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EDCO now connects with customers using quick response codes. The company has incorporated the codes into its print advertising and trade show displays, and it will soon place them on machines. The codes on EDCO machines will allow scanners to instantly access training videos, parts breakdowns, manuals and other helpful […]
RHSpec.com has assembled a moisture content information resource that includes more than 120 major manufacturers’ specifications for flooring products. Through a list of live-link references, you can instantly find each manufacturer’s site for more information about their acceptable moisture content guidelines. RHSpec.com also offers a variety of additional resources related […]
Rockwood Holdings Inc. announced that its Color Pigments and Services business will build an advanced technology production facility in Augusta, Ga., for the synthesis of iron oxide pigments. This $115 million investment will result in the first new iron-oxide pigment production plant in the United States in nearly 35 years. […]
The Concrete Promotional Group, a nonprofit trade association representing the concrete industry in the greater Kansas City area, has selected the winners of its annual Excellence in Concrete Awards. Several categories focused on decorative applications. The winners are: Decorative Commercial: Johnny’s Tavern in Overland Park, Kan. Work was done by […]
Happenstance led Tyson Long, president of Calgary-based Hardscapes Inc., to the new location of Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame museum in Calgary’s Canada Olympic Park, where he used white and clear epoxy coatings to transform the floor of the museum’s ice-hockey exhibit room into a virtual ice rink.
Second-story decks are popular outdoor spaces in both residential and commercial buildings. But, unless there is some sort waterproofing in place, the space underneath is essentially useless. Weather, over time, can even destroy it. In order to help combat moisture problems, Westcoat Specialty Coating Systems offers two popular and proven […]
Longtime artist and acid stain master Gaye Goodman, 66, wasn’t always a guru of colored concrete.
She spent the early part of her career creating batiks and abstract paintings. Forms found in nature often served as her inspiration. She finally landed in the decorative concrete industry and truly blossomed.
In the United States, decorative concrete is advanced at a level that it is not at anywhere else. When you’re overseas, be prepared to educate.
The only things that can be added to create a standard countertop mix are integral color, a densifier and the know-how acquired through years of decorative experience.
In Southern California, grinding and polishing concrete that was placed 20 or 30 years ago is fairly common. However, burnishing concrete that’s more than a century old is a rare task for any contractor.
