Summertime brings challenges to almost everyone in the concrete industry. Heat and humidity can turn an ordinary job into a frantic scramble.
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Getting an Early Start on a Profitable Spring
For some in the decorative concrete industry, this spring can’t come too early. The doldrums of winter take a toll not only on the pocketbook, but also on our creative juices as artists and promoters.
Coloring Concrete in Winter Weather
There are many regions where the weather does not seem winterlike but is cold enough to affect concrete placement. This is where cold-weather placement practices become very important. Not following the rules because it does not seem that cold potentially leads to concrete that is weak and substandard.
Light Colored Stamped Concrete Keeps Pool Deck Cooler at Resort Water Park
During a hot summer in northern Texas, a cool dip in a pool or ride down a water slide can be the perfect remedy, and that’s exactly what you’ll find at Paradise Springs, a new water park that opened for the 2011 summer season at the Gaylord Texan, a Grapevine, Texas, resort owned by luxury hospitality chain Gaylord Hotels.
Applications and Techniques that Affect the Temperature of Concrete
Decorative concrete contractors know how to turn plain concrete into works of art using various applications and techniques. What they may not know is how these applications and techniques affect the temperature of the concrete.
Decorative Concrete Products That Help Control Heat
Here are a few products designed specifically to help cool down exterior concrete surfaces.
Special Considerations for Outdoor Cast Concrete
Outdoor kitchens are becoming more and more popular, and special considerations must be made in order to ensure concrete’s durability, longevity and aesthetics in these applications.
Beat the Heat with Evaporation Retarders
Winning the battle with Mother Nature becomes a little challenging when the weather heats up. This is also the same time our services are in highest demand. There are ways to combat the heat and the challenges it creates, but few are profitable.
UV-stable Concrete Dye Brings Coloring Technique to 21st Century
Traditionally, dyes weren’t UV-stable and, therefore, could only be used on interior applications. No longer.
SS DYE-namic from The Stamp Store helps bring dyes into the 21st century.
New Surface Treatment Formulated to Keep Ground Cool
As part of its effort to improve the environment through green product offerings, L.M. Scofield Co. has developed Solachrome Integral Coloring Treatment for High-SRI Concrete.
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