If you apply vertical concrete, carve concrete walls or create cast pieces, sooner or later you may have to face a painful truth: Traditional metal lath can be troublesome.
Tools & Equipment
The right tools and equipment can be the winning combination for a successful project.
11 Proven Concrete Color Recipes
Step-by-step instructions and useful tips from people in the industry who have experimented enough to know what works.
Which Portable Concrete Mixer is Right for You?
PortoMix from STOW Construction The new PortoMix portable concret mixer from STOW Construction Equipment is billed as the ultimate concrete mixer for homeowners, contractors and do-it-yourselfers. The unit’s sturdy polyethylene drum mixes up to 3 cubic feet of material and comes with a strong steel frame. It gets its power […]
Decorative Concrete Tips: Need a Tool? Make it yourself!
It happens often: A concrete contractor is faced with a project that requires adaptations to an existing form or tool to shape the concrete during that critical hour before it turns hard.
Scofield Stamps Mimic Keystone Slate
A new stamp pattern from L.M. Scofield Co. offers serious stampers a taste of old America.
Protecting your Concrete Finishing Brush or Broom
A concrete finishing broom is an artist’s tool, and like any important tool, it needs to be treated with care.
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Concrete Pours
Engrave-A-Crete, which manufactures tools and templates to engrave concrete, has come up with a state-of-the-art solution to help contractors help clients envision designs for their decorative concrete projects.
Picking a Power Trowel
The type of equipment you use should reflect careful consideration of the surface you’re working on and the region you live in.
Soff-Cut X-150D Prowler Decorative Concrete Saw
Soff-Cut International’s X-150 Prowler early-entry concrete saw can be adapted to make decorative V-shaped or radius cuts. Concrete contractors loved that feature. But they found themselves making that adaptation often, and they got frustrated.
Spreading Concrete Color Hardener Cleanly
Dispersing color hardener is a filthy job. You’re covered from head to toe. It’s in your clothes. It’s on your clothes. If there’s a little bit of wind, it’s that much worse.
