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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.
August 15, 2019
The architect on this project chose four different colors of dye.
Polishing Materials & Equipment
How to Close the Maintenance Gap Between Contractor and Custodian
Maintenance of polished concrete floors doesn’t have to be difficult, so long as it is approached correctly.
July 18, 2019
Polished Concrete Floor
Polishing Materials & Equipment
How Epoxy Flooring Can Transform the Ordinary Into Art
Advanced epoxy flooring systems can mitigate, revitalize and improve overall aesthetics of average concrete floors.
June 22, 2019
S2S applied a micro-blend flake system to the common areas and hallways at a new automated self-storage facility in Texas.
Polishing Materials & Equipment
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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Polishing Materials & Equipment
Place Maker
Bomanite’s Renaissance Deep-Grind delivers low-maintenance brilliance affordably.
February 14, 2019
At Olathe West High School, Musselman & Hall placed 25,000 square-feet of 2”-thick Renaissance Deep Grind as an unbonded topping slab integrating local aggregates and references. The project was recognized by the Concrete Promotional Group for the 2017 Excellence In Concrete Awards - Judges Award.
Concrete
Cornering the Market
BORIDE’s Corner Tool fills a niche in floor finishing.
December 18, 2018
BORIDE Engineered Abrasives’ new BSD Corner Tool, available in 5 grits
Polishing Materials & Equipment
Maintaining Polished Concrete Floors
The good, the bad, and how to avoid the ugly.
December 18, 2018
Building Green Chart
Polishing Materials & Equipment
What is the Best System for Polished Concrete Maintenance?
A comparison of traditional DIP (Diamond Impregnated Pads) and Composite Resin Abrasives (CRA).
August 21, 2018
To determine whether the DIPs or Composite Resin Abrasives pad systems were the superior maintenance solution, they were compared head-to-head by Stone Sole Associates LLC. Two 126 square foot sections of “highly polished” concrete were sectioned off and “cleaned” using an Auto-Scrubber, utilizing each of the respective maintenance systems.
Coatings & Sealants
Harley-Davidson Showroom Floor Designed to Focus on the Merchandise
Harley-Davidson
Simple, good looking and durable is what the Harley-Davidson dealership owners wanted for their 14,000 square-foot Rocklin, Calif. showroom.
August 21, 2018
Working off the Harley-Davidson color palette, Prep Concrete used Endurable's Pronghorn and Milk Chocolate colors with a matte finish Endurable sealer to highlight the merchandise.
Polishing Materials & Equipment
Polishable Overlays Can Make Worn Concrete Floors Shimmer Like Gold
The decorative concrete world’s real-life philosophers stone eliminates the need for more coatings or coverings to hide concrete abuses of the past
April 17, 2018
Most polished-concrete systems reach compressive strength of 3000 PSI in 1 day and final strength within 30 days.
Polishing Materials & Equipment
5 Myths in Coating Removal Which Can Co$t You Time and Money
Learning from the school of hard knocks in coating removal can be a very expensive school to attend.
March 2, 2018
Myth #3: Some acrylic sealers burn at temperatures below that which a dry grinding will reach. It can glaze over the tool face and create black splotches on the floor surface.
Polishing Materials & Equipment
Polished Concrete Solution Advances Facility Construction Ahead of Schedule
Production in new plant accelerated by two weeks with MQ SlabArmor.
March 2, 2018
The SlabArmor Curing System increased the durability and hardness of the floors by consolidating the surface cap and producing a highly refined, less permeable, and abrasion resistant surface.
Polishing Materials & Equipment
Polished Concrete Maintenance - Part 2
This is the second part of a two-part series giving an overview of the maintenance of polished concrete.
March 2, 2018
Pairing the floor owner with a polished concrete system that meets their aesthetic requirements and fits with their maintenance capabilities, while fully informing the owner of what the maintenance requirements of that system will be, is critical to the floor owner's long-term satisfaction.
Polishing Materials & Equipment
Oh My, What a Difference A Year Makes
Presenting a guest editorial by Peter Wagner, of Curecrete Distribution offering his observations of the state of the polished concrete industry.
March 2, 2018
The change eliminates the medium aggregate surface exposure, and the approximate surface cut depths for all classes. The new classes are A – cement fines; 85-95% cement fines, 5-15% fine aggregate; B – fine aggregate; 85-95% fine aggregate, 5-15% blend cement fines and coarse aggregate; and C – coarse aggregate; 80-90% coarse aggregate, 10-20% cement fines and fine aggregate.
Polishing Materials & Equipment
Surface Preparation: Top Tips to Minimize Downtime on the Job
National Flooring Equipment
Communication is vital and can mean the difference between a job’s success or failure. Learn how contractors can avoid downtime during a surface preparation job by good communication.
March 1, 2018
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Polishing Materials & Equipment
Polished Concrete Maintenance
In this series of articles, we will discuss the areas of concern for maintaining polished concrete and how to address those concerns, and the importance of proactively matching the maintenance plan to the floor owner's maintenance capabilities.
December 7, 2017
Concrete
Understanding the New Polished Concrete Appearance Chart
Cuviello Concrete and Terrazzo Polishing
DOI in combination with haze is an indicator of surface profile, quality of the mechanical interaction between abrasives and the surface and sustainability of the polished surface.
December 7, 2017
The Concrete Polishing Council recently released the, “Polished Concrete Appearance Chart” that replaces the Concrete Polishing Association of America, “Finished Gloss Chart.”
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
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.
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