Most decorative concrete contractors know that consolidating concrete is as essential to a quality finished product as mix ratio or proper finishing and curing. Consolidating forces air out of the concrete and encourages aggregate to rotate and fit together tighter, creating stronger concrete.
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Bayer offers UV resins
Bayer MaterialScience LLC’s family of Bayhydrol UV (ultraviolet cure) resins offers formulators and contractors ecofriendly concrete coatings with a faster return to service.
Recipe: Quicksilver Facelift High-build Metallic Floor Finish
Even with a substrate riddled with cracks, pits and spalls, this high-build metallic finish will give your floor a look that is quietly mesmerizing.
Sleek S-Curved Concrete Lounge Chair
This sleek S-curve, cast by Nick Relampagos using glass-fiber reinforced concrete, is embedded with radiant heating. Just turn it on and it gently warms you from beneath as the sun shines down from above.
New stamp from Butterfield
Butterfield Color Inc. has introduced a multitiered Cobble Circle pattern, which was crafted using the same hand-picked cobblestones used in making the Mayan Cobblestone pattern.
New shotblasters from Blastrac
Blastrac has introduced a new line of Global Shot Blasters.
What Do I Tell the Owner About Those Ghost VCT Lines?
So we’re in the early stages of a polishing project after the old VCT (vinyl composition tile) has been removed. We’re progressing with initial grinding diamonds to open the floor, only to have the building owner walk through and complain, “What happened to my floor? What are all those lines? Is my floor ruined?
Incorporating Decorative Concrete into Public Schools
From the playground to the locker room, decorative concrete is inspiring teachers and school administrators across the country.
The Importance of Contrast in Sensory Concrete
Evil allows you to appreciate good. The occasional really bad customer makes you appreciate all the more the even more occasional really good customer. Night makes you appreciate the day. Cool makes you appreciate warm.
Former Intel Employee Traded Semiconductors for Concrete Stains and an Airbrush
This former Intel employee traded semiconductors for stains and stencils — and now he’s making his mark at churches, Jimmy Buffet’s Margaritaville Cafes, and everywhere in between.