You don’t have to stain in vain — restoration and maintenance can fight age and wear on just about any colored concrete slab.
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Staying on Top of Stenciling
Concrete toppings developed for stenciling decorative concrete differ from general-purpose overlays in several ways.
Keep Colored Concrete Fresh and Young
Here are a few products that can be used to breath new life into old concrete.
Concrete Countertops Push the Limits of Creativity
It’s pretty easy to create a concrete countertop that looks like a garage floor. But branching out from flatwork to countertops means embracing completely different ideas on aesthetics and performance, not to mention learning different skills. Mike Moncrieff has made the leap.
What Your Sealer Shouldn’t Look Like and How To Fix It
Decorative concrete can be temperamental. Materials we have used for years can suddenly become problems. It is always best to brainstorm with both your crew and the manufacturers to come up with the best solution. Sometimes a problem can be fixed by allowing people to think outside the box.
Restoring High Traffic Areas Using Concrete Overlays
The floors of this 80,000-square-foot outdoor mall on the island of Kauai were patchy, cracked and worn out. One sweeping restoration changed everything.
New Countertop Sealers Do More Than Just Protect
More demand means better ingredients — but are they really all that different from floor sealers?
The ideal concrete countertop sealer is a product that provides protection from stains, looks and feels like bare concrete and is safe to use.
How One Artisan Created Perfect Harmony with a Concrete Table
The Chomisteks call this piece the “Harmony Table.” The concrete table depicts harmony between earth, fire and water. At the same time, it maintains the harmony within their clients’ household.
Dec-o-Vent from PolySteel Alternative Building Systems Inc.
It’s a classic dilemma. The more beautiful the outdoor decorative concrete, the more those ugly drain and vent holes stand out. A half-circle of corrugated pipe poking into a carefully crafted design can thwart the best artistic intentions
Growing Your Decorative Concrete Business by Offering Less
Decorative concrete has become the fastest growing segment of the concrete industry. But in part because of this, the decorative market rarely allows individual contractors to effectively master and install each type of decorative concrete.
