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Polished concrete floors and counters are easy with silicate densifiers
Paints, finishes and natural coatings

Finishing polished concrete floors with silicate densifiers

Polished concrete floors are extremely durable and non-toxic; silicate-based densifiers keep them that way and make it a great start to safe indoor-air quality in a home. This is an excellent flooring option for anyone with chemical sensitivities who wants a beautiful and durable eco-friendly floor in their passive sol...

Refinishing hardwood floors, top tips for sanding wooden floors DIY
Flooring and stairs

Refinishing hardwood floors or wood planks, top sanding tips

...floors yourself, or skip directly to how to refinish hardwood floors, below. Be careful, only real hardwood or wood plank floors can be refinished by sanding them down, vinyl plank floors are a firm "No!" Floor preparation, the first step to the perfectly sanded and refinished wood floor After all that, start by movi...