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What is Certi Shine, Bomanite, Retro Plate, Diamond Crete, Perfect Polish or Natural Wonder and how it relates to concrete polishing?

Bomanite, Retro Plate, Certi Shine, Perfect Polish, Natural Wonder as well as Diamond Crete are systems and that is it. Each one of these systems uses a densifier.

----- As per Concrete Construction, September 2004 isue -----
No matter which product you use, they all have one thing in common: They chemically react with calcium hydroxide (also referred to as "portlandite") to produce calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H), the same material that results from the reaction between portland cement and water, giving concrete much of its strength
Sodium silicate, the most common liquid hardener, is the least expensive. It also goes by the old name "water glass." Potassium silicate is probably next in terms of popularity. Lithium silicates are beginning to be marketed more because they can counter the effects of reactive aggregates when they are present in concrete. (Remember, for surface applications they affect only the surface regions of the concrete.) It's claimed that potassium and lithium products produce less "bloom" or whitening than does sodium....

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