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For How Long Should Concrete Cure Before Grinding It?

When you are looking to clean and smooth your concrete floor, grinding is the best way to get a beautifully polished surface. Grinding will remove any imperfections from your floor, leaving it smooth, clean, and pristine.    Whether you are dealing with minor scratches or more significant flaws like cracks or chips, grinding will help…

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Atomic Coffee Roasters

Expansion means growth and Atomic Coffee Roasters is growing. For the last 20 years, Atomic Coffee has been providing Boston's North Shore with excellent coffee. Reliance Concrete Polishing is proud to have been a part of the opening of a new coffee roasting facility in Peabody. Our team was contracted to remove VCT Tiles and carpeting in a 10,000 square foot industrial space. Once the floor was stripped and prepped, we applied a warehouse polish, followed by a burnish. Since Reliance Concrete Polishing uses advanced technology, polishing equipment we produced a finish to the Atomic Coffee floors with a more reflective shine. The team worked late into Friday evening to complete the project meeting the customers deadline.

Expansion means growth and Atomic Coffee Roasters is growing. For the last 20 years, Atomic Coffee has been providing Boston’s North Shore with excellent coffee. Reliance Concrete Polishing is proud to have been a part of the opening of a new coffee roasting facility in Peabody.  Our team was contracted to remove VCT Tiles and…

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Basement Grind & Polish

Basement job in Whitman, MA. The slab had some moisture issues because no vapor barrier was under the slab, and therefore the owner removed the VCT. We started by grinding off the residual adhesives. After grinding, the slab was honed and densified. The slab was polished to an 800 grit finish. A guard was applied and the slab was burnished. You may see "ghosting" in the polished concrete after the VCT had been removed.

Basement job in Whitman, MS. The slab had some moisture issues because no vapor barrier was under the slab, and therefore the owner removed the VCT. We started by grinding off the residual adhesives. After grinding, the slab was honed and densified. The slab was polished to an 800 grit finish. A guard was applied…

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Storage Units

Storage units in Manchester, VT. The entire slab was ground, honed, densified, and polished to a 400 grit finish. The owner asked for the aisles to be shiny and more reflective. The aisles between the individual storage units were guarded and burnished to 800 grit

Storage units in Manchester, Vermont. The entire slab was ground, honed, densified, and polished to a 400 grit finish. The owner asked for the aisles to be shiny and more reflective. The aisles between the individual storage units were guarded and burnished to 800 grit.

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Polished Concrete Floor On An Active Loading Dock

Warehouse surface prep to accommodate coating in Amesbury, MA.

Amesbury – active warehouse and loading dock space. The project was scheduled late Thursday afternoon and into the night to minimize downtime for customers. The epoxy coating was applied Friday morning to allow adequate cure time. Business as usual Monday morning.

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Polished Concrete Basement

Stained and polished to 1500 grit. Basement in Woodstock, VT

Our planetary grinders weigh a minimum of 650 pounds and require a clearance of at least 30 in.  In order to complete a basement job, access is critical.  The slab was ground and polished to 1,500 grit. Densifier was applied after a 200 grit pass. A lithium silicate guard was applied and then the slab…

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Shuffleboard

Shuffleboard - Kingston, NH

After several years of exposure to the weather and pine trees, this shuffleboard needed some attention.  After grinding the court to clean concrete and starting the honing process, a stencil was placed on the slab, and stain and densifier were applied.  The court was polished to an 800 grit finish, and a guard was applied.…

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Polished Concrete Retail Space

New concrete slab was not left with a smooth trowel finish. Additional/extra grinding was necessary to get ridges out of concrete. The slab also had numerous cracks and spalls which required repairs. The slab was polished to an 800 grit finish. Densifier was applied after 200 grit pass. A lithium silicate guard was applied, and the slab was burnished.

Before and after shots of a job In Melrose, Massachusetts. The new concrete slab was not left with a smooth trowel finish.  Additional/extra grinding was necessary to get ridges out of concrete. The slab also had numerous cracks and spalls which required repairs.  The slab was polished to an 800 grit finish.  Densifier was applied…

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Aircraft hangar

A before and after of an epoxy removal job in Nashua, New Hampshire in an aircraft hangar.

The epoxy on the slab of a 12,000 square foot airplane hangar in Nashua, NH needed to be replaced.  This project was on a tight schedule because the airplanes in the hangar had to be moved and stored in a rented hangar.  To get to clean concrete, approximately 1700 lbs of epoxy and concrete were…

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Generator Superstore

Generator Superstore - Stratham, NH

Generator Superstore – Stratham, New Hampshire – This slab is located in a strip mall that was constructed approximately 30 yrs ago.  The customer requested a black diamond graphic, centered in the front (retail) portion of the unit.  Measurements were taken and temporary protection was set up.  Stain and densifier were applied, and the slab…

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