Whether corporate colors or a designer built color scheme, polished concrete can also be dyed to create translucent colors in the polished concrete floors’ surface. Note, polished concrete is a non topical floor finish and to retain the longevity of the polished concrete life- the color dyed application is also a non topical, non film forming dye product. There are benefits and also negatives in adding a dyed floor coloring to your polished concrete floor.
Benefits of Polished Concrete Dyes
Create corporate colors in polished concrete floor system.
Transform typical gray or tan polished concrete to various color options
Differentiate different sections of polished concrete warehouse or office flooring by distinct color patterns or polished concrete color separations.
Setbacks of Polished Concrete Dyes
Will not hide surface descrepencies; i.e. existing stains, discoloration from prior flooring (shadow lines).
Will not create ‘even’ color across polished concrete surface; being applied to a porous polished concrete surface the color visually reflects the surface below.
Will not hide uneven stone appearance in concrete, polished concrete dyes are translucent.
Future spills more likely to create ‘stains’ in polished concrete surface due to causing bleed out of the polished concrete dye.