Many of those pedestrian-traveled venues that look like cobblestone, slate, brick and marble are in fact, cement surfaces fashioned to look like more expensive materials at a fraction of the cost. If you have questions, we have the answers.
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Decorative Resurfacing of Cracked Concrete Balconies
More often than not, decorative resurfacing begins with some type of repair, whether it be patching of small holes before a chemical stain, thin repair of spalled concrete, crack repair, or a full depth structural repair. This article will discuss a project requiring both repair and prevention of recurring cracks on post-tensioned concrete decks.
How Using Admixtures in Concrete Work Saves Time and Money
Discover ways admixtures can improve concrete’s ultimate durability and strength and make it easier to work with.
Diamond blades, abrasive blades, demolition tools for Concrete
Wacker offers blades, hammer drill bits, and demolition steel for a variety of applications.
Surface retarders / concrete photo engraving process
Grace Construction Products now offers a comprehensive line of products for architectural concrete, including Top-Cast surface retarders for exposed aggregate concrete and an exclusive process for photo engraved concrete. Both products were developed by Pieri SA, which Grace acquired last year.
Sto Texture Coat for Concrete
Sto Corp offers a reformulation of Sto Texture Coat, a two-component, polymer-modified cementitious decorative coating.
Diamond grinding wheel from Sawtec
Sawtec offers a diamond grinding wheel for use with concrete grinding tools. The Supreme cup wheel is designed to remove coating, level, and grind softer materials without loading up.
Decorative Concrete Tips: Marbleizing Cast-in-Place Concrete Countertops
The trick is to let the material set with an open (mag trowelled) surface for about one hour for a standard one and one half inch thick top (Temp. dependent), this allows the Polymer to tighten up and lose some of its stickiness.
Concrete Integrals: Faded or Not?
Concrete Decor’s Q&A in the Winter 2001 issue had included comments discouraging the use of integral coloring for concrete work in high altitude mountain environments. It was implied that integral coloring of concrete is UV unstable resulting in a color faded appearance over time. This is incorrect. The use of […]
Concrete Industry Spotlight: The British Are Coming!
Cross-pollination is one of my favorite concepts to think about. (Isn’t it odd that one could have so much time on their hands!) It’s when an idea or a product from one industry is taken and used in an entirely new way by a person from outside that industry. The person from outside the industry sees the idea or product from a totally different perspective — and also has his or her own set of unique talents to add to the process.
