Polished concrete vs grind and seal

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Polished Concrete vs Grind and Seal: Which Is Right for You

Two floors can look almost identical in a photo and still perform completely differently once you’re living on them, which is exactly the gap between polished concrete and grind and seal. Mechanical polishing works the existing concrete itself, refining it in stages until the surface is the wearing layer. Grind and seal instead prepares the slab and finishes it with a topical coating, so the sheen and durability come from that coating rather than the concrete underneath. That difference matters most over time, since the two systems age, scratch and get maintained in different ways. Knowing which one you’re actually being quoted for matters more than comparing price alone.

An approximate area is fine. The right system starts with an assessment.