Exposed Aggregate Concrete Polishing System

Exposed Aggregate Concrete Polishing System

Armourtech Master Piece Concrete Floor

Floor finishing with Armourtech Exposed Aggregate Floor, Hardware Floor, Marble Floor or Cream Floor.

Diamond Polished Concrete produces a beautiful, durable floor, but is labor intensive, consumable-intensive that can exceed some budgets. Using the unique properties of ARMOURTECH Colloidal Silica Technology a new diamond-polishing alternative has been perfected.

PROCESSES

ARMOURTECH FLOOR Exposed Aggregate Floor STANDARD
1. Grind with metal bond diamonds to expose aggregate.
2. Float cementitious skim coat product over the floor to fill pinholes.
3. After your next grind approx. 100-200 grit (or a lower grit) apply ARMOURTECH Densifier
4. Keep surface wet for 15 – 20 minutes and let dry. No need to clean up excess.
5. Then polish to your usual ending grit.

Burnishing
Once completely dry (typically 1 to 2 hrs. after application) use diamond impregnated pads and high speed burnisher (for best results) and burnish.

ARMOURTECH FLOOR Exposed Aggregate Floor PREMIUM
1. Grind with metal bond diamonds to expose aggregate.
2. Float cementitious skim coat product over the floor to fill pinholes.
3. After your next grind apply ARMOURTECH Densifier as per instructions
4. Keep surface wet for 15 minutes and let dry. No need to clean up excess.
5. Apply a thin application of ARMOURTECH Densifier before your final step then polish to your usual ending grit. Do not pour on floor, but rather either spray apply and spread or use pad applicator. Micro-fiber applicator will help prevent streaking an even layer application is important. Then finish with your ending grit.

Burnishing
Once completely dry (typically 1 to 2 hrs. after application) use diamond impregnated pads and high speed burnisher (for best results) and burnish.

Notes:
Densifier is generally, applied after 60 grit (it can be applied at a lower grit depending on finishing grit). Densifier applied just before the final polishing step can increase the shine.
Armourtech Densifiers are compatible with any cementitious skim coats including GM3000.

All the ARMOURTECH processes are suitable for all concrete floors and are also suitable to be used on colored concrete and will not hinder the application of adhesives or paints.

The quality and level of Diamond Polishing is always the starting point of a good polished concrete floor. Discover how to reduce cost and time, boost performance and offer new options for floor finishes you didn’t know were possible with ARMOURTECH Solutions. Contact us to discuss the best option

Pinhole Filling using ARMOURTECH Densifier
When the Armourtech process is used the Armourtech Densifier quickly builds up density in the surface and may actually fill in finer scratch patterns.
ARMOURTECH Densifier can be used as a grinding fluid while polishing Wet.

  • Dilute Densifier concentrate with clean water anywhere from 1:4 to 1:10
  • Create a slurry in front of the machine
  • Do a couple of steps with the same slurry. Extract, clean
  • Densify as normal
  • Continue polishing to finishing grit
  • Extract, Clean
  • Burnish dry

By using ARMOURTECH Densifier before the 80grit step, helps reduce micro pitting.
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Add diluted ARMOURTECH Densifier as a flood coat and leave it there overnight. The silica will bond with itself and fill capillaries and pores in the concrete. This will improve the Polishing process and results.

A concrete floor placed with ARMOURTECH PRO Float  gives you the best – and most predictable – canvas from which to start your Master Piece concrete floor.

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Concrete Polishing

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