Based in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, this father-and-son-led company takes on elaborate polished concrete surfaces as a labor of love.
Staining & Coloring Concrete
Concrete’s natural color can be altered with powder or liquid stains, dyes and colored hardeners, as well as aggregates such as ground glass and stone.
Unpredictable Yet Beautiful – Meet Concrete Acid Stains
The familiar mottled patterns of these stains are still in demand. What’s more, contractors have new ways to try for that look.
One Day Stain Offers Quick Return-to-Service Time
One Day Stain from iCoat eliminates down time with a quick turnaround from start to finish.
Backyard Amenity
Features Concrete Dock
At first glance, the dock looks like it’s floating just above the water. “It turned out exactly how I wanted it,” says Reuben Keim, co-owner of Keim Concrete in Wooster, Ohio, about his concrete platform. The pier and dock, which sit about a foot above the surface of a 2-acre pond in Keim’s backyard, was fashioned with Proline form liners.
Elegant Glossy Concrete Floor Finish
This elegant color combination is the way to go for a simple design that calls for a two-toned color scheme.
Three-step System to Re-color Concrete
Across the country stamped concrete jobs are beginning to show wear. To help restore the worn surfaces, Concrete Earth LLC has developed a three-step system to re-color, accent and seal previously installed jobs.
Use Underpainting Principles to Make Colors Shine on a Concrete Canvas
How is a puddle of water like a colored concrete slab?
How this Concrete Contractor Moved From Flatwork to Decorative Concrete
Troy Lemon, founder and president of Cornerstone Decorative Concrete in Holland, Mich., starts his story with a familiar admission. “I was a concrete guy way before I was a decorative concrete guy,” he says.
Pigment Peculiarities
Any time you’re dealing with integral color, the key to success is getting a nice, even distribution of pigment. The key to that, in turn, is managing the water-to-cement ratio in your mix.
Mix Messages: How Performance Admixtures Affect Integral Color
Does the use of admixtures change the intensity of integral color?
