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The Beauty of Troweled Overlays

Vol. 4 No. 4 - August/September 2004 Concrete Overlays & Toppings by David Thompson Comments are Disabled

Like an artist’s paintbrush on canvas, the trowel can create a wide variety of effects on overlays.

Sometimes there’s no better way to finish a cementitious topping than to get down on your hands and kneeboards and go to town with a trowel.

Vertical Concrete Overlays: Decorative and Durable

Vertical & Carved Concrete Vol. 5 No. 4 - August/September 2005 Concrete Overlays & Toppings by Mike Dawson Comments are Disabled

Owners of commercial and retail establishments are discovering the benefits of beautiful, easy-to-clean concrete walls.

Midwest Rake Flexible Blade Smoother

Tools & Equipment Vol. 4 No. 6 - December 2004/January 2005 by Concrete Decor Staff Comments are Disabled

Designed to work with cementitious and viscous materials, the smoother is a steel blade with round corners, angled to maximize surface impact and attached to an aluminum handle.

Crete Master Concrete Surface Finisher

Tools & Equipment Vol. 4 No. 6 - December 2004/January 2005 by Concrete Decor Staff Comments are Disabled

Crete Master’s smooth-as-glass countertop finish, a hand-held surface finisher that excels in finishing concrete counter tops, horizontal and vertical overlays, colored hardeners, edges on concrete slabs and many other applications that require a smooth finish.

A Primer on Pozzolans

Vol. 5 No. 1 - February/March 2005 Concrete Placing by Michael Chusid Comments are Disabled

Portland cement consists primarily of calcium silicates. When mixed with water, a chemical reaction known as hydration creates calcium silicate hydrate (CSH). Needle-like crystals of CSH interlock to hold concrete together, almost like a glue.

Lafarge North America Artevia Decorative Concrete

Vol. 5 No. 1 - February/March 2005 Staining & Coloring Concrete by Concrete Decor Staff Comments are Disabled

Lafarge North America is putting some color in its catalog with its new line of Artevia colored concrete.

Counter-Flo Concrete Countertop Admixture: A Water Reducer

Technology Concrete Countertops Vol. 5 No. 4 - August/September 2005 by Concrete Decor Staff Comments are Disabled

Counter-Flo Concrete Countertop Admixture, an admixture from Fritz-Pak Corp., is intended to solve that problem. It’s a water reducer designed for use when creating concrete countertops and statuary. It helps concrete maintain an adequate flow rate with less water, allowing a contractor to lower the amount added to a mix.

Magical Decorative Concrete Castle

Concrete Art Concrete Maintenance Vol. 5 No. 4 - August/September 2005 by Concrete Decor Staff Comments are Disabled

Step inside Bart Sacco’s gated castle and you’ll begin to discover just how magical a decorative concrete journey can become with some creative thinking, excellent product training and all the right tools.

High-Traffic High-Maintenance Concrete Stains

Concrete Maintenance Vol. 5 No. 4 - August/September 2005 Staining & Coloring Concrete by Concrete Decor Staff Comments are Disabled

Freestyle Stains are a new line of concrete stains from Brickform. But they are not acid stains, and their carrier is not an acrylic or polyurethane.

Precast Cement Coving for Floor Coatings and Overlays

Concrete Overlays & Toppings Vol. 6 No. 1 - February/March 2006 by Concrete Decor Staff Comments are Disabled

You find them on the floors of restrooms, kitchens and hospitals, among other places: curved, angle-free baseboards called “rolled radius cove.” Users have also called them “ship’s cove,” too. They called them this because inventors created them for use on ships to make floors easier to swab clean. Why the […]