The time will come when a general contractor, architect or another flooring contractor will ask you to bid on polishing floors in a new construction project.
Vol. 13 No. 7 – October 2013
Improved Practices Make Better Polished Concrete School Floors
On of the advantages of landing a contract for several polishing jobs is that the later ones can improve on the minor missteps of the earlier ones. A recent pair of jobs for the Yakima, Wash., School District is a classic case in point.
Vertical Polished Concrete Inspires Innovators
What do you do when your client asks for polished concrete walls? Not many contractors have responded to that request in the affirmative so far, but some are starting to ask, “Why not?”
A Strategy for Marketing Decorative Concrete
Cory Hanneman has put a lot of thought into developing a sales strategy for decorative concrete that involves, in his words, “raging against the big-box machine” and its road map of “massive selection and predictability.”
Decorative Concrete Acts as a North Star for this Artisan
Decorative concrete is more than an occupation or a career for Cory Hanneman. It gave him direction at a time when he needed a compass.
Casting Thin Concrete Furniture with GFRC
The acceptance of glass-fiber reinforced concrete (GFRC) has inspired a current trend toward light, thin and delicate concrete furniture.
To illustrate what GFRC can do in furniture form, Jeffrey Girard of The Concrete Countertop Institute describes three projects — a table, a lounge chair and an S chair — that show off the strengths of the material.
Consistent Concrete Yields Superior Stamped Concrete Projects
Behind every successful slab of stamped concrete is an accumulation of effort by you (the decorative concrete artist) and your local ready-mix provider. If one participant falls short the project becomes compromised, maybe not to the point of being unsalvageable but still to where it does not meet the goal of most professionals.
The Acid Stain Looked Good at First… What Went Wrong?
We then washed the floor with soap and water and removed almost all of the color. The floor now looks spotty and ugly. Why did all the color come off, and what can I do to make it look like it did before I cleaned the floor?
How an Experienced Concrete Contractor Explains Color Options to Customers
I love color. Bright, vibrant, fun colors that pop. Deep, rich tones that soothe. Soft, gentle tones with minimal contrast. Thinking about color always leads to texture, mottling, layering, variegation or marbling. I cannot think of one instance when I would want a paintlike solid color on one of my projects. To me, color and depth go hand in hand.
Plaza Uses Decorative Concrete to Educate People About Water
Located in the East Bay District of Olympia — Washington’s capital city — the East Bay Public Plaza celebrates a theme of water stewardship with interactive water features that re-create natural shoreline, streambed and wetland areas.
