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Polishing Materials & Equipment

Pastor Josh Moore assists Roy Mathis of GranQuartz during the polishing process.
Concrete
SmartFloor Power Trowel Cuts Down Polishing Time at Florida Church
Ameripolish’s SmartFloor Refinement System uses composite resin abrasives technology for polished concrete floors with high DOI.
Gigi Wood
July 23, 2020
Polished concrete slabs are popular in offices, residential, retail and big box stores, such as this Floor and Décor. The new ACI 310.1 specification available provides a guideline for normal industry practice.
Polishing Materials & Equipment
Bringing Polished Concrete up to Spec
December 22, 2020
The number of options decorative concrete provides homeowners is a major factor in the annual valuation of the anticipated global decorative concrete market size. The market is estimated to reach more than $23.8 billion by 2026.
Decorative Concrete
Polished & Stamped Concrete: Go-To Options for Decorative Concrete Contractors
December 9, 2020
As a memorial to the frontline workers of COVID-19. The Ocoee Health-Center includes a plaque that reads as follows: 'This courtyard is dedicated to the frontline healthcare workers who went above and beyond during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. 'In appreciation for you extraordinary service, loyalty, and commitment to your profession and community.'' It then lists the companies and suppliers involved in the project and then a 'thank you.'
Decorative Concrete
3 Decorative Concrete Contractors That Gave Back to Their Community
November 16, 2020
Click the image to open the image gallery and see the Blue and Orange pads.
Polishing Materials & Equipment
The Ameripolish SmartFloor Maintenance System
November 13, 2020
With headquarters in Aurora, IL and a second location in Mooresville, NC (pictured), Factory Cleaning Equipment provides facilities managers, building owners, and janitorial professionals with high-quality American-made industrial floor scrubbers and sweepers, including its own private-branded product line, Bulldog.
Surface Prep
Jon-Don Expands Offerings with Factory Cleaning Equipment Inc. Acquisition
November 12, 2020
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This Week's 10 Hottest Construction Stories: New Rules Open PPP Payoff to the Smallest Businesses
Why the most-read construction stories include how to troubleshoot concrete cracks, 9-day continuous concrete pour slipforming grain silos, where surface transportation funding stands, six factors when adding drones to your construction business
Jessica Lombardo
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March 5, 2021
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Construction News Tracker: Arctic Blast from Texas to Maine Drives Fuel Prices Skyward
All construction material prices increased during January for the first time since 2018, NAHB measured a 14.5% increase in new home construction permits in 2020, PCA forecasts 2021 regional cement consumption to be led by a 3% increase in the South
March 4, 2021
5 Tips to Optimize Concrete Forming Panel Performance
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5 Tips to Optimize Concrete Forming Panel Performance
APA-trademarked panels can be used repeatedly with proper care. Maximize concrete form lifetime—and your budget—with these five tips.
March 2, 2021
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Brickform Refresh.
Colors & Stains
Brickform Refresh
Recolor and restore concrete with Brickform Refresh. Brickform Refresh is a solvent based penetrating, polysiloxane stain with excellent water repellency to be used for re-coloring and sealing exterior concrete surfaces.
Brickform - A Division of Solomon Colors
September 28, 2020
SASE Trifecta Diamond Pads.
Decorative Concrete
SASE Trifecta Diamond Pads
SASE Trifecta Diamond pads mount to a high speed burnisher to restore shine or burnish in guard.
SASE Company, Inc.
September 24, 2020
Rockett's glass overlay.
Decorative Concrete
Rockett's Glass Overlay
Rockett’s Polished Overlay is a patent-pending process creating high-impact, enduring decorative polished concrete floors and installations.
Rockett's Glass Overlay
September 23, 2020
Smith FS351 DCS Electric Self-Propelled Scarifier.
Decorative Concrete
Smith FS351 DCS Electric Self-Propelled Scarifier
Smith's FS351 DCS series of heavy-duty, self-propelled drum scarifiers are designed to tackle the most demanding removal and surface preparation jobs.
SMITH Manufacturing Company
September 22, 2020
Make sure you have a marketing plan in place to help focus your marketing efforts, suggests L.M. Scofield's Cam Villar. Whether in depth or simple, make sure to at least include the market you want to serve and who your target audience will be.
Decorative Concrete
Marketing Polished and Stained Decorative Concrete Floors
When it comes to marketing polished or stained decorative concrete floors contractors should focus on promoting the benefits as well as the aesthetics.
Kimberly Hegeman
July 1, 2010
Pictured here is a warehouse/distribution center application using a lithium siliconate densifier.
Polishing Materials & Equipment
Densifiers Demystified
A concrete densifier is a chemical solution that, when applied to a concrete surface, increases surface density by sealing pores.
Michael Lemark
September 4, 2020
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5 Tips to Optimize Concrete Forming Panel Performance
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5 Tips to Optimize Concrete Forming Panel Performance
APA-trademarked panels can be used repeatedly with proper care. Maximize concrete form lifetime—and your budget—with these five tips.
March 2, 2021
The Moscone Center improvements, specifically with regard to the polished concrete scope, in San Francisco, California is a lesson to specifications that don’t always meet owner expectations and how a great general contractor, great architect, and an experienced concrete subcontractor can communicate and come together to drive the project in a successful direction for all parties.
Polishing Materials & Equipment
The Gestation of a Polished Concrete Project
The Moscone Center improvements, specifically to the polished concrete scope, is a lesson to specifications that don’t always meet expectations but how communication between parties can drive the project in a successful direction for all parties.
December 7, 2017
When slabs on ground are polished, non-uniform exposure of aggregate is a result of high spots cause by slab curling. Deflection of many suspended slabs exceeds the upward movement at curled slabs, so polishing may result in even larger areas that exhibit such non-uniform aggregate exposure.
Decorative Concrete
Why Polishing Suspended Concrete Slabs is More Likely to Disappoint Customers
Polished-concrete specifications are based on experience with slabs-on-grade, so contractors must help project owners understand how results will likely vary when polishing suspended slabs
Bruce Suprenant, P.E.
Ward R. Malisch, P.E.
March 4, 2016
In order to achieve the desired polished concrete finish on this lobby floor, Concrete Flooring Solutions used CTS Cement Rapid Set TRU Self-Leveling product to bring an overpoured floor back to its specified recessed depth.
Concrete Equipment & Products
Self-Leveling Topping Corrects Concrete Floor Overpour on Polishing Job
CTS Cement's Rapid Set TRU Self-Leveling topping helped a contractor bring an overpoured concrete floor back to specification in order to achieve the desired polished-concrete surface
April 18, 2012
Unless a contractor specializes in floor projects, it can be cost-prohibitive to own concrete grinders and scarifiers that are not used frequently.
Concrete
How Renting Grinders and Scarifiers Can Save Money, Time
Unless a contractor specializes in floor projects, it can be cost-prohibitive to own concrete grinders and scarifiers that are not used frequently.
United Rentals Inc.
July 24, 2020
CTS Rapid Set TRU Self-Leveling Overlay is a hydraulic cement-based, self-leveling topping, re-surfacer and underlayment for both indoor and outdoor jobsites. The product cures to a light off-white color. It is ideal for floors that are stained, integrally colored, and those with decorative embedded aggregate flooring.
Decorative Concrete
Things to Consider When Choosing a Concrete Overlay
When considering if an overlay is right for your client it's important to paint wide strokes of possibilities, but root expectations in the complexities of the install.
Ryan McBride
April 13, 2016
Telecommunications company Comcast chose Rockett’s Concrete Overlay for its new engineering building in Newark, Delaware.
Polishing Materials & Equipment
Contractor Achieves Terrazzo Look by Adding Glass to Polishable Overlay
The Rockett Concrete Overlay offers all the benefits of polished concrete with the look of terrazzo.
Amy Wunderlin
February 21, 2020
SPARTACOTE FLEX XPL Low Gloss
Concrete
LATICRETE Enhances Resinous Flooring system with SPARTACOTE™ FLEX XPL Low Gloss
SPARTACOTE™ FLEX XPL Low Gloss eases work for the installer with its quick return-to-service while providing an attractive, less reflective finish.
Laticrete International, Inc.
April 7, 2020
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Concrete
Building Up the Construction Industry
National Flooring Equipment vice president of marketing Connie Johnson discusses how businesses can help to close the construction skills gap.
National Flooring Equipment
April 7, 2020
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Concrete
Concrete Polishing Council Develops 2 Pre-Construction Checklists
The Concrete Polishing Council (CPC) has created “Checklist for the Pre-Construction Conference” and “Checklist for the Polished Concrete Pre-Construction Conference.”
American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC)
March 23, 2020
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Polishing Materials & Equipment
5 Things to Consider When Selecting Abrasives
Understanding abrasives when polishing concrete will allow you to provide a better product in a more efficient manner.
Jim Cuviello
February 22, 2020
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Polishing Materials & Equipment
Lavina 38GRE Grinder from Superabrasive
Remote-controlled and propane-driven, this grinder is Superabrasive's largest Lavina Elite model.
Superabrasive Inc.
January 2, 2020
5 Tips to Optimize Concrete Forming Panel Performance
Sponsored
5 Tips to Optimize Concrete Forming Panel Performance
APA-trademarked panels can be used repeatedly with proper care. Maximize concrete form lifetime—and your budget—with these five tips.
March 2, 2021
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Polishing Materials & Equipment
Lavina 16E Compact Grinder from Superabrasive
The newest lightweight and compact grinder in the Lavina Elite Series by Superabrasive
Superabrasive Inc.
January 2, 2020
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Polishing Materials & Equipment
Aztec UltraGrind Spray Mist Skirt for Dust Control
The new spray mist skirt comes standard on Aztec's UltraGrind Propane Powered Concrete Grinder for dust control.
Aztec Products Inc.
December 6, 2019
Layers of paint, epoxy, carpeting, luxury vinyl tile and vinyl composite tile once covered the floor at the Moto Museum in St. Louis, which houses some of the rarest motorcycles in the existence.
Polishing Materials & Equipment
Concrete Polishing Restores Luster to Vintage Motorcycle Museum
A collaborative effort brought new life to museum's floor, which was stripped of its various floor coverings, stains and wear from decades of heavy traffic.
December 6, 2019
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Concrete Drills
CSDA Releases Revised Concrete Renovation Standards
The updated documents are intended for any party involved in concrete cutting, polishing, ground penetrating radar (GPR) imaging and selective demolition work.
November 19, 2019
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Concrete
ScanDust 8000
The ScanDust 8000 is Scanmaskins most powerful industrial vacuum cleaner with exceptional suction capacity.
Scanmaskin USA
October 29, 2019
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Polishing Materials & Equipment
Surface Pro Assassin 10-Segment Polishing Pads
GranQuartz
September 26, 2019
Haze is a common problem associated with coatings and polished materials. Rhopoint Instruments' Concrete Clarity Meter (CCM) digitally reads the concrete surface profile, the sharpness of the reflected image, and the haze resulting from concrete imperfections, which gives a true representation of the finished floor.
Polishing Materials & Equipment
Guard, Gloss and Distinctness of Image
A given polished concrete floor may not be the same as another polished concrete floor. The DOI meter and the ASCC’s Polished Concrete Appearance Chart are a significant step in defining the difference.
CT “Chip” Marshall
August 15, 2019
The architect on this project chose four different colors of dye.
Polishing Materials & Equipment
How to Apply Multi-Color Dyes to Polished Concrete
Texas Bomanite tackled the challenges of a four-dye application with decorative saw cuts and a one-color-at-at-time application approach.
Amy Wunderlin
August 15, 2019
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Polishing Materials & Equipment
Blastrac Global to Consolidate Diamatic and Cyclone Technology Brands
Consolidation of the three brands will help Blastrac Global to combine assets and expand customer support and education.
July 31, 2019
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Polishing Materials & Equipment
ASL T2 Electric Grinder
Lightweight and flexible grinder ideal for small to medium sized jobs
ASL Machines USA
July 26, 2019
Asl Pro 9
Polishing Materials & Equipment
ASL PRO 9
Propane-powered grinder that can double as a burnisher to shine floors as well as prep and polish them.
ASL Machines USA
July 26, 2019
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