Southern Color, recently bought by Rockwood Pigments, continues its tradition of customer service while it expands nationwide.
Topics
The Basic Principles of Crack Repair on Concrete Slabs
A how-to guide on fixing or repairing cracks in concrete.
How to Choose the Right Concrete Overlay
Things to consider when choosing from the ever-growing array of options. Be sure to match product attributes with the substrate and the desired outcome.
Polished Concrete: Scratches and Light Reflectivity
“Polished Perspectives” will focus on providing simple, sound information on how to deliver a polished concrete floor to your customer — one that both you and your customer will be proud of. To me there is no better place to start than with the basics: your ability to use your diamonds to establish proper scratch patterns.
Fu-Tung Cheng Concrete Exchange Design Awards
At a wine and cheese gala held during the WOC tradeshow, Concrete Exchange presented awards to the winners of its first concrete countertop design competition.
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.
Make an Outdoor Fish Prepping Concrete Countertop
This concrete fish prepping table top was made by Michael Dahl, who precast it in a foam mold and used small mixes of different integral colors to create the mottled effect. The top of the sink is ground to expose the aggregate within the concrete.
Brickform Skins Flex to Suit
When it comes to texture skins, flexibility is often appreciated, and Brickform LLC aims to please.
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.
Self-Cleaning Concrete using Photocatalysts
This photocatalyst reacts to light and breaks down dirt, mold and pollution. It keeps concrete clean and cleans up the air at the same time!.
