Curing is an integral part of the concrete placement process. When portland cement and water mix, they activate a process called “hydration.”
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Lackmond Products introduces STS-6 Multi-Application Diamond Blade
Lackmond’s newest addition to the STS family is the first ever true multi-application diamond blade utilizing patterned diamond technology. The company’s third-generation patterned diamond technology is the most advanced patterned diamond process and evenly aligns the diamonds into rows within the blade’s segment. This precise alignment ensures the maximum amount of diamonds contacting the cutting surface at any given moment. The net result is a diamond blade with consistent segment wear rate and approximately 30 percent more footage versus comparabe blades.
10 Most-Read Blog Posts from Concrete Decor’s Website
Not everything we write or receive ends up in Concrete Decor. We have a section on the website for “Online Exclusives,” things that we don’t have space for in the magazine but are too good not to share.
Historic Mazza Castle Restored and Repaired for Next 100 Years
Emily McCloskey, the young wife of attorney and Irish immigrant Henry Harrison McCloskey, had grown deathly afraid of earthquakes after the “great earthquake” of San Francisco and the subsequent fire that killed 500 people and left 220,000 homeless in 1906.
Coatings for Industry’s new tool makes pitch identification a snap
Every commercial flooring contractor knows that getting the floor to the perfect pitch to accommodate drainage is vital to a successful installation. Now Coatings for Industry (CFI), a leading supplier of industrial coating products, is helping flooring professionals make that part of the job a snap.
CSDA announces comprehensive fall training schedule
The Concrete Sawing & Drilling Association (CSDA) has announced a packed fall 2015 training and certification schedule, with seven hands-on courses planned in three different states.
E-Z Drill expands manufacturing plant to streamline production, increase capacity
E-Z Drill has announced a factory expansion. The expansion increases its production capacity by adding more than 7,500 square feet of floor space, roughly 20 percent more room, to its 36,355-square-foot factory. The expansion will house an office and a new shipping and receiving area, as well as make room for E-Z Drill’s growing welding department. The project began in June with setting the concrete foundation and is projected for completion by early fall 2015.
Kukun debuts free professional network, connecting home renovation professionals and homeowners
Kukun debuted its next step in becoming the premier marketplace for homeowners and home renovation professionals. On June 8, the company debuted its Personalized Estimate, Quote Request, and Projected Home Value tools.
Prosoco announces new Consolideck Blended Densifier
A new product from Prosoco’s Consolideck line of concrete flooring products gives applicators the combination of a powerful densifier with an easy-to-achieve sheen. Designed especially for use on steel-troweled or burnished concrete floors, Consolideck Blended Densifier is a one-step solution that reacts with concrete to quickly create a harder, denser surface that can be burnished for a quick sheen.
Super-Krete announces new Metallic Epoxy System
Super-Krete has announced its new Metallic Epoxy System, designed for the installer to simply create a unique, lustrous, decorative metallic floor finish perfect for showrooms and retail establishments or more industrial areas such as garage floors, kitchens, warehouses, laundries, shops, walls, restaurants and meeting spaces.
