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Back in the ’60s, when epoxies first came along, they were often specified in food-related areas because of their ease of cleaning and resistance to germs, he says. Ramy remembers the old guys didn’t want anything to do with epoxy, so they’d paint the walls and the young guys would handle the floors.
The American Concrete Institute has made available the second edition of its industry publication "User’s Guide to ASTM C94 on Ready-Mixed Concrete." ASTM C94 covers the complex subject of ordering, production and delivery of ready-mixed concrete. There have been many changes and improvements to C94 since the first edition of […]
The owner of Dallas’s Dave and Buster’s sports bar wanted the look of a contemporary football field for the floor. After the floor was polished to an 800 grit, Chris Post of Elite Concrete Solutions delivered that and more.
The go-cart track at the Legoland Discovery Center was another challenging, yet fun, job for Chris Post of Elite Concrete Solutions LLC. The roadway hash marks required him to make a 2-by-4 jig to lay them in an evenly spaced manner all the way around the track.
A gloss meter measures how light is scattered, but an angle, ambient lighting, or even a high-gloss coating can impact the number. A DOI meter addresses this problem by “seeing” through a coating to determine the consistency of the surface underneath, but it cannot measure the porosity of the floor.
This is not intended to be a comprehensive guide to the finer details of all potential concrete casting surfaces. Instead, this article is intended to help you begin asking the right questions, as well as give you a basic understanding of some of the options. We cannot come up with solutions until we ask the right questions.
New MiraPrime Aqua-Blok XL from Miracote is a clear, single-component, odorless, water-based, penetrating colloidal silicate liquid primer that integrally waterproofs concrete, mortar and other cementitious structures.
Parex USA Inc., a leading building material manufacturer that markets its product under the brands Parex, LaHabra, Merkrete, Teifs and El Rey, announced the sale and ownership change of its parent company, ParexGroup, to CVC Capital Partners. ParexGroup, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of specialty chemicals and ready-to-use mortars […]
Thinking about cancer or another serious illness can leave people with a feeling of helplessness. There’s just not much that the average person can do about serious illnesses. We’re not researchers and we don’t have tons of money to donate. So what else can we do? Buddy Rhodes Concrete Products has found a way to help by teaming up with an organization called Arts for Life.
MBW introduces a heavy, high-speed trowel for the finishing of concrete under adverse conditions. Model 465199 is a 46-inch in diameter machine. It gets its power from a GX390 Honda engine factory-set to 3,400 rpm. The machine weighs 275 pounds and offers a rotor speed range of 35 to 180 […]
