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Close your eyes. Think of your business. Imagine you operate in a world without competitors. Imagine you’re the only one that customers can hire to install decorative concrete. Visualize yourself winning bid after bid without anything or anyone to stand in your way. Now, open your eyes. Welcome back to reality.
The decorative concrete industry is driven by fascination. Inspiring this fascination in customers is only possible when you connect first and foremost. Unfortunately, this is the number one aspect I see missing within our talented artisans today. Just like your ability to create with color and concrete, there is an art to connecting with architects, designers and owners.
The job’s biggest challenge was figuring out a way to texture the surface without burying or breaking the fibers, Denny says. “The customer was intent on having stamped concrete, so not stamping wasn’t an option.”
The popularity of glass-fiber reinforced concrete (GFRC) has grown in the past few years as more and more people discover its versatility, strength and relative ease of manufacture. GFRC makes it possible to create stronger and lighter elements and complex 3-D pieces easily.
U.S. Concrete has introduced new and innovative concrete technology with Aridus Rapid Drying concrete. Aridus is a ready-mix concrete solution for preventing floor-covering failures.
Decorative concrete makeovers make ideal pro bono projects. A recent press release from Concrete Coatings Inc. describes a perfect example, in which contractors donated time, labor and materials to improve a northern Utah retreat camp for kids facing challenging circumstances.
When Steve Moore, a retired escape artist and Harry Houdini historian, went looking for someone to help restore a damaged bust from Houdini’s grave, Bart Sacco’s was the first name to come up.
Compaction of each thin layer of backer is a critically important step in the fabrication of GFRC.
There are many molding compounds available, so it’s important to get one that’s appropriate for the application at hand.
Bon’s line of contractor-grade hand tools has been expanded to include more than 600 new items. New products of interest span the trades and include: Bon’s Mixing & Pouring Barrel Transporter and Micro Topping Squeegees for concrete restoration work; Bon’s Nylon Face Dead Blow Hammers and Paver Joint Wire Brush […]
