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Due to strong growth in recent years, Pearl Abrasive has relocated its Los Angeles facility to accommodate increased inventory. The new location at 6832 E. Slauson Ave., Commerce, Calif. 90040 is only 1/4-mile from the previous warehouse and office that Pearl had occupied since 1968. Also moving locations is GranQuartz, […]
Brickform, a division of Solomon Colors Inc., has hired John Anderson as director of business development. Anderson brings with him a diverse 20 years of industry experience in decorative concrete and international business relations. His new role in business development will be to deliver new systems and strategies to enhance […]
Front 9 Restoration has developed F9 BARC (Battery Acid Restoration Cleaner) for effective concrete cleaning. F9 BARC quickly removes orange battery acid staining, fertilizer staining and rust from concrete. It is biodegradable and nonabrasive, contains no hydrochloric acid and restores concrete to its natural bright gray color. Product application is […]
For Scott Cohen, owner of The Green Scene Landscaping and Pools in Northridge, Calif., creating spectacular, outdoor entertainment and leisure spaces is second nature, but many of his jobs require much more than bringing a vision to life.
Celebrating its silver anniversary this year, Texas Bomanite has been performing high-end decorative concrete work across much of Texas since 1987.
Until now, contractors have thrown shake-on color hardener onto concrete mainly by hand. It’s tradition, and contractors love tradition. But by its nature, throwing the color can be inefficient, wasteful, and expose workers to possible health risks associated with inhaling airborne silicates.
There is an increase in complaints about the final color not matching the sample or mock-up. In all cases, a small mock-up was created, finished and cured as specified, and eventually accepted by the client. Fast forward to the actual job placement, and all of a sudden the color no longer matched the mock-up sample.
In the free enterprise system, competition selects out businesses that don’t adapt to change or events they can’t plan on. To thrive within this system, your decorative concrete business must maintain a high degree of flexibility.
Installing concrete in often-wet areas such as baths and showers demands more of a concrete contractor. It requires a different type of preparation and construction from counters and even sinks, so contractors would do well to understand the specifics.
Concrete is one of the most revolutionary building materials of modern times. It has given the human race the ability to build sound infrastructures for the masses and has reshaped the world as we know it.
