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A polished finish is built step by step, and every grit stage has a job to do. Terrazzo is a matrix of cementitious material or epoxy resin binder holding marble, granite or glass chips, and it is burnished the same way as concrete: abrade level with metal-bond diamonds, densify the cementitious material binder if it is cementitious, then refine through diamond resin pads to 1500-3000 grit stage and burnish. The goal is to re-expose the colored chips evenly and bring the binder and chips to a uniform, mirror-like plane.
For machine-matched tooling, browse our Diamond Resin Polishing Pads for Concrete & Terrazzo... range.What matters most in this stage.
The fix is not to re-coat on top of a dull, scratched slab - it is to abrade away the damaged layer, expose fresh material, and burnish the whole plane level.
Miss this step and the gloss will not come up evenly.
The practical details.
Crews that rush this part rarely get a mirror finish.
Key points for the polishing sequence.
On epoxy resin-based terrazzo, use a milder sequence and stop excessive heat that can melt the epoxy resin binder.
This stage decides how much reflection the floor finally shows.
What matters most in this stage.
The reward is worth the care: well-restored terrazzo is one of the most long-wearing and beautiful floors there is, frequently outlasting surrounding finishes by decades.
Because terrazzo contains hard chips, it wears extremely well and frequently requires less re-burnishing than plain concrete.
Miss this step and the gloss will not come up evenly.
A: The practical answer is, Yes, if the stains are within the abrading depth. Surface stains abrade away; deep aggregate stains may remain visible.
A: For most jobs, It is slower than concrete because of the mixed hard chips, but a full restoration on a small lobby is typically a few days.
A: In short, Burnished terrazzo is frequently left unsealed after densification; a light impregnator can be added for stain resistance.
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