing is similar to sending ruffle it to a smooth and blemish free surface imagine that industrial polishing machines are like an orbital would Sander and the diamond polishing pads are like sandpaper the only difference is the industrial scale of the equipment used for polishing concrete rather than what.
Polished concrete is considered a sustainable, environmentally safe, energy efficient flooring option because most buildings have an existing concrete floor that can be diamond polished. Polishing an existing concrete slab eliminates the cost, energy and material consumed by applying a floor covering or coating.
Color can be added to polished concrete using specially formulated concrete dyes and reactive concrete stains. These coloring options are applied halfway through the concrete polishing process between 200 and 800 grit. Stencils and handcrafted soft cuts can be applied to create logos and colorful features or to define specific areas of use within the polished concrete floor.
- Why PGI?
- PGI is one-stop shopping for the restoration and maintenance of stone and other architectural materials.
- We specialize in offering significant cost benefits and flagship services to all industries and thousands of customers located throughout the United States.
- Single point of contact, and the highest quality assurance guaranteed.
- Nations highest standards of integrity, safety, quality, and service!
| Concrete | Terrazzo | Natural Stones | VCT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grinding | Grinding | Marble | Stripping |
| Polishing | Polishing | Granite | Waxing |
| Staining | Joint Fill | Travertine | Deep Scrub |
| Cleaning | Repair | Slate | Re-Coats |
| Repair | Restoration | Sandstone | Cleaning |
| Flagstone | |||
| Onyx |
| Floors | Counter Tops | Vanities | Walk Ways |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concrete | Concrete | Concrete | Concrete |
| Terrazzo | Terrazzo | Terrazzo | Natural Stones |
| Natural Stones | Natural Stones | Natural Stones | |
| VCT |
