Decorative Overlays

Ameripolish SmartFloor Refinement System
Ameripolish Smartfloor Refinement System
The SmartFloor Refinement System concept is engineered to provide a high-aesthetic floor that is an easy and economical way to utilize any polishing machines, including power trowels.
September 24, 2020
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Rockett's Glass Overlay
September 23, 2020
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Creating a World of Fantasy, Fun Through Pre-Blended Stucco
August 19, 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.
Things to Consider When Choosing a Concrete Overlay
April 13, 2016
S2S applied a micro-blend flake system to the common areas and hallways at a new automated self-storage facility in Texas.
How Epoxy Flooring Can Transform the Ordinary Into Art
June 22, 2019
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Parking Lot Paving: Concrete vs. Asphalt
April 30, 2020
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Dodge Data: Nonresidential Construction Gains Can’t Overcome Cooling in Single-family Housing Starts
Construction starts slipped in April as the once-hot single-family housing market cooled substantially due to higher building costs.
May 18, 2021
The concept involves first a cement-based mixture, with small amounts of short carbon fibres added to increase the conductivity and flexural toughness. Then, embedded within the mixture is a metal-coated carbon fibre mesh – iron for the anode, and nickel for the cathode. After much experimentation, this is the prototype which the researchers now present.
Rechargeable Batteries Made of Cement Now Possible
Researchers presented a prototype of a rechargeable cement-based battery - applications could range from powering concrete sensors, LED lighting, 4G connections, or paired with solar panel technology.
May 18, 2021
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May 1, 2021
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LATICRETE's medium coarse-sanded, pumpable and pourable, low alkali cement-based premium self-leveling overlay works as a high-strength wear surface or underlayment
September 6, 2019
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Preparation is the Key to Polished Overlays
In the world of concrete overlays…it’s what lies beneath that matters most.
April 23, 2019
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Euclid Chemical Company/Increte Systems Introduces Level Top PC-Agg
Level Top PC-Agg contains a graded natural aggregate that enables the topping to resemble a polished concrete floor after grinding and polishing.
September 28, 2018
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Eucild’s Increte Systems Introduces LEVEL TOP POLISH and LEVEL TOP PC-AGG
Eucild’s Increte Systems introduces two new product additions to the Level Top family of self leveling overlays.
March 22, 2018
Nordstrom specified Rapid Set Products for the overlay, which included LevelFlor self-leveling underlayment, TXP Epoxy Primer and TRU Self-Leveling topping.
Flooring Worthy of a Waikiki Renaissance
In Honolulu, the famous beachfront neighborhood of Waikiki is undergoing a redevelopment renaissance that promises to cut the area’s high percentage of vacant office space and add much-needed lodging and higher-end shopping.
November 14, 2017
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MAPEI Highlights 80th Anniversary with Contractor Contest
Supporting the slogan “Celebrate our past – Enjoy our presents,” MAPEI is inviting contractors to make use of their purchases during 2017 to enter the MAPEI 80th Anniversary Giveaway.
February 1, 2017
Sourcing Form Panels Locally
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May 1, 2021
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ColorChrome Pigment from Super-Krete
ColorChrome Pigment is a metallic mica pigment designed to be dispersed in a variety of binders to create seamless floors with a unique, three-dimensional appearance.
September 1, 2016
Diamond polishing overlay toppings is a significant part of the market so Diamatic, a manufacturer of diamond grinding equipment, decided to develop an overlay product with favorable polishing qualities. Its low shrinkage and hard wearing characteristics, gains strength quickly, and produces a high-polish surface.
A Decorative Mix for Diamond Polishing
April 13, 2016
ARDEX Provides Full-replacement Warranties
ARDEX Americas announces extended warranties for ARDEX MC Moisture Control Systems when installed by an ARDEX LevelMaster Elite Installer (LME) or an ARDEX Academy-Trained Installer.
March 3, 2016
Niagara Machine Presents "Advanced Color and Design" Training
Learn decorative techniques from Rick Lobdell, owner of Concrete Mystique Engraving.
February 25, 2016
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“No Stink” Primer for Concrete Overlays from AC•Tech
The AC•Tech RMS-Enviro Primer is a single-coat epoxy resin that seals porous substrates to reduce “pin-holes” and bubbles, control moisture drive, increase adhesion, and minimize cracking in the finished installation.
February 12, 2016
Düraamen to Present The Installers Edge Workshop
The Installers Edge Workshop, presented by Düraamen, gives contractors an exclusive access to expert training for working with decorative concrete and industrial flooring products.
February 10, 2016
2015 Scofield Decorative Concrete Awards
L. M. Scofield Company is pleased to announce the winners of our Eighth Annual Decorative Concrete Awards contest. The contest is free to enter, and is open to any contractor, architect or designer who uses or specifies Scofield Systems.
February 9, 2016
The USF Polytechnic 555 Building, Lakeland, Fla. won the WOW! Award, best overall project for Baker Concrete Construction, Ft Lauderdale, Fla. The innovative design in architectural concrete, by Santiago Calatrava and Festina Lente, includes an elliptical-shaped structure highlighted with exposed concrete raker portals. The first architectural concrete constructed were retaining walls with integral concrete seating caps. These walls defined the building’s perimeter from the reflection ponds and total a mile in length.
Decorative Concrete Council Announces Winners of the 8th Annual Decorative Concrete Awards
The Decorative Concrete Council, a specialty council of the American Society of Concrete Contractors, St. Louis, Mo., has announced the winners of its eighth annual Decorative Concrete Awards competition.
February 7, 2016
Chemline Inc. Acquires T.A. Davies (TADCO)
Chemline, Inc. of St. Louis, Mo. has purchased the T. A. Davies Company (TADCO) of Rancho Dominguez, CA. TADCO has been an innovative formulator of specialty cold-cast polyurethane chemicals since 1972.
December 3, 2015
ARDEX Sweepstakes Winners Announced
The ARDEX Choose Your Experience Installer Sweepstakes winners have been notified that they can Choose Their Experience.
November 6, 2015
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Kingdom Products’ Top Cap
Kingdom Products’ Top Cap is a one-component, low-build overlay engineered to develop maximum strength and attain a tenacious bond to properly prepared, cured concrete without the use of a bonding agent.
September 16, 2015
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May 13, 2021
With approximately 55 people in attendance, LATICRETE and SASE Company recently joined together to focus on training operators on how to install LATICRETE'S DURAFLOOR TGA decorative overlay for new and existing concrete surfaces. The training took place at the LATICRETE West Palm Beach, Fla.
LATICRETE and SASE Company Join Together for Training
Recently, two manufacturing companies in the concrete industry came together to exhibit a new decorative, polishable, cementitious overlay built for new and existing concrete surfaces and unique applications.
May 21, 2015
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Level Floors Fast with FLOOR-TOP STG from W.R. MEADOWS
FLOOR-TOP STG from W. R. MEADOWS is a standard traffic-grade, single-component, shrinkage-compensated, self-leveling floor topping and underlayment that may be pumped or poured.
May 14, 2015
Picture here is a substrate that was scrubbed with a silicon carbide impregnated nylon grit brush and given two coats of micro-topping to restore the floor. Once the water-based dye was applied, the old details of the vinyl tiles appeared.
Micro-Toppings Offer a Wide Array of Decorative Finishes
April 15, 2015
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What's Old Becomes New Again
The Hudson Hospital expansion project called for new administration and clinical wing construction, including hallways, lobby, waiting room, and stairs. The project scope included dyeing and polishing both new and existing concrete floors.
April 15, 2015
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Increte System's Level Top SP
March 17, 2015
Decorative Surface Solution Group LLC Launches to Increase Efficiency and Quality Standards
The DSS Group is focused on the rapidly expanding decorative surface solutions of polished concrete, pourable overlays, epoxies, resins and terrazzo.
March 3, 2015
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Kingdom Products’ Imperial Vertical Wall Mix
February 16, 2015
Video: How to Install Stampable Concrete Overlay
Video: How to Install Stampable Concrete Overlay
Application of seamless texture skins and pattern stamp in a wooden plank after applying a liquid release agent over concrete overlay is shown in this video clip
February 9, 2015
Scofield’s 7th Annual Decorative Concrete Awards Contest Sets Record
L. M. Scofield Company has finished accepting entries into their 7th Annual Decorative Concrete Awards contest, and the number of entries they received has set an all-time record.
November 19, 2014
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Concrete Solutions Spray-Top
September 5, 2014
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Concrete Solutions Resurfacer
September 5, 2014