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The finish of the hood needs to coincide with the complexity of this application. The expectation of the final outcome, and how you will accommodate errors in the finish, holes, sags, and other blemishes especially considering the mold is assembled as you spray, make it difficult to make a perfect crème finish.
AmeriPolish went all out with their entry at the 2012 Concrete Decor Show Demo Pavilion Contest. Their entry featured a dragon from Floormap Stencil Designs. Both Jason Campbell of AmeriPolish and Chris Swanson of Colour did the polishing and coloring. At the 2012 Concrete Decor Show, three companies went head-to-head […]
A Chicago sports lover’s paradise opened in January 2012: the Chicago Sports Depot, a two-story, 12,000-square-foot retail facility located adjacent to U.S. Cellular Field (home of the Chicago White Sox baseball team) that offers fans an extensive collection of merchandise and they enjoy decorative concrete in the process.
If you install stamped concrete, you should be maintaining stamped concrete. You already have all the equipment you need, and you have the experience and training you need as well. Offering an annual maintenance program on your work, or any stamped concrete work for that matter, is a good source of revenue that does not require much in the way of equipment or mental gymnastics.
The Decorative Concrete Council, a specialty council of the American Society of Concrete Contractors, has announced the winners of its fourth annual Awards competition for decorative concrete projects.
Outdoor kitchens are a popular request no matter where you live, but typically when you read a book or see a television show featuring outdoor kitchens, the contractor is doing them in a warm climate.
I would bet that when you think about concrete, humor is not the first word that comes to mind. Then again, you aren’t Gordon Young.
Halco Lighting Technologies’ new line of electronic HID (eHID) ballasts delivers cutting edge ceramic discharge metal halide performance These ballasts are microprocessor-controlled and provide superior light quality and versatility. Halco eHID ballasts paired with ceramic discharge metal halide lamps provide high efficacy and long life. Increased efficacy lowers power consumption […]
CTS Cement Manufacturing Corp. has launched Rapid Set TRU Epoxy Primer (TXP). The primer ensures strong adhesion between the substrate and topping while sealing porous concrete to prevent pinholes and bubbles. TRU Epoxy Primer can be used on moist surfaces.
Transforming more than 5,500 square feet of flooring surfaces, creating a vertical sculpture and constructing a waterfall is no small task, especially when the majority of the work is done over just two days. However, that’s exactly what happened at SAY Sí, a teen art center in San Antonio, Texas. […]
