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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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Add Magic to your lifeLooking 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
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Get flexible with aluminum formsDurand 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
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Check out the special effectsFloric 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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Bonding primer adds versatilityRudd Company Inc. has added SkimStone Bonding Primer to
the SkimStone product line. Go
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Don’t let graffiti get
you downDumond 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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Warning mats meet ADA requirementsSpecialty 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
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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 ›››
Texture mats offer durability,
reduce birdbathsRafco 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
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Three-headed grinders
work fasterNew 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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Patch floors with easeDevcon 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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Lightweight drill delivers the blowsAtlas 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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Rough it up with diamondsThe 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
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When it’s done,
it’ll bring you a beerJust 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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Wide groovers offer improved floatingMarshalltown 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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Take a slice out of concreteStow Construction Equipment has introduced two hand-held Gas-Cut-Off
saws that effectively slice concrete, tile, ceramics, pipe and much more. Go
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