Like any craftsperson, the decorative concrete contractor needs a full kit of tools to do his or her job. The materials required, such as stamps, stains or specialty bag mixes, are obvious. But the successful contractor needs tools too: grinders, polishing pads, saws, vacuums, cutting blades, groovers, consolidation equipment, power trowels and blades, joint-cutting tools, testing and measuring tools, and more.