Taking care of your floor.

Both systems are low maintenance. Here is what low maintenance actually means, for coated floors and for polished concrete.

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Polished concrete in a commercial interior

Classic car on a flake coated garage floor

Coated floors: epoxy, polyurea, polyaspartic, urethane.

A coating is a sealed surface. Keep grit off it and clean spills promptly, and it looks new for years.

Dust mop or soft broom often, because sand and grit act like sandpaper under tires and boots. Damp mop or auto scrub with a neutral pH cleaner. Wipe up oil, brake fluid, coolant and chemicals when they happen. Put felt or rubber under heavy items and lift steel rather than dragging it.

In winter, rinse road salt off the floor. Walk off mats at doors catch most of the grit before it gets in. After years of wear in the traffic lanes, a fresh clear top coat brings the floor back without redoing it.

Daily: Dust mop or soft broom
Weekly: Neutral cleaner, damp mop or auto scrubber
Spills: Wipe oil and chemicals promptly
Heavy items: Felt or rubber pads; lift, do not drag
Winter: Rinse road salt
Years later: Fresh clear top coat in the wear lanes

Polished concrete.

The shine is the concrete itself, hardened with densifier and closed up by the polishing. There is nothing to peel and nothing to wax.

Dust mop daily. Auto scrub or mop weekly with a neutral pH cleaner and clean water. Acid based cleaners, vinegar and harsh degreasers etch the surface, so keep them off it. Clean up oil, wine and colored spills quickly; the stain guard buys time, but it is not forever.

Every so often, a high speed burnish brings the gloss back up, and the densifier keeps hardening the slab as it ages. Walk off mats at entrances keep the grit that dulls a polished floor outside.

Daily: Dust mop
Weekly: Neutral cleaner, auto scrubber or mop, clean water rinse
Spills: Wipe promptly; the stain guard buys time
Shine: Periodic high speed burnish
Entrances: Walk off mats catch the grit
Cleaners to keep off it: Acid, vinegar, harsh degreasers

The four things that wear a floor early.

Almost every floor that ages badly has one of these behind it.

GritSand and dirt under tires and boots act like sandpaper. Sweep, and put mats at the doors.
Acid cleanersCitrus, vinegar and acid based products dull a coating and etch polished concrete.
Dragging steelRacking, toolboxes and equipment dragged across the floor gouge any finish. Lift it, or put it on pads.
Spills left to sitOil, brake fluid and colored liquids stain when they are given time. Wipe them when they happen.

Floor care questions.

Can I pressure wash my garage floor?

Yes. Low pressure, a wide fan tip, and a neutral cleaner if it needs one. Keep the wand moving and stay off the edges and any repairs.

Does polished concrete need wax?

It takes no wax. The shine comes from the concrete itself, hardened with densifier. A periodic burnish brings it back.

Will hot tires peel the coating?

A fully cured industrial grade 100 percent solids system with a clear top coat handles hot tires. Hot tire pickup is what happens to thin waterborne kit floors.

How often does a grind and seal or a driveway need resealing?

Every few years depending on traffic, sun and salt. It is a quick job and we can schedule it.

What cleaners should I use?

A neutral pH cleaner, diluted as the label says. Citrus, vinegar, bleach and acid based cleaners dull coatings and etch polished concrete over time.

Need a floor refreshed?

Tell us what you have and where it is. We will come look at it, tell you what it needs, and give you a number.

Or call (520) 381-9229

craig@proformancefloors.com