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USG’s Specialty Products Division has added Levelrock brand Quik-Top Floor Underlayment to its family of Levelrock poured gypsum- concrete underlayments. This new selfleveling product dries within 15 hours, minimizing downtime during flooring installations. Levelrock Quik- Top is ideal for repairing damaged or uneven flooring or for topping rough or spalled […]
The American Concrete Institute announces the availability of six new publications: 117-06: Specifications for Tolerances for Concrete Construction and Materials and Commentary — This document specifies standard tolerances for concrete construction. It is intended to be used as the reference document for establishing tolerances for concrete construction by specification writers […]
As the industry’s first vacuum to use plastic poly filter bags, the CS 1500 wet/dry vacuum from CS Unitec Inc. is ideal for concrete and masonry dust and debris cleanup. The heavy-duty plastic poly filter bag holds up to 10 gallons, more than 20 times the amount of concrete dust […]
Traditionally, when decorative or specialty flooring contractors wanted to broadcast decorative vinyl color chips or colored quartz onto a horizontal or vertical surface, they preferred doing it by hand.
Fomo Products Inc. has developed Handi-Stick, a durable, pressurized polyurethane foam construction adhesive that is compatible with all polystyrene substrates. The fast-curing foam adhesive is free from VOCs and solvents. It is packaged in pressurized cans, one of which offers a yield equivalent to 30 standard tubes of caulk-type adhesives. […]
In this Tooling section, Concrete Decor magazine focused on walk-behind models, handheld models, edgers and other tools that can be helpful to decorative contractors on small and medium-sized jobs.
The Bomanite Corp. has released details about a Molded Pulp Former for the production of Grasscrete, a pervious concrete product. Based on the original European single-use ABS plastic product, this new version of the tool combines the benefits of increased production while eliminating the issue of melting the ABS to […]
MAPEI has introduced Ultraplan Easy, a fast-setting, self-leveling underlayment. Surface preparation is now as easy as “clean, prime, and pour.” Ultraplan Easy is intended to reduce the need for mechanical surface profiling of concrete before floor coverings are installed, significantly reducing cost savings per square foot of installation. Developed with […]
Multiquip’s three new MTX-Series rammers aim to take the tough work, the fatigue, and the strain out of compaction. The MTX-70, MTX-80 and MTX-90 gasoline-powered models deliver up to 3,500 pounds of impact force for effective compaction of cohesive and mixed soils. Each rammer excels in trench work, around retaining […]
Concrete countertop guru Fu-Tung Cheng saluted his latest group of top proteges at January’s World of Concrete.
