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Butterfield Color has introduced a new addition to its collection of textures. Quartzite Strata is a base texture stamp for a working fire-pit feature. Quartzite Strata was created by molding actual slabs of quartzite rock collected from the Ozark Mountains. The multidirectional facets in the surface make for a naturally […]
Prosoco recently announced they have hired Kevin Sigourney to manage its newly created Consolideck Products Group. The product line consists of products for improving both the appearance and performance of finished concrete floors. As Consolideck Products Group manager, Kevin will coordinate the group’s field representatives nationwide. He will also work […]
Dan McCormick of Eagle View Custom Creations, Fort Harrison, Mont., submitted these photos of a river he carved through an acid-stained floor using two brands of water-based stain from NewLook International. He put down the river at ExplorationWorks, an interactive science and culture museum in Helena, Mont.
This complex interior treatment pairs a multihued pattern of polished concrete with natural river-stone borders and detailing.
Is the solution to polished concrete maintenance educating the customer on proper procedures, or is it developing better sealers to provide the customer?
Max USA Corp. has hired Miguel Zepeda as Northwest regional sales executive. Zepeda’s career includes more than 15 years of outside sales experience in the wholesaling of exterior building products in the Pacific Northwest market. His experience in sales includes siding, windows, roofing, decks and other exterior envelope products. Zepeda […]
For the past three years, decorative concrete artisan Jeff Kudrick has been developing his own sink and countertop molds and decorative concrete tools under the brand name Infinicrete, using them regularly in high-profile projects and distributing them through manufacturing companies Cheng Concrete and SureCrete Design Products.
You basically have two ways to make more money in decorative concrete — you can increase sales or reduce the cost of doing business. Businesses in times like these have a tendency to become paralyzed when becoming proactive would be the best option. One good way to become proactive is to consider a team approach.
Plenty of people have hobbies — the businessman who dabbles in winemaking, the social worker who paints with oils, the cop who gardens. But decorative concrete as a hobby?
In 2005, race-car driver Dan Wheldon received the first-place title at the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race (also known as the Indy 500) and, along with it, the 2005 Indy 500 Pace Car, a new Corvette convertible.
