Restoring Concrete Driveway finish

[Vashtie 14]

We had our driveway power-washed and unfortunately stripped off some of the finish. Appreciate any advice/opinions on possibility of having a concrete refinisher restore the concrete drive. Also, after it is refinished, does it need to be sealed?

Great website!!

[Beth n Rod 1,279]

I'll send this link to a couple folks I know who do this type of thing and see if I can get them to respond.

Beth

[Celeste 341]

Hi Vashti :)

We do decorative resurfacing which can correct a myriad of "little accidents" that happen on driveways. If you simply want the driveway to look like it did prior to the cream coat being removed, your least expensive route may be to contact your local concrete company. If you want to go all out and make it strikingly beautiful, take a look at www.puretexture.com. There are installers all over and the office should be able to refer someone in your area. We travel, but it's not cheap :)

Celeste

[John Doherty 126]

Those of us who do this have the systems that we like and use. I use Elite Crete, here's the site of an installer in Ga, I'm not sure if they travel that far but if not, they probably know someone who does.

They can do a simple gray broom finish, it's probably the least expensive option. To answer your other question, yes it definately needs to be sealed and that would be included in the price.

http://www.southernelitecrete.com/

[Jim Carroll 14]

Those of us who do this have the systems that we like and use. I use Elite Crete, here's the site of an installer in Ga, I'm not sure if they travel that far but if not, they probably know someone who does.

They can do a simple gray broom finish, it's probably the least expensive option. To answer your other question, yes it definately needs to be sealed and that would be included in the price.

http://www.southernelitecrete.com/

I disagree on it needing to be sealed. if you could post some pics I could give you some direction on refinishing it.

[Celeste 341]

I agree somewhat with Jim. Depending on what you put on it, sealing would be an option, however, sealing your concrete just to be sealing it does have some benefits on its own.

Celeste

[John Doherty 126]

Just to clarify, an overlay, at least an Elite Crete overlay, would be sealed, and any price you are given on it would include that. Sorry for any confusion.