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Vertigraph has developed BidPointXL, a Microsoft Excel add-in tool that lets the user click on an Excel spreadsheet, then fill it with information electronically measured and drawn from paper plans using a digitizer tablet. Users can take off circles, arcs, and rectangles by clicking on three points instead of tracing. […]
Arizona Polymer Flooring has developed a unique clear sealer for architectural concrete. Polyurethane 250 is a two component, solvent based aliphatic urethane. It is completely non-yellowing in exterior applications and achieves extraordinary adhesion to a wide variety of surfaces including solvent sealers and polyester urethanes. Elcometer pull test readings of […]
Roadware’s 10 Minute Concrete Mender is a thin compound formulated to penetrate any moisture, frost, surface grime, or dust to establish a permanent interface with the base concrete. The patched area is ready for traffic in 10 minutes. Developed by NATO for the rapid repair of bomb-damaged runways, Concrete Mender […]
Blastrac’s 1-8DEC portable blast cleaning system is a versatile shot blast system designed for the entry level contractor, or for use as a complementary or edging unit for the medium to large contractor. A new caster kit makes the unit maneuverable while providing a consistent and even profile. The blast […]
A surface-preparation product called The Profiler from Surface Gel Tek can be used to create an etched effect with stencils. In these photos, Dane Hantz of Dane Concrete Design in Prescott, Arizona, demonstrates the technique. The surface was a steel-troweled concrete floor in a home. Hantz wanted to create a 60-linear-foot border around the room.
Concrete steps can be the centerpiece of a house’s façade and a showpiece of the decorative concrete craft.
This patented power trowel designed specifically for finishing decorative epoxy aggregate mortars has proven to be very adaptable and capable of finishing many types of polymer and modified cementitious overlays.
On display for the first time at this year’s World of Concrete show. The new magnesium "beveling" hand tool is designed to slope the concrete edge under overhead garage doors keeping water from flowing into the building
Decorative Concrete Systems has introduced the Auto Scrubber, a self-contained cleaning machine designed to clean concrete floors after profiling and before coating or sealing.
A play by play on an exquisite set of radius steps that was connected to a 3,000 square foot veranda outside a 21,000 square foot home.
