Our concrete polishing process
- Free on-site quote. Call (404) 480-0962 or request one online. We will assess the slab and grind a test patch so you can approve the look first.
- Surface preparation. We remove glue, paint and old flooring residue, then repair cracks and patches.
- Grinding. Coarse diamond tooling flattens the slab and evens out the exposure.
- Honing and densifying. Finer diamonds refine the surface while a densifier hardens it against daily traffic.
- Polishing. We bring the floor to your chosen sheen, seal it, and hand over with simple cleaning guidance.
Sugar Hill polished concrete: common questions
Can you polish the slab in an older building downtown?
Usually, and older Sugar Hill buildings can produce the most characterful floors we do. The caveat is that what sits under decades of flooring layers is unknown until we grind, so we always open a test area before quoting the whole space. If the slab turns out too patched or too thin to polish consistently, we will say so and price an overlay or coating instead of forcing a bad result.
Do we need to move out while you work?
No. Our grinders run inside vacuum shrouds with HEPA extraction, we seal off the work area from the rest of the house, and there are no curing fumes because nothing is being coated in solvent. We work room by room so you keep use of the rest of the home, and most Sugar Hill residential jobs run only a few days. Businesses stay open too, with the work phased around trading hours.
Which sheen should we pick for a home?
Satin is the default answer for living areas: it reads as finished without showing every footprint, and it handles daily cleaning well. Matte suits bedrooms, basements and anywhere glare would annoy, while high gloss works best in a feature room that gets regular upkeep. The test patch helps here too, because we can show you two sheens side by side on your own slab before you decide.
Will the color be perfectly uniform across the floor?
No two slabs polish identically, and that is most of the charm. Aggregate, pour history and old repairs all read through as subtle variation, more like natural stone than like tile. Dyes even the tone out considerably if you want a more uniform look, and the test area shows you exactly how much variation your slab carries. We set that expectation before work starts, not after.
