The steps taken to achieve a sleek and shiny surface on concrete is known as concrete polishing and it requires abrasives to complete. In the case polishing, coarse grained abrasives are first used to remove the surface imperfections and plain shine is given with fine abrasives afterwards. Commonly used abrasives include silicon carbide and diamond based ones. The commercial and industrial sectors are increasingly adopting polished concrete floors. The stratifying polish abrasives of diamond or silicon carbide contribute to penetrating the floor concrete's esthetic appearance but also the ease of undermining the floor’s maintenance requirements. Also, polished concrete surfaces greatly decrease the need of supplementary lighting due to the heightened reflectivity of light after polishing the concrete.