One of the nicest jobs I ran was restoration on a Eichler home here in the Bay Area. We restored a complete cast terrazzo bathroom, which included a terrazzo tub set below the floor in the same terrazzo material, and a matching terrazzo countertop. The guys polished it all like new and, a slow process. But the result was just amazing. The confident use of the single terrazzo material for tub, counters, floor gave a unified look to this bath, more "solid" feeling than if it were done in several different materials.
To all of you nay-sayers... terrazzo is the bomb! I own rental houses and it is absolutely the best thing. it is far superior to tile, and you cant help but admire the craftsmanship that goes into it. I cant believe people covered that up with carpet, which holds odors and has to be replaced several times during the life of a home.As usual, there is always a pocket of people on youtube and facebook that just can't help themselves. They have to crap on or tear down the good works of others.
There is no substitute for grinding the floor with metal honing discs and resin diamonds. No offense but natural grinding will produce a long lasting shine with no maintenance. Thanks Frank Please call if you have any questions I would like to talk to you about your process. Maybe we can share some ideas. PS I also install new terrazzo.
Our terrazzo area is about 1400 sq ft. We removed our carpet and, to save labor costs I removed all the tack strips with only a few very small divets at edges -- but mostly all the nails cut off flush to the floor with my little MacGyvered tool system and 3 taps per nail. We also removed heavily glued vinyl sheet in the kitchen. The swirls of carpet glue all lifted when the pro ground and polished, but the kitchen didn't turn out as bright as the other areas. It was worth the imperfections to have floors like I grew up with! The pro svce was about $2900 and we saved about $600 doing prep ourselves. I do have a complaint, though we are learning to ignore it...some large areas of the floors are pitted...I guess the grinder literally pulled up some of the little rocks. We just ignore and and enjoy our cool (looking and to the touch) white with light gray, dark gray, black colors! We have also found 1-3 little pink bits in almost every room...it's fun finding them. :)
Yes, many terrazzo floors will have pits in them. Floating the floor with a clear epoxy, letting it dry for two days then start grinding is the way to fill the holes.
@@noweare1 I have a beautiful terrazzo floor that was covered by carpet and parquet wood tiles. I removed the carpet and left the nails at the edges intact to be sawed off later. My first goal is to take the adhesive off of the floor. How can I do it? Thanks a lot for your input.
@@RowenaRacca There are two ways, use a stripper for adhesives that you can get at a hardware store. The other way is the terrazzo has to be refinished anyway so doing the first cut will probably be able to remove the adhesive anyways. I will mix some stripper in with the water if there is glue that I need to get off the terrazzo. Terrazzo is refinished wet so that helps with glue/adhesive removal.
A M A Z I N G!! I really appreciated your video on terrazzo floors. I forwarded it to my boss (or boss's I should say). They have been having me use regular black nylon pads and srripper and a side to side and it's wasn't working. I've been scraping it down sanding it by hand on the whole emergency room floor because quality matters to me. It's a large area and very time consuming and taking its toll physically. If I can attach a picture I will show you what it's like. they're finally getting me some better grade pads (60 grit and 120) so hopefully that will work. They don't want to seal it and it looks like I'm going to have to wax it too. They're kind of backwards about the way they are having me do things so I hope your video will enlighten them. Thank you for the visual. -Andy Working it out
We fill our patches after the initial grind too, so all the patches have have the same polish. As the rest of the floor..plus we tint the epoxy to match the cement color
I installed terazzo when I built my home in 1990. No one was using or even restoring it then. It is nice to se eit as a high end floor today. Just got through restoring mom's old 1959 floors and since the house was old the baseboards all had to come out, as well as the backing boards, many had termite damage and rot. Even using large amounts of water caused no damage to the walls because the rock lath is inches above the floor. New treated wood homemade flush baseboards eliminated the ugly ranch style that interfered with bookcases and will hold up far longer.
Alot of nay sayers here but I've restoring Terrazzo for years and it is beautiful. Great job by the contractors btw. I like the Cimex but i use a swing machine for polishing because I can control the polish slurry better.
It's beautiful if you like it. I have it in my foyer and it's not an attractive color, and the people who did it inlaid some large soft stone pieces of some sort. And I mean large, 5"x13" type of large, all odd sizes, no symmetry. The floor is lumpy and uneven because of this and the entire thing looks like a dog's breakfast. I can only imagine how much it will cost to chip it all out. Ugh. Some people's taste. If it was all terrazzo I could live with it, but it is effing hideous as is.
@@peterdanaher1928 there is a company in Hialeah called Natural Surface Flooring. They checked my terrazzo and gave me a proposal. I found them through my neighbors. Good luck!
I would like to know how the ancient world made Terrazzo floors. The Parthenon in ancient Greece has Terrazzo floors that are over 2,000 years old and I would like to know how those floors were built. Modern builders should start using the ancient method of Terrazzo floors because there is proof that these floors last thousands of years.
Way back then terrazzo was made with natural clay as a base and then chips of native rock, stone, quartz, marble or whatever was at hand, was pressed into that clay. A VERY heavy stone roller was then pushed back and forth smashing the whole thing level (sorta). Next a stone was rubbed over the whole area to further flatten it. Sealing was then achieved by soaking the whole amalgam with goats milk and letting it dry.
@@RowenaRacca Concepts in Cleaning Inc. in Coconut Creek.(This is the company featured in this video) They restored all of the terrazzo in my house almost 10 years ago and I could not be happier.
How can I contact the company who did this job or a similar company?? I am in Miami Florida, desperately looking to do a restoration of terrazo floors just like this one.
thechosendude How do you protect the walls from the water/slurry when restoring terrazzo? Yes it looks like water is still going under the walls. Caulk? Someone said duck tape
Honestly that many grits seems like overkill. I've seen people do this kind of overkill with sharpening metal too. I think you really just need two grits. One rougher one with which you can make the surface nice and even again. And one, in the case of metal, removes the burr but also polishes the edge of course. So grinding and polishing. I don't really see the point of taking THAT many steps, unless you think you can save some time that way.
The terrazzo is put down when the house is built (mine in 1964)...it usually runs under the walls through the whole house. I found mine by accident when I had to remove other flooring. It is meant to be a lifetime flooring, but fell out of style. You clean it with water and a little vinegar. I have pets and children, and NOTHING is easier. It is also cool. The animals love it in the summer. It's not for everyone, but I love mine.
you saturated the floor with water that is being absorbed by the wall bottom plates. you have to reattach the baseboards because the floor in effect has been lowered.
Don't say you can never Teach an old floor guy New Tricks cuz I just learned something new wow I learn how using a two 2/3 stage chemical process man it's been a while since I've done trassel it's beautiful when you get it done one time I had to go to a bank and go wax a floor they were not happy with it cuz there was ripples in it it was Terrazzo layer waxing over I could not believe it course I couldn't get my boss to sign off on it so we just strip the wax and put new wax on it
This is too complicated for the average homeowner to do. Isn't there something SIMPLE AND EASY now in 2016 that the normal person can use to clean a terrazzo floor? Also,to get and keep the luster and shine? Thanks in advance for any new info.
Home owner could've saved himself a lot of money if he thought twice when pulling screws out of a terrazzo floor. Although of course some of the damage was already one. I honestly cannot imagine why anyone would screw a carpet over such a beautiful floor. Americans...
Robb Brush please explain for a layman like me what you mean in the posts. For example I have terrazzo under my tile. I'd like to polish it and not damage soak the house etc. any input is highly appreciated. I don't have the equipment but would rent or buy and do parts of the house and see how it goes. Thanks, Cyouincourt0070@gmail.com
Robb Brush please explain for a layman like me what you mean in the posts. For example I have terrazzo under my tile. I'd like to polish it and not damage soak the house etc. any input is highly appreciated. I don't have the equipment but would rent or buy and do parts of the house and see how it goes. Thanks, Cyouincourt0070@gmail.com
The terrazzo is sealed with a penetrating sealer which absorbs below the surface of the floor. Its liquid silicone and is solvent based. The solvent draws the liquid silicone below the surface and into the terrazzo. Now you will have stain protection and oil repellancy. Note: The terrazzo can still breath and lighten over time since the sealer is not a coating but an impregnating sealer below the surface. Thanks Frank Terrazzo Care Restoration Experts 954 818-2703. Call if you have any questions.
And by the time you pay for all that product and LABOR, you could have tiled your entire house with nice new, flawless tiles. I was considering polishing my terrazzo to see if I could get by without tiling, but after watching this video, tile it is.
@@robertbeirne9813 Terrazzo is usually placed on top of concrete. So the concrete would be the subfloor. Terrazzo is beautifull to cover terrazzo with tile does not make sense to me. It is easily restored.
And the tiles will always make sure to slip lose and be a pain in your butt for all.time and eternity. Signed, someone dealing with shitty tile over terrazzo.
30 grid diamond is the first step of grinding new terrazzo floor not for restoring , 70 grid diamond is enough for doing this work and 100 grid on the floor machine and buffing machine and no need 20 times, 4 to 6 time is more than enough it will give the same look as 20 times, too long process and too much water.
@@kcstoneguy, Should also be noted that you don't need to use something so cumbersome to refinish and polish terrazzo. I've been refinishing natural stone and terrazzo since 99 and have only ever used a standard floor machine with 75lbs max and had the same outcome as in this video.
I would do this size job w my hawk buffer. I’ve got a 400 lb machine for larger commercial jobs Residential I just use my swing buffer He did not mention regrouting the which u do if u start that low 70 metal cut is usually plenty So we start at 45 metal bond
terrazzo is a thing you either love or you don't. My terrazzo is lovely and cool (I'm in Florida). It has a diamond shine. Each design is different. Some pretty, some, not so much.
Terrazzo fits mid-century modern homes and was popular at that time. My floors are 60 years old, look new, easily maintained & cleaned. The house has settled and I live a few miles from the San Andreas fault. Terrazzo fortunately is not 100% rigid. Terrazzo allows for different granite, marble and glass chips in multiple textures & colors & provides customization options. Poured concrete floors are very similar to terrazzo and are popular in design homes & mansions. They are much less expensive & more practical to other natural floors.
Wrong way to polish terrazo floor, too much weight, too much water , wrong grinder etc. Today there are a better ways to polish marble, lime, terrazo, granite floors etc..Simple from 100 to 1500 and oxalic it's an option. Crystallized it's enough
True. You could stop grinding at 400 resin and let the floor dry a little while then just crystalize it. The method shown in this video is too much of everything.
One of the nicest jobs I ran was restoration on a Eichler home here in the Bay Area. We restored a complete cast terrazzo bathroom, which included a terrazzo tub set below the floor in the same terrazzo material, and a matching terrazzo countertop. The guys polished it all like new and, a slow process. But the result was just amazing. The confident use of the single terrazzo material for tub, counters, floor gave a unified look to this bath, more "solid" feeling than if it were done in several different materials.
Love Eichlers
I am a floor guy, but these guys are on a higher level.
Was a custodian 30 years and done lots of terrazzo hallways ,bathrooms,and cafeterias.green terrazzo and black terrazzo is butiful.
Dan Van Hoose You should have done the classrooms more often because your sentence structure is hideous.
To all of you nay-sayers... terrazzo is the bomb! I own rental houses and it is absolutely the best thing. it is far superior to tile, and you cant help but admire the craftsmanship that goes into it. I cant believe people covered that up with carpet, which holds odors and has to be replaced several times during the life of a home.As usual, there is always a pocket of people on youtube and facebook that just can't help themselves. They have to crap on or tear down the good works of others.
i agree 100% i work in the stone restoration business and i love terrazzo because of its durability and beauty its just like art.
There is no substitute for grinding the floor with metal honing discs and resin diamonds. No offense but natural grinding will produce a long lasting shine with no maintenance. Thanks Frank Please call if you have any questions I would like to talk to you about your process. Maybe we can share some ideas. PS I also install new terrazzo.
I hate laminate floor. One little water spill and the floor is fucked.
I crap all over your shitty terrazzo George. I have it all over my house and dream of smashing it to bits with a jackhammer nightly.
@@frankandreou5734 My hats off to you. Installing terrazzo is a tough job.
Our terrazzo area is about 1400 sq ft. We removed our carpet and, to save labor costs I removed all the tack strips with only a few very small divets at edges -- but mostly all the nails cut off flush to the floor with my little MacGyvered tool system and 3 taps per nail. We also removed heavily glued vinyl sheet in the kitchen. The swirls of carpet glue all lifted when the pro ground and polished, but the kitchen didn't turn out as bright as the other areas. It was worth the imperfections to have floors like I grew up with! The pro svce was about $2900 and we saved about $600 doing prep ourselves. I do have a complaint, though we are learning to ignore it...some large areas of the floors are pitted...I guess the grinder literally pulled up some of the little rocks. We just ignore and and enjoy our cool (looking and to the touch) white with light gray, dark gray, black colors! We have also found 1-3 little pink bits in almost every room...it's fun finding them. :)
Yes, many terrazzo floors will have pits in them. Floating the floor with a clear epoxy, letting it dry for two days then start grinding is the way to fill the holes.
@@noweare1 I have a beautiful terrazzo floor that was covered by carpet and parquet wood tiles. I removed the carpet and left the nails at the edges intact to be sawed off later. My first goal is to take the adhesive off of the floor. How can I do it? Thanks a lot for your input.
@@RowenaRacca There are two ways, use a stripper for adhesives that you can get at a hardware store. The other way is the terrazzo has to be refinished anyway so doing the first cut will probably be able to remove the adhesive anyways. I will mix some stripper in with the water if there is glue that I need to get off the terrazzo. Terrazzo is refinished wet so that helps with glue/adhesive removal.
@@noweare1 thank you for your response. Can you recommend a brand of stripper that I can use? I have 🤷♀️.
A M A Z I N G!! I really appreciated your video on terrazzo floors. I forwarded it to my boss (or boss's I should say). They have been having me use regular black nylon pads and srripper and a side to side and it's wasn't working.
I've been scraping it down sanding it by hand on the whole emergency room floor because quality matters to me. It's a large area and very time consuming and taking its toll physically. If I can attach a picture I will show you what it's like. they're finally getting me some better grade pads (60 grit and 120) so hopefully that will work.
They don't want to seal it and it looks like I'm going to have to wax it too. They're kind of backwards about the way they are having me do things so I hope your video will enlighten them.
Thank you for the visual.
-Andy
Working it out
I am so jealous of your terrazzo floors.IN THE LOUNGE ROOM.
that's so much water flowing into the walls
If you look closely you can see they put plastic sheeting up on the walls.
No the walls are protected w plastic and duct tape on the floor so it doesn’t damAge the walls
John Jackson Where do you see the duck tape on the floor? I don’t see it.
Well that’s how we do it I can’t really see how they did it in this video
We fill our patches after the initial grind too, so all the patches have have the same polish. As the rest of the floor..plus we tint the epoxy to match the cement color
I installed terazzo when I built my home in 1990. No one was using or even restoring it then. It is nice to se eit as a high end floor today. Just got through restoring mom's old 1959 floors and since the house was old the baseboards all had to come out, as well as the backing boards, many had termite damage and rot. Even using large amounts of water caused no damage to the walls because the rock lath is inches above the floor. New treated wood homemade flush baseboards eliminated the ugly ranch style that interfered with bookcases and will hold up far longer.
Just finished cleaning my terrazzo floors with a machine I rented. I got pretty good results but how do I clean the edges and corners?
Alot of nay sayers here but I've restoring Terrazzo for years and it is beautiful. Great job by the contractors btw. I like the Cimex but i use a swing machine for polishing because I can control the polish slurry better.
Where can I find someone to restore my floor, Old home in Boca Raton Call Peter 561-289-7524
@@peterdanaher1928 did you find a restoration company for terrazzo?
It's beautiful if you like it. I have it in my foyer and it's not an attractive color, and the people who did it inlaid some large soft stone pieces of some sort. And I mean large, 5"x13" type of large, all odd sizes, no symmetry. The floor is lumpy and uneven because of this and the entire thing looks like a dog's breakfast. I can only imagine how much it will cost to chip it all out. Ugh. Some people's taste. If it was all terrazzo I could live with it, but it is effing hideous as is.
@@OMGWTFLOLSMH I think certain styles are beautiful. I appreciate the hard work that goes into installing it.
@@peterdanaher1928 there is a company in Hialeah called Natural Surface Flooring. They checked my terrazzo and gave me a proposal. I found them through my neighbors. Good luck!
Nice work. Sir you are doing great job. Keep it up.
I would like to know how the ancient world made Terrazzo floors. The Parthenon in ancient Greece has Terrazzo floors that are over 2,000 years old and I would like to know how those floors were built. Modern builders should start using the ancient method of Terrazzo floors because there is proof that these floors last thousands of years.
Way back then terrazzo was made with natural clay as a base and then chips of native rock, stone, quartz, marble or whatever was at hand, was pressed into that clay. A VERY heavy stone roller was then pushed back and forth smashing the whole thing level (sorta). Next a stone was rubbed over the whole area to further flatten it. Sealing was then achieved by soaking the whole amalgam with goats milk and letting it dry.
Beautiful
How about rust? How can you get rust out when restoring terrazzo?
Can u recommend a terrazzo restoration professional in South Florida?
Looking for one also
@@RowenaRacca Concepts in Cleaning Inc. in Coconut Creek.(This is the company featured in this video) They restored all of the terrazzo in my house almost 10 years ago and I could not be happier.
Thank you. I had my terrazzo floor restored by another company in Miami. It came out 👍
CNF Maintenance restore and polish Terrazzo in Florida
Thanks for all the info in the description TOH, great job. But yeah, i'd never have a stone floor in my living room.
I would, in a warm climate, but not this ugly stuff.
How can I contact the company who did this job or a similar company?? I am in Miami Florida, desperately looking to do a restoration of terrazo floors just like this one.
will this also work on the large white patches? and can i hire floor cleaners and expect them to be able to clean my stained tarazzo floor?
sugar fitz no stains need poultice out or ground out. You do a heavy grind to get to clean rock
Isn't the water going into the walls?
Sheet rock is suppossed to be 1/4" above floor so no. Plus it dries. Normally contractors would mask off.
I would think the best way to fix Terrazzo no matter the condition would be to cover it up with something that is not ugly.
That is not why you get Terrazzo. It remains perfectly level for centuries.
Absolutely correct! Terrazzo blows
IFM Whaaaat?! Terrazzo’s awesome!
How much do they remove?
great work
Looks like a plastic skirt was setup around the base of the walls. Maybe it was to protect the walls from the water?
AgentRevo - it isn't doing anything, there's no way to seal it to the floor
Oh I see. I don't have any experience in this stuff but I find it enjoyable to watch.
yeah that drywall is now a terrazo slurry mould habitat.
thechosendude How do you protect the walls from the water/slurry when restoring terrazzo? Yes it looks like water is still going under the walls. Caulk? Someone said duck tape
Many homes in India have this.
Honestly that many grits seems like overkill. I've seen people do this kind of overkill with sharpening metal too.
I think you really just need two grits. One rougher one with which you can make the surface nice and even again. And one, in the case of metal, removes the burr but also polishes the edge of course.
So grinding and polishing. I don't really see the point of taking THAT many steps, unless you think you can save some time that way.
And only for near the cost of gold plating the entire house.
+Maxid1 Hell to the yes....lmao
Rent this equipment from Homdepot. You could do this in your entire hour for under $4000.
But, if we bring in the professional, we are talking about $12000+
+Danyal Ahmad Depends on if you want a professional finish or an amateur finish.
+Maxid1 I think the point is they're showing you how to do it yourself if you want to.
Its aggressive
The Venetians had numbers. They could throw dozens of people on a surface with grinding stones and probably get it done faster
cool
Hell ya they better seal that
Can you safely pressure wash a terrazzo floor
You should never pressure wash terrazzo thats coming from 20 years of restoration and new installation experience
labour intensive work.. Might consider other options .. Cheaper
Yeah, a jackhammer.
It would cost half to install pre- finished hardwood.
Who installed these floors in the first place?
The terrazzo is put down when the house is built (mine in 1964)...it usually runs under the walls through the whole house. I found mine by accident when I had to remove other flooring. It is meant to be a lifetime flooring, but fell out of style. You clean it with water and a little vinegar. I have pets and children, and NOTHING is easier. It is also cool. The animals love it in the summer. It's not for everyone, but I love mine.
Melissa Harrison You don’t want to use vinegar on terrazzo. Too acidic. You want a neutral floor cleaner. Like Zep from Home Depot
What did this project cost per sq ft to restore the floor? Notice how they left that piece of info out of the video...
Hard to tell since the areas are so small. Its prob around $8/sf for this small job.
Does it look cheap? Nope.
hey, guys maybe you can help me do it my garage floor. This old house..
I prefer wet grinding, better results!
Feels better too.
you saturated the floor with water that is being absorbed by the wall bottom plates. you have to reattach the baseboards because the floor in effect has been lowered.
Don't say you can never Teach an old floor guy New Tricks cuz I just learned something new wow I learn how using a two 2/3 stage chemical process man it's been a while since I've done trassel it's beautiful when you get it done one time I had to go to a bank and go wax a floor they were not happy with it cuz there was ripples in it it was Terrazzo layer waxing over I could not believe it course I couldn't get my boss to sign off on it so we just strip the wax and put new wax on it
B D no wax it dosnt absorb. You have to use the grit 200 to 300 then polish with a resin pad and seal it. No wax bro
The dude did use too much water
Oops 200 to 3000
@@tobyb.3323 Nope, that floor needed metals. He started with the correct grit.
This is too complicated for the average homeowner to do. Isn't there something SIMPLE AND EASY now in 2016 that the normal person can use to clean a terrazzo floor? Also,to get and keep the luster and shine? Thanks in advance for any new info.
memsat2001 just strip and wax the floor with commercial grade wax, like 25% solids..most carpet cleaners do that or a janitorial company.
The new waxes are all acrylics so they don’t yellow like the 1940 stuff which had bees wax ...do not use any of the stuff at the grocery
I have paint over my terrazzo floors. How can I get it up to see the condition of the terrazzo?
Couldn’t u just have stripped it and done it with half of the diamonds u put on ? Idk seems excessive 😊
Home owner could've saved himself a lot of money if he thought twice when pulling screws out of a terrazzo floor.
Although of course some of the damage was already one. I honestly cannot imagine why anyone would screw a carpet over such a beautiful floor.
Americans...
So where does all that extra water in the room grow ….my guess creating mold in the walls
Terrazzo floor in this home looks like it needs a good cleaning, not a grind-down resurfacing.
Robb Brush please explain for a layman like me what you mean in the posts. For example I have terrazzo under my tile. I'd like to polish it and not damage soak the house etc. any input is highly appreciated. I don't have the equipment but would rent or buy and do parts of the house and see how it goes. Thanks, Cyouincourt0070@gmail.com
Robb Brush please explain for a layman like me what you mean in the posts. For example I have terrazzo under my tile. I'd like to polish it and not damage soak the house etc. any input is highly appreciated. I don't have the equipment but would rent or buy and do parts of the house and see how it goes. Thanks, Cyouincourt0070@gmail.com
you gotta seal that shit
The terrazzo is sealed with a penetrating sealer which absorbs below the surface of the floor. Its liquid silicone and is solvent based. The solvent draws the liquid silicone below the surface and into the terrazzo. Now you will have stain protection and oil repellancy. Note: The terrazzo can still breath and lighten over time since the sealer is not a coating but an impregnating sealer below the surface. Thanks Frank Terrazzo Care Restoration Experts 954 818-2703. Call if you have any questions.
And by the time you pay for all that product and LABOR, you could have tiled your entire house with nice new, flawless tiles. I was considering polishing my terrazzo to see if I could get by without tiling, but after watching this video, tile it is.
Tile isn't flawless. Grout gets dirty. Grout can crack if there is any movement in the floor creating loose tiles. If the subfloor is right then yeah.
@@noweare1 you mean a subfloor like terrazzo?
@@robertbeirne9813 Terrazzo is usually placed on top of concrete. So the concrete would be the subfloor. Terrazzo is beautifull to cover terrazzo with tile does not make sense to me. It is easily restored.
And the tiles will always make sure to slip lose and be a pain in your butt for all.time and eternity. Signed, someone dealing with shitty tile over terrazzo.
6:34 not anymore you won't going to have to fix those ducking walls from water damage.
30 grid diamond is the first step of grinding new terrazzo floor not for restoring , 70 grid diamond is enough for doing this work and 100 grid on the floor machine and buffing machine and no need 20 times, 4 to 6 time is more than enough it will give the same look as 20 times, too long process and too much water.
That thing is not 800 pounds!
Yeah it is w the weights. Run one for a day you’ll see that’s a Terrco terrazzo grinder,old school
@@kcstoneguy, Should also be noted that you don't need to use something so cumbersome to refinish and polish terrazzo.
I've been refinishing natural stone and terrazzo since 99 and have only ever used a standard floor machine with 75lbs max and had the same outcome as in this video.
I would do this size job w my hawk buffer. I’ve got a 400 lb machine for larger commercial jobs Residential I just use my swing buffer He did not mention regrouting the which u do if u start that low 70 metal cut is usually plenty So we start at 45 metal bond
@@TheRedverb Yes, can be done but slower. Need the weight on the lower grits for faster cutting.
4:26
How many passes to whiten teeth, 20 passes each tooth?
Next project - replace all that drywall that soaked up the water
The floors look like something in a high school cafeteria. Hideous. All that money for nothing.
terrazzo is a thing you either love or you don't. My terrazzo is lovely and cool (I'm in Florida). It has a diamond shine. Each design is different. Some pretty, some, not so much.
I guess that proves you don't know everything...
were you bullied in high school
Jeffrey B Reason you use terrazo. If you want your floor to be level until your grandson is dead you will get a floor made out of it.
Terrazzo fits mid-century modern homes and was popular at that time. My floors are 60 years old, look new, easily maintained & cleaned. The house has settled and I live a few miles from the San Andreas fault. Terrazzo fortunately is not 100% rigid. Terrazzo allows for different granite, marble and glass chips in multiple textures & colors & provides customization options. Poured concrete floors are very similar to terrazzo and are popular in design homes & mansions. They are much less expensive & more practical to other natural floors.
We did this for our resort. Not worth it.
Wrong way to polish terrazo floor, too much weight, too much water , wrong grinder etc. Today there are a better ways to polish marble, lime, terrazo, granite floors etc..Simple from 100 to 1500 and oxalic it's an option. Crystallized it's enough
True. You could stop grinding at 400 resin and let the floor dry a little while then just crystalize it. The method shown in this video is too much of everything.
Good bye paper chalk drywall with all this water. Modern houses are junk.
The floor was ugly before, and ugly after.
The only way to help an ugly floor like that is with a jack hammer.
Too much bullshit. Terrazzo blows
And then the next homeowner comes in and rips it out or covers it up again.