It is widely known that the decorative concrete industry has struggled with tape issues for decades. These range from the tape tearing when overlays are being applied, or stain bleeding under the tape, to adhesive effectiveness when the tape gets wet.
Tag: Tape
Choosing and Placing Your Tape Carefully
When it comes to the application of decorative concrete finishes, it is the smallest (tackiest) details that will make or break your project.
We always have on hand different kinds of tape: three sizes of blue (painter’s) tapes, black tape, and when all else fails, duct tape.
Three Tips When Using Tape with Decorative Concrete Overlays
After painstakingly laying out a grout pattern for your acrylic overlay, meticulously masking and re-masking surrounding areas, and then spraying or troweling in just the right color and texture scheme, you stand back and admire your handiwork, and the job looks great.
Tapes for Concrete that Help with Layout, Cutting, Blasting
Trimtape Inc., a Georgia company, is unspooling several sticky options for concrete contractors.
Trimtape Inc., Tapes Help With Concrete Layout, Cutting, Blasting
Trimtape Inc., a Georgia company, is unspooling several sticky options for concrete contractors. Trimtape’s grout line tapes, which range in width from 1/4 inch to 1 inch, are laced with strands of fiberglass for strength. Layout marker lines appear every four inches of tape.
Reinforced Filament Scoring Tape for Concrete
Unlike a chalk line, the tape always provides a visible line to follow. Scoring tape extends between two points and adhere’s firmly to the surface. Once the tape is in place, simply following the black line with the saw to produce a clean, straight line.