The market for residential curbing is growing by leaps and bounds. It can be a profitable niche for a concrete contractor.
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Concrete Contractors and Artists Inspire
When trying to come up with designs, “Don’t be afraid to look at artwork and transfer that design onto a floor,” suggests Gary Jones of Colormaker Floors. “It can be part of a picture, as little as one square inch.”
Preventative Concrete Coatings Contractors Can Use to Avoid Graffiti
You can’t guarantee that taggers won’t mar your work, but there are protective coatings for graffiti removal you can use to make cleanup easier. A concrete contractor uses stains, washes, paint and textures to give a unique, personal touch to a bare concrete wall. A tagger uses graffiti to do […]
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Concrete Pours
Engrave-A-Crete, which manufactures tools and templates to engrave concrete, has come up with a state-of-the-art solution to help contractors help clients envision designs for their decorative concrete projects.
Colorful Advice for Your Next Concrete Project
“Never hand a customer a color chart,” cautions Lee Levig, owner of Concrete Works in the San Francisco area. It not only may overwhelm them with choices but it may take away an advantage you may be unaware of.
Adding Design to Your Concrete Projects
Now that you’ve learned how to stamp and stain, it’s time to give some serious thought to the design of your projects.
A Look at Chris Becker of Becker Architectural Concrete
Along with his focus on quality work, Chris Becker makes education a priority — for homeowners, builders, architects and landscape designers.
It eats your dust
Shave Away, Europe, now sells a dustless system for cutting 1⁄4-inch faux grout lines in one pass. The Saw Muzzle is www.ConcreteDecor.net • Apr/May 2005 • 63 made to be used with the Skil or other worm-drive circular saws. When used with a Blade Roller, a vacuum and a 7- […]
Budget pressure washer the latest from Mi-T-M
Mi-T-M Corp.’s Job Pro Electric series of cold-water pressure washers are designed for commercial jobs with tight budgets. Standard features on the Job Pro Electric Series include 1.5 hp to 8.0 hp electric motors, direct-drive triplex piston pumps with ceramic plungers, a 35-foot power cord, a 36-inch twopiece lance with […]
Picking up good vibrations
Multiquip’s new MGX-Series concrete vibrators are powerful, lightweight, handheld units. The costeffective tools are ideal for short pours, small walls and footings. The MGX-Series comes in two 280- watt models, the MGX-1 and the MGX-2, with six head sizes ranging from 0.9-inch (23 millimeters) to 11⁄2- inch (38 millimeters) for […]
