Wet vs. Dry Concrete Polishing

2018-09-21

Concrete polishing is an efficient and economical way to beautify and strengthen a concrete floor. Not only does the attractive shine improve the floor’s aesthetics, but the mechanical process of grinding and smoothing the floor actually increases the concrete’s strength.

There are two methods for polishing: wet and dry, depending on the characteristics and requirements of each individual job.

Wet polishing uses water to lubricate and cool the surface during grinding. The water can reduce friction between polishing pads and floor that will increase the life of the polishing abrasives, particularly the resin-bonded polishing disks, which can melt at high temperatures. A disadvantage of the wet process is the mess. It creates a kind of concrete dust that consuming more time to clean. 

Dry polishing requires no water. Because the dry polishing will produces huge amounts of dust that isn’t suitable breathe, contractors use machines equipped with dust-containment systems that eliminate virtually all of the mess. 

Typically dry polishing using commercial-scale polishing machines when ground the surface of the concrete. Each stage of the process requires a different abrasive polishing disk. As the concrete surface becomes smoother, switch diamond abrasives from the metal-bonded to the finer resin-bonded until get the final shine.

Our DTS DIAMOND TOOLS company specilizes in manufacturing premium diamond tooling: metal-bonded or resin-bonded. No matter what methods of polishing process, our polishing disks will always be you best choice.

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