Concrete Decor Archives — Product News

Smith’s Color Floor
Art in the making
Smith’s Color Floor is a water-based extra-strength stain developed to achieve a decorative natural appearance on concrete floors and other porous mediums.
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Midwest Rake Company
Add Magic to your life
Looking for a Magic Trowel? Midwest Rake Company sells the hot new tool and other decorative concrete application and finishing tools through and to many major manufacturers of decorative concrete systems and the growing number of contractors trained by these companies. Go to article ›››

Durand Forms Inc.
Get flexible with aluminum forms
Durand Forms Inc. offers its Classic Series product line as an ideal solution for poured wall applications, including below- and above-ground structures in residential and commercial markets. Go to article ›››

Floric Polytech
Check out the special effects
Floric Polytech Chroma-Stain acid stain is a single-component coloring solution that is applied on almost any interior or exterior cementitious surface to create a translucent, variegated color that will not crack or peel and that will last the lifetime of the surface.
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Rudd Company
Bonding primer adds versatility
Rudd Company Inc. has added SkimStone Bonding Primer to the SkimStone product line. Go to article ›››

Dumond Chemicals
Don’t let graffiti get you down
Dumond Chemicals has introduced a new graffiti protection product. Wipe Out Porous Surface Graffiti Remover penetrates the surface to clean and lift old, embedded graffiti.
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Specialty Concrete Products
Warning mats meet ADA requirements
Specialty Concrete Products’ new Truncated Dome Tactile Warning mats allow concrete contractors to provide a detectable warning surface that conforms with the American Disabilities Act (ADA). Go to article ›››

Sawtec Diamond Blades
Tools aid in crack repair, joint cleanout
New Sawtec 5-inch diamond blades are designed for use with smaller hand tools such as grout saws and saws used for surface crack repair. Go to article ›››

Rafco Products
Texture mats offer durability, reduce birdbaths
Rafco Products has expanded the Brickform texturing product line with the addition of a new high-density, seamless texture-mat system. Slightly more rigid than the regular line of texturing skins, the new mats are still flexible with the exceptional detail that all of the texturing line is known for. Go to article ›››

Innovatech
Three-headed grinders work faster
New from Innovatech is the Orbiter line of three-headed planetary floor grinders and polishers. This line will complement Innovatech’s existing single- and dual-head grinder line.
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Devcon
Patch floors with ease
Devcon Ultra Quartz is a heavy-duty, premium floor-patching system with excellent resistance to chemicals as well as to abrasion. Trowelable to a smooth, nonporous finish, it attains compression strength of 9000 psi — more than three times the typical strength of concrete.
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Atlas Copco Construction Tools
Lightweight drill delivers the blows
Atlas Copco Construction Tools has introduced the Cobra Combi gas-powered drill/breaker. Weighing only 55 pounds, the Cobra Combi is easy to transport.
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Sawtec
Rough it up with diamonds
The new Sawtec Supreme cup wheel is a super-premium diamond grinding wheel for use with concrete grinding tools. This cup wheel offers superior performance for removing coatings, leveling out uneven areas and grinding softer materials without loading up. Go to article ›››

Tibroc
When it’s done, it’ll bring you a beer
Just kidding, but check out this radio-controlled concrete power trowel. Guided by a hand-held unit, Tibroc’s CF-40 remote-control trowel maneuvers expertly around your slab, allowing you to achieve a smooth, flat finish without setting foot on the slab.
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Marshalltown
Wide groovers offer improved floating
Marshalltown has released three cast-aluminum groovers. Designed for pole attachment, the groovers permit extensive reach and have round ends to help eliminate finishing marks.
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Stow Construction Equipment
Take a slice out of concrete
Stow Construction Equipment has introduced two hand-held Gas-Cut-Off saws that effectively slice concrete, tile, ceramics, pipe and much more. Go to article ›››