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Author: John Strieder
How to Remove Paint, Rust Stains, Adhesives & Oil from Concrete
Many decorative jobs require cleaning up an existing slab. Here’s a look at products that remove paint, rust, adhesives or grease.
Plate Compactors and Rammers: Making a Choice Before the Concrete Pour
When raw soil or aggregate needs to be compacted before a pour, what do decorative concrete contractors use to pound the ground? Rollers are too much machine for smaller jobs. So generally, the choice is between rammers and vibratory plate compactors.
Exposed Aggregate Meets Imprinted Colored Concrete in a Waterfront Walkway
The decorative surface was going to be troweled and stained. But after Brock was hired, he made another suggestion: a stamping job instead, using the Coquina Stone With Sea Shells feathered texture mat from Proline Stamps. Impressions of shells, sea horses and assorted sea life would improve traction and complement the seaside setting.
Add Faux Concrete Rocks to Your Decorative Concrete Portfolio
Whether you create them on site or buy them precast, faux rocks can be a valuable part of your portfolio.
Protecting your Concrete Finishing Brush or Broom
A concrete finishing broom is an artist’s tool, and like any important tool, it needs to be treated with care.
How to Select Brushes and Brooms for the Ideal Concrete Finish
Concrete contracting doesn’t usually lend itself to sweeping generalizations, but here’s a good one: If a contractor wants to give a curing concrete slab more slip resistance, the easiest, simplest solution is to drag a broom across it.
Preventative Concrete Coatings Contractors Can Use to Avoid Graffiti
You can’t guarantee that taggers won’t mar your work, but there are protective coatings for graffiti removal you can use to make cleanup easier. A concrete contractor uses stains, washes, paint and textures to give a unique, personal touch to a bare concrete wall. A tagger uses graffiti to do […]
Favorite Photos from World of Concrete 2005
A few of Concrete Decor’s favortie photos from World of Concrete 2005
Versatile Building Products: Garage Floor Project
When a pair of specialists from Versatile Building Products made a January trek from California to Oregon to coat a concrete floor, their first concern was the cold.
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