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Diamatic hires Clark Branum

Diamatic USA has hired well-known decorative concrete consultant Clark Branum as UltraFlor program manager. Branum will be handling duties nationwide. Branum has worked with top manufacturers in the decorative concrete market and has developed training platforms nationwide and internationally. He has eight years experience working in the polished concrete sector […]

Amano Pioneer Eclipse introduces propane grinder/polisher

Amano Pioneer Eclipse has introduced the PE420GP, a high-speed propane powered grinder/polisher that operates like a burnisher but produces results like expense concrete grinders. The PE420GP is designed after the Mean Machine, an industry-favorite floor burnisher manufactured by Amano. Powered by an 18-horsepower 603cc Kawasaki engine, this floor polisher uses […]

Leica now sold at Colorado Machinery

Colorado Machinery, which has been serving the construction industry in Colorado for more than 40 years, has been appointed as a dealer for Leica Geosystems’ line of machine control products. Colorado Machinery will sell Leica Geosystems 2-D and 3-D machine control systems, construction positioning systems, digital levels and rotating lasers. […]

Wet-casting an Apron-front Sink Without the Corner Cracks

One thing I noticed is that it seemed like a lot of the wet-cast apron-front sinks I cast had developed very fine hairline cracks in the corners. The cracks never opened up but would show up when the sinks got wet. I don’t know if the sinks cracked during striping and handling or from concrete shrinkage later — all I knew was I had to stop them.