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Staining & Coloring Concrete

Concrete’s natural color can be altered with powder or liquid stains, dyes and colored hardeners, as well as aggregates such as ground glass and stone.

Dyes and Metallics Combined for Glowing Concrete Floor at Baby Accessories Store

Don Pinger, Custom Concrete Solutions, West Hartford, Conn., used a unique combination of dyes and metallic epoxy to achieve a neat, radiant floor for this baby accessories shop.

Artisan Uses Artistic Background to Find Success in Decorative Concrete

Stamping & Texturing Concrete Featured Contractor Concrete Countertops Staining & Coloring Concrete Vol. 14 No. 6 - August/September 2014 by Vanessa Salvia Comments are Disabled

Steve VandeWater, 51, was a Fine Arts major at Indiana University Bloomington, studying sculpture, drawing and printmaking. This artistic background informs his approach to concrete and also gives him skill and success with different styles and techniques.

How the Family Business Turned into Passion for One Concrete Contractor

Stamping & Texturing Concrete Featured Contractor Staining & Coloring Concrete Vol. 14 No. 8 - November/December 2014 by Vanessa Salvia Comments are Disabled

You don’t have to be born into the family business to be good at it, but in Emil Gera’s case, it sure helped. Gera’s father, also named Emil, was a union concrete finisher who would take his son along with him to help on weekend projects. Some of young Emil’s earliest memories involve concrete and a trowel.

Dealing with Winter Damaged Colored Concrete

Concrete Repair & Restoration Concrete Maintenance Staining & Coloring Concrete Vol. 14 No. 8 - November/December 2014 by Bart Sacco Comments are Disabled

We’re in the middle of another winter season. While it’s not predicted to be as harsh as last year’s “polar vortex” winter, we still need to be thinking about all the possible causes and sources of winter damage and eliminate them.

Designing Decorative Concrete with Good Composition in Mind

Staining & Coloring Concrete Vol. 15 No. 1 - January 2015 by Gaye Goodman Comments are Disabled

Artists approach design as a space-filling exercise. As such, the first thing they consider is the format within which they will be working. The shape of the format will radically alter the distribution of elements within it. The elements of design are the simple building blocks artists have to work with.

Concrete Business Specializes In Innovative Metallic Epoxies

Stamping & Texturing Concrete Featured Contractor Concrete Furniture Concrete Countertops Staining & Coloring Concrete Vol. 16 No. 8 - November/December 2016 by Jacqueline Valle Comments are Disabled

For a man who was an Eastern Airline employee for years and owned his own pest control company after that, he found working with his hands, LEDs and chemicals familiar territory. So when the economy began to tank, it wasn’t that far of a stretch when Clem Carrion founded Visual Artisan in December 2007, a concrete business that specializes in concrete countertops, innovative lighting and metallic epoxies, as well as faux wood and stone.

Former Janitor Gets His Start with Concrete Staining

Featured Contractor Staining & Coloring Concrete Vol. 16 No. 3 - April 2016 by Vanessa Salvia Comments are Disabled

Cary Grant has had an interesting life and he admits that his name, the same as the classic Hollywood icon, has always been an icebreaker.

Finding the Sweet Spot Among Acrylic Sealers and Acrylic Urethanes

Contributed Articles Concrete Coatings Special Features Staining & Coloring Concrete by Concrete Decor Staff Comments are Disabled

Contractors have relied on acrylic sealers for decades to protect concrete flooring systems, and for good reason. In the right conditions, these sealers offer optimal durability, stain resistance and a desirable “wet look” finish. However, they have their limitations too and aren’t always the ideal option for high-traffic areas and environments with extreme hazards.