Settle a bet, is Lowe's floor coated or bare?

[Fred Allen Burge]

Fellas, I've got a bet going with my friend, he thinks Lowe's store floor has a clear coating on it, I say it's just polished smooth.

Anybody know for sure?

Thanks!

 

[rwhite692]

It depends on the location, some are just polished. I have been in other stores which have a clear.

 

[porcupine73]

Hm...I will take a closer look next time I stop by Lowes. I thought it was epoxy coated.

 

[NotQuik]

I've always thought polished/waxed.

 

[rlitman]

All the ones I've see are polished concrete.

 

[On1Wheel]

Why would they spend the extra money to coat it when they'd still have to continually wax and buff it anyway? No way it has a clear coat other than the wax their cleaning crew puts down. My 2¢.

 

[thegarageguy]

its not waxed....most are topically polished now...meaning, the cream of the crete has been burnished to a shine. The maintain it with a polish guard and burnisher every month or so.....between that time they auto scrub it every night or so.

 

[76 warlock]

the floor systems in Lowe's around me are polished concrete. they grind then add a densifier let that dry polish then a lithium sealer then burnish. It is coated however not with a topical type product.

 

[geologist]

Lowes and newer Walmart stores have polished concrete floors, although some Walmart stores have dyed concrete.

Here is a floor-pour for a new Walmart (Yakima, WA):

You can see the rest of the construction here: http://www.ci.yakima.wa.us/services/ced/photo_walmart.asp