What is ground and polished concrete? How do we determine the difference between a topical-polished floor, in which a product has been applied to the floor to seal it, and a mechanical polish with bonded abrasives?
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The Growing Popularity of Metallic Coatings
Thanks to new products and growing consumer interest, metallic-infused concrete coatings have everyone’s attention
Seven Fundamental Ways to Improve Your Sales
Making sales is arguably the most fundamental function of business. Maintaining an effective and relevant sales strategy is absolutely critical since it directly impacts your top-line (gross sales) growth more than any other function. Here are seven actions you can implement today to win more decorative concrete jobs and increase sales.
Sanding and Buffing Coatings on Cast Concrete Pieces
Concrete tables and countertops are held to a higher standard of appearance, feel and performance than floors and walls. And the final element of the finished piece — the interface between the concrete and the customer — is the coating.
Awesome Pool Side Concrete Hardscape
East Coast met West Coast and “old school” joined up with state-of-the-art hardscape concrete work at an award-winning residential project in Andover, Mass. The three-level backyard spread, including patio, pool, fire pit and surrounding walls, earned project owner New England Hardscapes, of Acton, Mass., an ASCC design award.
New Metallic Products Fuel the Trend in Decorative Concrete
As the popularity of metallic floors blossoms, more and more installers are beginning to buy their metallic pigments directly from other sources to save some money and several companies have added metallic pigment products to their lineup.
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.
