How To Fix Cracked Cement Floor

Feather the edges to get the best appearance.

How to fix cracked cement floor.

Load a cartridge of liquid concrete repair compound into the cradle of a caulk gun. To use the concrete filler cut the nozzle off the bottle and slowly fill the cracks image 1. This will help hold the patch in place. Make another pass with the caulk gun if the first bead didn t fill the entire crack.

Prepare the cracked area for patching. Sweep away any loose debris then vacuum the crack. If grease oil or dirt remains. With a cold chisel and large hammer undercut the edges of the crack.

Directions with a wire brush clean the crack. Check the cracks in a few minutes to see whether the filler has settled. Scrape off most of the excess repair material after about 10 minutes using the putty knife. Pour concrete resurfacing mixture into the crack and smooth it out with a rubber floor squeegee.

Run a bead of epoxy concrete repair compound along the crack. If you don t want to use a diamond grinder. Then after another 10 minutes use the concrete rubbing stone or the palm sander to smoothen the repair material even. Choose your concrete repair product.

If you re using mixed concrete patch mix according to the manufacturer s direction and then trowel the patch into the crack image 2. Concrete surfaces cannot be repaired with concrete. Choose your concrete repair product. Snip about 1 8 in 0 32 cm off of the tip then run a continuous bead of compound along the crack.

Then fill the remainder of the groove and smooth it over. With a small paintbrush coat the crack.