Terrazzo Floor Finish

Whether you choose to do an in situ pour of terrazzo or opt for pre made terrazzo floor tiles a professional installer will usually finish the entire floor by sanding it then polishing and sealing it thus creating a seamless floor even with the tile option the grout between tiles will be completely level with the terrazzo tiles.

Terrazzo floor finish.

In lieu of grinding and polishing the finish is achieved by lightly washing away some of the cement before curing exposing the marble granite and or quartz aggregate. Flooring terrazzo types of terrazzo aesthetic appearance. In the past wax and acrylic finish were used as a sealer and gloss. After it is cured it is ground and polished smooth or otherwise finished to produce a unifor.

It consists of chips of marble quartz granite glass or other suitable material poured with a cementitious binder polymeric or a combination of both. Rustic terrazzo also known as washed terrazzo is typically an exterior application with its slip resistant textured finish. Standard terrazzois made from relatively small stone chips and is typically. Angle grinder or orbital sander diamond polishing pads or wet dry sanding pads grits ranging from 40 to 3500 depending on your floor shop vacuum awl stiff bristle brush not metal white portland cement and or tintable epoxy depending on the size of cracks penetrating sealer for.

Thin set terrazzois a 1 4 or 3 8 thick resinous topping that is directly applied over a sub floor. It is 5 8 thick and contains 75 marble on the surface terrazzo was originally ground to an 80 to 100 grit finish. Terrazzo is a composite material poured in place or precast which is used for floor and wall treatments.