Polished Concrete Flooring in Amarillo TX - an even shine on the slab you already have
Bare gray concrete that looks dull and dusty? We grind it, harden it and polish it into a floor with the shine you picked.
What goes into polishing a concrete floor in Amarillo?
Polished concrete flooring in Amarillo turns the slab you already have into the finished floor. We grind it, starting with a coarse cut that opens up the fine sand and small stone inside, then work up through finer passes to a satin sheen. Last, we finish it with a hardener we call a densifier and a sealer.
Most people who call me have bare concrete in a house, basement or shop and want a floor they can keep instead of covering, so the first thing I ask is how the floor gets used. The price moves with the size of the floor, how flat the slab is, whether old paint, epoxy or glue has to come off, how much moisture it holds and how far you want the shine taken. The schedule turns on that same prep, and your estimate puts all of it into a written price for your floor. We're based in Amarillo and work in Canyon and the cities around them. If you're not sure your job needs a permit, ask me, because I'll check with the city's building office, like the Department of Building Safety in Amarillo, and tell you what I learn before we start.
What happens when you call about polishing your concrete?
Call me about your floor
Calls come to me, and I'll ask a few questions about the floor and how you use it. That tells me what to look for before I ever see the slab.
I look the slab over
I come out myself, look the concrete over, check it for moisture and talk through your options with you. Then you get a written price for your floor.
We prep, grind and polish
I'm on the floor with our crew while we do the prep, because a polish only shows what's underneath it. After that we grind through the passes your finish calls for, harden the slab and seal it.
Walk the finished floor together
When we're done, I walk the floor with you so you can see the stone and the shine in your own light. We're fully licensed and insured, and we stand behind the work with satisfaction guaranteed on every job.
How we polish concrete floors, and the finishes that go with it
Polish shows whatever the slab already is, so before I quote one I check how flat your floor is and help you name the look you want, down to how much stone shows and how glossy it gets. On the job we start by stripping anything sitting on the concrete and filling cracks and holes, so the grinder has solid concrete to work. Then we make the first coarse cut to open the floor to the stone you picked, and we keep stepping through finer passes until the shine is where you want it. The densifier soaks in so the surface hardens before the sealer goes on, and we keep the dust down as we go and clean up before the walk-through.
Polish isn't the only way to finish a slab, and when it isn't the right one for your floor I'll say so. If you want color worked into the concrete itself, stained concrete flooring puts it there, and the floor still gets sealed over. If you'd rather have a floor of stone chips and colors you choose, set in a binder and ground smooth, terrazzo flooring gets you there.
Get a written price for polishing your concrete
We reply within one business day, and then I set a time to come out, look your slab over and give you a written price. The estimate is free and done on site, and there's no obligation to book.
Polished concrete questions from Amarillo
Can any concrete floor be polished to a high shine?
Any slab can be ground, but how flat it is decides whether it can be polished to a high gloss. On a wavy floor the grinder cuts the humps and misses the hollows, so the stone and the shine come out uneven however many passes we make. If yours won't take an even gloss, I'd rather tell you that up front than sell you one.
How do I choose the look of a polished concrete floor?
Choose two things, how much of the stone in the concrete you want to see and how glossy you want the floor. Polished floors are graded by classes for the stone and levels for the shine. When you name a class and a level instead of grinding steps and grits, which are the coarseness of each pad, you get bids that match the finish you picture and fewer cost changes later.
How is grind-and-seal different from a full polish?
One Texas installer describes its grind-and-seal as stopping early in the grinding and relying on a sealer on top, while its full polish works up to finer grits. Polishing further gives a brighter shine without showing more stone. That means how much stone shows and how much it shines are two separate choices.
Is polished concrete slippery?
Polished concrete beat the minimum slip resistance set for indoor tile floors in an industry study that a concrete products maker reports. That study, from 2015, tested polished slabs at several levels of stone and gloss, and the slabs beat that minimum.
What does polishing a concrete floor cost per square foot?
Polishing concrete across the US usually costs about $8 to $9 per square foot. One Texas polishing company's guide says its polish price covers the grind, the hardener, the sealer and basic surface prep. When you compare bids in Amarillo, check that each one covers that same work.
What causes a polished concrete floor to turn cloudy?
Moisture in the slab can cloud a polish. A Texas polishing company's cost guide says that when a slab tests high for moisture, vapor carries minerals up through the polish and clouds the shine over time. That company's fix is a hardener and sealer made for damp slabs, and it costs extra when a test calls for one, which is why I check moisture before you get a price.
Other ways to finish your concrete
Stained Concrete Flooring
Stain soaks color into the concrete, so if a plain gray polish feels too cold for your living room or shop front, it brings warmth into the slab.
Terrazzo Flooring
When your slab is too wavy to polish evenly, or you want more pattern than concrete has, terrazzo lays a new floor of stone chips ground smooth.
Tell me about the floor you want polished
Call (806) 457-5783 or send the form with your floor size, any old paint, epoxy or glue on it and the look you're after, so I come out knowing what to test.