At just 34 years old, Perez is the owner and manager of Custom Concrete Designs Florida, in West Palm Beach, Florida. The relatively new business is making its mark in South Florida and beyond.
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Choosing the Best Mixer for Your Countertop Concrete
Choosing the right mixer for casting countertops, sinks and the like is an important element of getting the results you want. The mixer must deliver a workable and consistent mix, in the quantity you need, at a speed that allows you to work profitably.
Materials Made for Concrete Color Restoration
Just about any coloring material or tool can potentially be useful on a restoration job. However, some manufacturers have targeted this growing niche with specially marketed materials. Here are a few of those products, with some descriptions from their suppliers.
Doosan’s excavator for tight quarters
Doosan is adding more power, performance and speed to the 16-ton excavator market with the DX140LCR-3, providing greater capabilities for site development, commercial construction and street development projects. The DX140LCR-3 excavator is a reduced-tail-swing machine that offers reduced machine length and added maneuverability, presenting contractors with an ideal machine for […]
Inter-Tool acquires Leitch & Co.
Inter-Tool LLC has acquired Leitch & Co., a leading manufacturer of stone and concrete polishing products with more than 80 years of history. Leitch & Co. was the first company to manufacture a hand-held planetary machine for polishing stone and concrete — the DS301 — and Inter-Tool plans to continue […]
Two Concrete Artisans Take Four Awards at 2013 ARDAs
Four decorative concrete projects were among the winners in the 2013 American Residential Design Awards, announced in July by the American Institute of Building Design.
Save the date for the Concrete Decor Show’s pre-Show meeting
Are you interested in knowing more about the opportunities available to you at the 2014 Concrete Decor Show? Wondering about how to become a trainer for our hands-on workshops? Have you thought about exhibiting at the show? Or do you just want to find out ways you can become more […]
Get the Rock Look With Epoxy-Bonded Stone Systems
If you’re looking to expand your repertoire beyond stamping, staining and coloring concrete, there is a host of surfacing alternatives — some old, some new — just waiting to be explored.
The Rewards and Realities of Concrete Color Restoration
Unlike a fine wine, decorative concrete does not always age well.
And a decade or two after the first massive surge in popularity of decorative concrete, plenty of owners of residential and commercial property are realizing that their patterned, textured and colored concrete does not look like it once did.
How White Cement Can Help You on a Colored Concrete Job
In most cases, concrete made from standard gray portland cement will do the job nicely. But sometimes, especially when a pastel color takes precedence in the overall picture, decorative concrete contractors need to think outside the gray.
