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May/June 2020 – Online Exclusive

As part of an office renovation in downtown Chicago, the existing concrete floor was grinded, stenciled, stained and sealed. Part of the process involved manipulating the intensity of the stain and erasing parts of the stencil to create a worn look

Newly Stenciled Concrete Made to Look Worn and Faded

When Robert D. Bauer first laid eyes on Eastlake Studio’s rendering for the new headquarters for Waystar, a healthcare-related technology company in Chicago, it intrigued the president of CCI Flooring. The project involved remodeling an office building in downtown Chicago. Their goal focused on creating a wide-open space with distressed […]

Spartacote Flex Pure Clinical Plus has been in high demand during the pandemic because not only does the polyaspartic polyurea have anti-microbial properties, it is also very fast drying. Installation crews can get in and out in a matter of days.

Hygiene-centric Products Can Help Achieve Sanitation, Social Distancing

Concrete Coatings May/June 2020 - Online Exclusive by K. Schipper Comments are Disabled

“Never waste a good crisis.” This a quotation that’s been attributed to everyone from Winston Churchill to Barack Obama’s first chief of staff. Regardless of who said it first, whether you’re currently viewed by your state or local government as “essential” or you’re chomping at the bit to get back […]

Carved concrete coffee table on a mutli-colored area rug.

Polished Concrete Tops Off Coffee Table

Concrete Furniture Vertical & Carved Concrete May/June 2020 - Online Exclusive by Stacey Enesey Klemenc Comments are Disabled

When Cody Carpenter invited Warren Ness as the vertical concrete carving instructor for Carpenter’s Plan B Studio training program last fall in Tacoma, Washington, Ness detailed plans to make a coffee table. It would resemble a large boulder with pops of color, dendritic plant embellishments and a flat top. The […]