Polished Concrete Kitchen Surfaces

[Gardenia]

Hi

I'm thinking of going for polished concrete surfaces in my new kitchen. Does anyone have any experience of these and/or can recommend companies who specialise in supply and fit of these? Also any ideas on what to have as a complementary splashback!!

Thanks.

[jacks09]

Keen to see the answer on this?

[mynamehere]

I have been desperately trying to get floors and surfaces of polished concrete like the White Cube and all the museums. So I too want to see if anyone knows how

[Rianoo]

Polished concrete floors in small spaces can be very expenseive per sq m. Polishing large areas is much cheaper. The reason is the cost for polishing corners, awkward areas, around stairs, columns etc pushes the price right up. Cost effective only in large spaces.

[Seabag]

mynamehere Wrote:

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> I have been desperately trying to get floors and

> surfaces of polished concrete like the White Cube

> and all the museums. So I too want to see if

> anyone knows how

That's power float in the Tate , and in a house maybe try resin pour

[TheArtfulDogger]

Seabag Wrote:

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> mynamehere Wrote:

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> > I have been desperately trying to get floors

> and

> > surfaces of polished concrete like the White

> Cube

> > and all the museums. So I too want to see if

> > anyone knows how

>

> That's power float in the Tate , and in a house

> maybe try resin pour

Dear Seabag

Can you explain that in plain old English for those of us who have absolutely no idea what you just said 🤔

[Seabag]

TheArtfulDogger Wrote:

> > > I have been desperately trying to get floors

> > and

> > > surfaces of polished concrete like the White

> > Cube

> > > and all the museums. So I too want to see if

> > > anyone knows how

> >

> > That's power float in the Tate , and in a house

> > maybe try resin pour

>

> Dear Seabag

>

> Can you explain that in plain old English for

> those of us who have absolutely no idea what you

> just said

Ok, the power float is a machine much like a fly mower that brings up the surface of concrete, this gives that smooth marble like finish. It's beautiful but only real works over a very large space. It's very expensive, and I mean EXPENSIVE

Resin pour is often seen in galleries etc, it's seamless and is made from a 2 part epoxy resin, it comes in differerent colours and can look like power float concrete, it's expensive but not as expensive as the concrete. It's warmer by nature of the material. It can be 'poured' to set onto a concrete sub floor but not over floorboards or similar materials

Enough?

[Gardenia]

You mean this sort of thing for the resin pour, Seabag? http://www.sensofloors.co.uk

Not so good for kitchen surfaces though... do you know any suppliers for those?

[LadyNorwood]

A mate of mine does shikkui concrete finishes - I asked him and he recommended Chris Adams at beauconcrete uk, he also suggested micro cement and jesmonite; he said splashbacks can also be done....

[TheArtfulDogger]

My father , many years ago, got some old paving slabs of the local council workers, broke them in half and built a fireplace and work surface out of them.

Now those were the days of austerity and pulling in the belt buckles whilst I was growing up...

Ps food never really taste right whilst I was young, sort of tainted with soaked in dog wee...

[Gardenia]

Thanks LadyNorwood, I'll get in touch.