Take your time… and get it right! The good news is that you can make more money on decorative concrete than on plain old flatwork. Prices can increase by anywhere from $2 per square foot to as much as $13 per square foot in some states.
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Decorative Concrete Tips: Pigmenting Liquid Release for Concrete
Liquid release agent is quickly becoming the choice of many decorative concrete contractors. With the increased demand for quicker turnarounds, cleaner job sites and environmental concerns, using liquid release agent for stamped concrete becomes an obvious choice.
Stamped and Stained Concrete Elevates Vacation Retreats
To say there has been an explosion in demand for stamped concrete or stained concrete is quite the understatement. Homeowners are hiring decorative concrete contractors to color, stain, score, stamp, overlay or otherwise decorate the pool decks, entries, driveways and walkways concrete around their homes.
Tips for Buying and Maintaining Concrete Stamping Tools
Contractors and manufacturers share tips for buying and maintaining these essential tools.
Concrete Helps Architect Fu-Tung Cheng Make a Perfect Cup of Tea
Berkeley architect Fu-Tung Cheng combines ancient custom with modern design.
Contractor Helps Clients Warm to Decorative Concrete
Bomanite contractor Ira Goldberg paved the way for decorative concrete in New Jersey and surrounding areas. Here Ira Goldberg reflects on almost twenty years with Bomanite.
Applying Brush or Broom Finishes to Concrete
Brushes offer a variety of snazzy finishes for concrete without stamping or staining.
Adhesive anchoring adhesive for concrete
Sika Corp. has entered the adhesive anchoring market with the introduction of four new injection cartridge systems. Geared to the professional contractor, Sikadur AnchorFix-2 is a high-performance epoxy acrylate anchoring adhesive that’s easily dispensed from a goodquality, standard caulking gun. AnchorFix-2 exhibits high load capabilities, can be dispensed in all […]
Early-entry Cuts for Decorative Concrete
Sometime in the early 1980s, a concrete contractor named Ed Chiuminatta pulled the wheels off a board and attached them to a Skilsaw. The result? A saw blade that could roll across green concrete, slicing a control joint in a fraction of the time it would take to carve the groove by hand.
Integral coloring systems for ready mix
QC Construction Products has launched a new “total systems” approach to integral coloring for the ready mix market. QC ColorTech-E delivers superior concrete finishing performance from a blend of dispersements, conditioners and water-reducing agents that offset water demand caused by pigments. It contains engineered colored admixtures that do not require […]
