Polishing contractors take note: There may be a future in grinding and sealing concrete driveways.
Vol. 12 No. 6 – August/September 2012
Stamping Concrete the Old-Fashioned Way
Unique Concrete, a family-run business out of West Milford, N.J., stamps concrete without the stamp and texture mats of today. Instead, they use old-fashioned tools to create a layer of what they call “cast-in-place concrete tile or stone.”
How Concrete Hardness Affects Diamond Life
How long is a set of diamonds supposed to last? Or more to the point, what kind of square footage can I expect out of a set of diamonds?
Concrete Countertop Casting in the Summer Heat
Summertime brings challenges to almost everyone in the concrete industry. Heat and humidity can turn an ordinary job into a frantic scramble.
Concrete Artisan Develops New Product While Business is Slow
Artisan in Concrete – Change is what they do. Quick and Ickes started in business together in 1998 as a commercial pressure washing company.
Compass High School in Arizona Teaches Concrete Skills to Students
A high school teaching students the finer points of polishing? Bryon “Bru” Bruington, technical sales director for Kut-Rite Manufacturing Co., based in Michigan, heard about Compass High School from a colleague. “I was instructing for our polishing school in Tulsa, Okla., and a high school from Tucson had sent some […]
Most Common Problems with Tape on Concrete and Their Solutuions
It is widely known that the decorative concrete industry has struggled with tape issues for decades. These range from the tape tearing when overlays are being applied, or stain bleeding under the tape, to adhesive effectiveness when the tape gets wet.
A Leather-look Concrete Fireplace
Twelve feet high when stacked and installed, the black panels on either side of the center were poured against fabric. They look somewhat like roughened metal or steel.
Nightclub at Wild Horse Pass Casino Gets Glittery Concrete Ramp
You can bet your boots that it wasn’t easy to overlay the three glittering, aggregate-spiked ramps that lead down from the VIP lounge to the dance floor in the nightclub of the Wild Horse Pass Casino.
Calvary Christian School Art Room Holland, Mich.
What better place is there to experiment with various decorative concrete techniques than in a high-school art classroom?
