Digging Deep For Creativity At the YMCA

Would you ever think flooring like this would be salvageable?

The YMCA and Concrete Arts has had a long lasting relationship, and it works out great. We've been able to dig deep into our creativity in repairing some of the worst existing floors that we've seen.

We've recently did a polished floor up in Longville, MN at YMCA's Camp Olson. As you saw in the pictures above, the flooring was in tough shape. The edging of the tile was cracked for so long that the sealers and waxes put over the existing flooring left stains in the concrete base. The flooring also had random cracks throughout the base surface. To mask these problems areas, the floor was grinded down and cracks were repaired. We then put a precast edging around the floor edges to hide the stains. We also added in random decorative saw cuts to hide the existing cracks. Each area was filled in with a different colored dye to add dimension.

Below are a few pictures of the final phases at Camp Olson.

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Carly Dus

Concrete Arts

http://www.concretearts.com/

Lake Effect Project Finished

I finally got to go up to Osceola today to see the final product or our lake effect polishing project. I posted pictures below. It looks great! The lake is vibrant and portrays motion, the rock in the path jumps out at you, and the stampable overlay of the woodplank looks great. Check it out!

Carly

Concrete Arts

http://www.concretearts.com/

Polished Concrete - Lake effect

I wanted to share with you a job that we are doing up in Osceola, WI for an Airport Hanger. It's a really neat polishing job. When most people think of our concrete polishing service, they think of plain gray, commercial, and boring. What they don’t' know is the many advantages. It's extremely durable and versatile with ease of maintenance. You get the look of the different levels of rock exposure and can add in virtually any color.

We are in the process of completing the job. I wanted to give you some before pictures and then in a couple days I'll post the after shots.

Background:

What our client is looking for is a decorative space to give the illusion of his plane landing on water next to his cabin. To give that creative look, we polished the main water area to an exposure level 2 which shows a light sand look and blended two dye colors to give the illusion of water. From the Airport Hanger door to the Cabin door, we polished a path to an exposure level four which shows a heavy rock look. We used one dye, malt brown, on the path. Around his cabin we did a stampable overlay. The overlays used our wood plank stamp which was later stained to give a mottled look.

Carly

Concrete Arts

http://www.concretearts.com/

Polishing - Floor Restoration

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The YMCA carpets were worn-out and had visible stains and water damage which hindered the overall appeal of the building. A custom polished floor deemed the best solution for the YMCA due to its durability and ability to save on maintenance costs.

During the preparation of the floor, we found many challenges once the carpet was removed. There were uneven heights in the flooring due to separate foundation floors and random cracking. To fix this base problem, cracks were routed out and filled with Polymer modified grouts and structural cracks were filled with Epoxy to bond slabs back together.

To enhance the appeal of the flooring, faux joints were cut in and grouted to simulate an ashlar slate pattern in the flooring and individual ashlar squares were custom stained to add dimension. The YMCA now has a durable floor that looks great and it’s easier to maintain.