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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Hard Floor Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: derek west on November 20, 2015, 09:51:55 pm

Title: concrete polishing
Post by: derek west on November 20, 2015, 09:51:55 pm: Just got back from Newcastle and what an eye opener concrete polishing is. loved it,

Learnt loads thanks to Steve at the advanced group and Glyn and Bob at KGS. Can't wait to polish me garage for practice. ;D

Just need to hire a levi and order me machs. ;D
Title: Re: concrete polishing
Post by: Kev Martin on November 20, 2015, 10:16:10 pm: Quote from: Derek West on November 20, 2015, 09:51:55 pm
Just got back from Newcastle and what an eye opener concrete polishing is. loved it,

Learnt loads thanks to Steve at the advanced group and Glyn and Bob at KGS. Can't wait to polish me garage for practice. ;D

Just need to hire a levi and order me machs. ;D

Glad you enjoyed it you should look at the new Klindex Elica pads they are amazing if you only want to polish concrete and not expose the aggregate.
Title: Re: concrete polishing
Post by: derek west on November 20, 2015, 10:32:00 pm: i want to polish, grind to S&P and expose aggregate, plus dye them different colours, i want to do the lot Kev, it was great fun.
Title: Re: concrete polishing
Post by: Kev Martin on November 20, 2015, 11:54:02 pm: Quote from: Derek West on November 20, 2015, 10:32:00 pm
i want to polish, grind to S&P and expose aggregate, plus dye them different colours, i want to do the lot Kev, it was great fun.

Then you need a LEVIGHETOR with a concrete kit
Title: Re: concrete polishing
Post by: derek west on November 21, 2015, 09:25:37 am: thats what i said in my original post kev. i need to hire a levi and some machs :)
Title: Re: concrete polishing
Post by: Kev Martin on November 21, 2015, 09:47:36 am: Good idea to rent initially as it covers the cost and gives you a taste of proper Restoration outside a classroom environment. As I say to every delegate on our courses I can teach you everything but experience.
Title: Re: concrete polishing
Post by: derek west on November 21, 2015, 01:37:31 pm: Yeah deffo gonna rent one first and do my single garage, video it and then market the video. hopefully that will pull in a few more bigger ones.

How much is it to rent a levi 650 all in with delivery and return carriage for a week?
Title: Re: concrete polishing
Post by: cannon on November 21, 2015, 09:30:10 pm: Derek I was thinking last night, I'll rip the carpet up in the passage and polish the concrete. Then I thought why stop there, rip the sitting room carpet up and polish that......sod it rip the kitchen vinyl up and polish that aswel :)

I need a levi aswell :(
Title: Re: concrete polishing
Post by: derek west on November 21, 2015, 09:50:04 pm: i suppose i could practice on the footpaths round here ;D
Title: Re: concrete polishing
Post by: Radek Jablonski on November 21, 2015, 10:56:09 pm: Just curiouse. Can you polish to the high shine any concrete? Or just the good quality hard ones?
Title: Re: concrete polishing
Post by: derek west on November 22, 2015, 05:03:38 am: you can densify softer concrete to make it harder.
Title: Re: concrete polishing
Post by: derek west on November 22, 2015, 05:30:48 pm: Get to try out my new skills in January, Someone has kindly offered to come up with there kit and we can polish me garage.

it will go from a "GARRIDGE" to a " Garrarj" . The poshest garage on the street. ;D
Title: Re: concrete polishing
Post by: Jamie Pearson on November 25, 2015, 04:53:17 pm: Quote from: Derek West on November 20, 2015, 09:51:55 pm
Just need to hire a levi

..................and a decent dust extractor!