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Decorative Concrete
How I Make Concrete Marble
How Bradley Coomes, owner of Coomes Custom Concrete Creations, creates a marbling effect for concrete countertops and concrete tabletops.
September 16, 2021
How to Marble Concrete
Decorative Concrete
GFRC Offers New Design Options for Concrete Countertops
With the introduction of GFRC into the marketplace over the past several years, contractors and specialty precast shops have taken to this new style of concrete construction.
December 1, 2015
Jake Brady, owner/designer of Jake Brady Concrete By Design (www.JakeBradyConcrete.com) created this stunning concrete countertop for a kitchen.
Decorative Concrete
Finishing Techniques for Concrete Countertops
Concrete Countertop Institute
As one of the few building materials created from raw ingredients, concrete is a fantastic material to design and work.
December 1, 2015
JM Lifestyles in New Jersey installs or ships their Woodform® Concrete creations all over the world.
Decorative Concrete
Spotlight on Decorative Concrete
December 1, 2015
Decorative Concrete
Finding Success in Artisan Concrete
What are the tools needed for a contractor to find success in artisan concrete work?
December 1, 2015
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Concrete
How High Dosage Levels of Macro Fibers Are Improving Concrete Slabs
Slab-on-grade floor and pavement panels shrink less and have almost no curl.
August 21, 2013
When you mix high dosage levels of macro fibers in concrete, one of challenges is to achieve a good blending between concrete and fiber.
Decorative Concrete
Brooks Construction Makes Concrete Beautiful
Decorative concrete contractor Brooks Construction Services in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, has been offering stamped and stained concrete, concrete countertops, glow-in-the-dark concrete and more for more than four decades.
January 16, 2013
Ray Brooks says glow-in-the-dark concrete aggregate is his new favorite thing.
Decorative Concrete
Balancing Act
A GFRC decorative concrete table by Dylan Lauger of Lauger Concrete and Design in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, utilizes handmade concrete weights to counterbalance the creative concrete piece.
January 16, 2013
A GFRC furniture piece with a counterbalanced table top by Lauger Concrete + Design.
Concrete Hand Tools
How to Finish Flatter Concrete Floors
KB Engineering LLC
Proper concrete finishing tools and techniques will help you increase your FF numbers so that placing very flat and super flat floors becomes routine
May 18, 2012
Restraightening will cut down high spots and fill low spots; it can increase FF numbers from about 30 to 50 percent.
Concrete
Handcrafted in the Modern Age
March 5, 2012
The sloped walls were too steep for Carolina Floors’ finishers to stand, so they lay on their stomachs to finish the velodrome grout wear surface using wooden hand floats. Finishing tolerances were very tight, less than 1/8-inch in 6 feet.
Decorative Concrete
What Is in Your Decorative Toolbox?
From polishers to hopper guns, contractors reveal the essential tools in their toolboxes
December 12, 2011
Philip Ferreira
Decorative Concrete
How to Choose a Concrete Countertop Mix Design
When completing precast projects, contractors can use a bag mix or a made-from-scratch mix and choose from a number of admixtures and colors.
September 1, 2011
Buddy Rhodes, owner of Buddy Rhodes Concrete Products, achieves the Pressed Surface look in this precast application.
Decorative Concrete
Trough sink perfect fit for first-time concrete client
Eric Pottle, owner of Surface Works AZ, completed a trough sink using GFRC.
July 1, 2011
Eric Pottle, owner of Surface Works AZ located in Peoria, Ariz., completed a few preliminary sketches to determine the exact design of the sink.
Power Trowels
Avoid Surface Defects on Interior Slabs
Twining Inc.
Following the basic finishing rules will help you avoid blisters and delaminations, dusting, crazing, crusting and reduced resistance to surface wear on interior, steel troweled floors.
June 13, 2011
Avoid Surface Defects on Interior Slabs
Power Trowels
Avoid Surface Defects on Exterior Slabs
Twining Inc.
The proper finishing techniques will help you avoid defects like premature wear, scaling, mortar flaking and plastic-shrinkage cracking.
April 21, 2011
Scaling, above, and premature surface wear typically occur when contractors mix bleedwater into the surface or trap bleedwater and air directly beneath the surface.
Decorative Concrete
Concrete Boundaries Overcome with Periodic Table Set
A table and bench set test the limits of decorative concrete.
March 12, 2011
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Decorative Concrete
Making a Name in Decorative Concrete and Beyond
A concrete contractor with deep roots in the decorative market found success in traditional concrete work while still delivering award-winning decorative projects.
December 14, 2010
Bay Area Concretes created this sidewalk using decorative Ruby Red Glass Aggretex paving. Aggretex is a patented system for installing exotic aggregates and recycled glass aggregates into the surface of full thickness concrete slabs.
Decorative Concrete
A Crystal River Runs Through It
Matt Carr of Allegheny Cement Studio incorporates wedding crystal into a residential concrete kitchen countertop.
December 14, 2010
Matt Carr of Allegheny Cement Studio incorporates wedding crystal into a residential concrete kitchen countertop.
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