burleymike
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I am getting to the point I will need to do something with the basement floor soon. I have thought about polishing the concrete or putting down tile. Carpet is out due to allergies.
I have called every rental place within 75 miles and they all have a grinder of some sort, none of them have abrasives that are for polishing, they are aggressive for removing paint and high spots.
One rental place suggested using his machine and then I could coat the floor with a tinted epoxy so I would have a shiny floor and not have to stain it.
Only one place has a machine that I could physically get down to the basement, he said it weighs 65Lb and is a 15" unit. The other two places have machines that are 200-400LB, makes my back hurt just thinking about them.
Would a 65Lb machine do the job and would putting a tinted epoxy down make a decent floor finish.
We do have a high water table, 24" below the slab and when we irrigate it comes right up to the underside of the slab into the drain tiles for about 6 hours, then it drops back down over a couple days. We irrigate every other week. The floor was previously painted and most of the paint is still well bonded to the concrete, they also had vinyl sheet flooring over the paint. Removing the vinyl took some of the paint off. I put a 5'x5' sheet of plastic down on the floor 2 months ago and it has stayed dry.
I have called every rental place within 75 miles and they all have a grinder of some sort, none of them have abrasives that are for polishing, they are aggressive for removing paint and high spots.
One rental place suggested using his machine and then I could coat the floor with a tinted epoxy so I would have a shiny floor and not have to stain it.
Only one place has a machine that I could physically get down to the basement, he said it weighs 65Lb and is a 15" unit. The other two places have machines that are 200-400LB, makes my back hurt just thinking about them.
Would a 65Lb machine do the job and would putting a tinted epoxy down make a decent floor finish.
We do have a high water table, 24" below the slab and when we irrigate it comes right up to the underside of the slab into the drain tiles for about 6 hours, then it drops back down over a couple days. We irrigate every other week. The floor was previously painted and most of the paint is still well bonded to the concrete, they also had vinyl sheet flooring over the paint. Removing the vinyl took some of the paint off. I put a 5'x5' sheet of plastic down on the floor 2 months ago and it has stayed dry.