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john west June 20th 18 07:37 PM

Smarten up concrete with something
 
Someone with a large area of thick and substantial, but scruffy concrete
in the front of their house wants to smarten it up.
They do not want to spend too much money.
It would need to take the weight of a car, but they do not want the new
type Bonded Resin Coating because of the cost. Any suggestions please?

[email protected] June 20th 18 09:11 PM

Smarten up concrete with something
 
On Wednesday, 20 June 2018 19:37:22 UTC+1, john west wrote:
Someone with a large area of thick and substantial, but scruffy concrete
in the front of their house wants to smarten it up.
They do not want to spend too much money.
It would need to take the weight of a car, but they do not want the new
type Bonded Resin Coating because of the cost. Any suggestions please?


any finish you apply will wear off then look even worse. I suspect cleaning it is all you can do.


NT

FMurtz June 21st 18 07:03 AM

Smarten up concrete with something
 
wrote:
On Wednesday, 20 June 2018 19:37:22 UTC+1, john west wrote:
Someone with a large area of thick and substantial, but scruffy concrete
in the front of their house wants to smarten it up.
They do not want to spend too much money.
It would need to take the weight of a car, but they do not want the new
type Bonded Resin Coating because of the cost. Any suggestions please?


any finish you apply will wear off then look even worse. I suspect cleaning it is all you can do.


NT

You can grind it with a hired concrete polishing machine but it is time
consuming.

GB June 21st 18 09:00 AM

Smarten up concrete with something
 
On 20/06/2018 21:11, wrote:
On Wednesday, 20 June 2018 19:37:22 UTC+1, john west wrote:
Someone with a large area of thick and substantial, but scruffy concrete
in the front of their house wants to smarten it up.
They do not want to spend too much money.
It would need to take the weight of a car, but they do not want the new
type Bonded Resin Coating because of the cost. Any suggestions please?


any finish you apply will wear off then look even worse. I suspect cleaning it is all you can do.


NT


We have a textured concrete drive that was pretty old when we bought the
house 20 years ago. I have avoided all offers to clean it, as shabby
dirty looks better than uniform clean concrete. Your view may differ.

If only I could get some moss to grow ...





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