How To Fix Cracked Cement Floor

Load a cartridge of liquid concrete repair compound into the cradle of a caulk gun.

How to fix cracked cement floor.

Concrete surfaces cannot be repaired with concrete. Instead use a concrete. 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.

Sweep away any loose debris then vacuum the crack. Make another pass with the caulk gun if the first bead didn t fill the entire crack. Prepare the cracked area for patching. Then after another 10 minutes use the concrete rubbing stone or the palm sander to smoothen the repair material even.

With a cold chisel and large hammer undercut the edges of the crack. Directions with a wire brush clean the crack. First use a small hammer and chisel in combination to knock away any. Then fill the remainder of the groove and smooth it over.

If you don t want to use a diamond grinder. To use the concrete filler cut the nozzle off the bottle and slowly fill the cracks image 1. Snip about 1 8 in 0 32 cm off of the tip then run a continuous bead of compound along the crack. Run a bead of epoxy concrete repair compound along the crack.

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. If grease oil or dirt remains. Choose your concrete repair product.

This will help hold the patch in place. Pour concrete resurfacing mixture into the crack and smooth it out with a rubber floor squeegee.