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Choosing the Right Countertop Grinder
Every concrete countertop fabricator is after a smooth, clean finish on his or her work, be it a kitchen island, fireplace mantle or sink basin. Achieving a flat, shiny surface often comes down to the type of grinder that’s used, and with so many machines on the market, many fabricators can feel overwhelmed by the choices.
2010 Concrete Countertop Design Competition Award Winners
Take a look at a few pictures from the winners of the 2010 Concrete Countertop Design Competition.
High-performance Mix Design for Concrete Countertops
When I entered the concrete countertop industry after 25 years in the architectural precast industry, I had a hard time understanding some of the practices in use. There seemed to be a lot of misinformation surrounding the how and why of mix designs when it came to concrete countertops. Some […]
Tips for Doing the Math on Volumetric Batching for Concrete
The concrete industry at large designs mixes using the volumetric method. Fresh concrete is sold by volume, generally by the cubic yard, which is how we will look at it. Divide cubic yard volumes by 27 to get cubic foot volumes.
New Planetary Grinders Offer More Choices to Countertop Fabricators
One of the biggest innovations in the concrete countertop grinding and polishing industry has been planetary technology – machines that have multiple grinding heads, allowing fabricators to cover a large radius of material at a time and achieve an extra-flat result.
Fluid (Wet-Cast) Countertop Mixes vs. Stiff Countertop Mixes
Are you new to countertops? Are you confused about what the term "wet-cast" means? Here’s a look at fluid concrete mixes for wet-casting as compared to stiff mixes for hand-packing, which is also known as "the Buddy Rhodes method."
Newsletter answers questions from hotline
Troubleshooting Newsletter No. 58, recently published by the American Society of Concrete Contractors, offers solutions to problems encountered by ASCC contractor members in actual specifications or on job sites. The anecdotes come from calls to the ASCC Technical Hotline, an 800 number exclusively for ASCC members. Included in this issue […]
American Society of Concrete Contractors Headliner announced for conference
Dr. Kenneth Hover will headline the 2010 Annual Conference of the American Society of Concrete Contractors, Sept. 16- 19 at the Little America Hotel, Salt Lake City. Hover will speak twice, on managing concrete test data and on the contractor’s role in the American Concrete Institute. Concrete contractors, manufacturers, suppliers […]
Nominations being accepted for awards
The American Shotcrete Association opened its sixth annual ASA Outstanding Shotcrete Project Awards Program to recognize excellence and innovation in projects in which the application of shotcrete has played a significant role. Entries can be submitted until 5 p.m., Oct. 1, in one of six awards categories. The categories are […]
