The “Torpedo Groover” from Slip Industries has become an invaluable tool for the guys that know its advantages in placing control joints but as a decorative hand tool it has also taken on some slick advantages.
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Decorative Concrete Tips: Hand-held Pump Garden Sprayer
Here’s a great garden sprayer that Marvin Dodson at Rare Earth Labs was recently using while demonstrating the use of his acid etch stain products.
Self-Leveling Concrete Overlays: An Aesthetic, Cost Efficient Alternative
Self-levelers offer interior spaces unlimited design possibilities, fast! Through the use of integral colors, dry-shake color hardeners and similar products, fresh concrete need no longer be gray, monotone and drab looking.
Overlapping Concrete Texture Skins Produces that Natural Look
Producing concrete that mimics natural stones is art in a cementatious medium and overlapping texture skins is one of the crucial techniques. Completely counter to the precise alignment of stamps, skins must be placed randomly so their impressions imitate the irregular looks of natural stone materials.
Deeply Penetrating Pigment Water Repellent Sealer / Stain – Acryl Pen
Surfaces are protected from discoloration caused by air pollution and the damage caused by freeze-thaw cycles, carbonation, graf?ti, and pedestrian and vehicular-borne substances.
Sales and Marketing Techniques for Decorative Concrete Contractors
Learning the necessary skills required for this type of concrete work produces high-quality results! Concrete Decor shares some. It’s one of the truest and simplest maxims in the world of business: You won’t be successful if people don’t know about you.
Using Concrete Texture Skins to Increase Your Profit
Planned carefully, skins will make your job a distinguished work of art. New-and profitable-tricks can be learned by old dogs, including concrete and contractors. Texture skins and color release chemicals are changing the look of concrete.
Concrete Stains, Let Good Looks Shine Through
A painted concrete surface is just that — an opaque painted surface. Staining doesn’t deliver a specific color because it is a reactionary process. The concrete itself actually gives you the final look. Depending on how old the concrete is and the condition it is in when you start out can make a lot of difference.
Manufacturer Profile of Scofield Co.
The recognition of the name L. M. Scofield comes from more than 85 years in the industry, creating high standards for products that form a virtually unlimited menu for coloring and texturing concrete.
Acryl-Pen – Water Repellent Concrete Sealer & Stain
Enliven exterior concrete with brilliant color and lasting protection with Acryl Pen, a premier stain and sealer for broom-finished or textured concrete.
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