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Posted by admin on January 28, 2008 · 1 Comment
I hear lots of stories from Decorative Concrete Contractors and artisans about clients who start out excited about the prospect of their new decorative concrete floor. When complete many are dissatisfied because of reasons like 1. It doesn’t look like the magazine 2. There is too much variation 3. There is too little variation. 4. [...]
Posted by admin on January 24, 2008 · Leave a Comment
The other day I met with the owner of Aqua Restaurant in Fairfield Connecticut who gave me a tour of Aqua and a new restaurant they are building. Aqua has stained concrete floors in the main areas of the restaurant and epoxy in the bar and kitchen. The epoxy floor coatings have a non – [...]
Posted by admin on January 18, 2008 · Leave a Comment
This is a followup to my blog about concrete sealers and whether it’s better to use strippable vs. non strippable sealers. We sell both so I’m not trying to promote one over the other. The fact is that a sealer needs a protective finish coat. The protective finish frequently referred to as wax provides an [...]
Posted by admin on January 18, 2008 · Leave a Comment
We focus on selling products for resurfacing interior concrete floors. (exterior concrete floors is like a whole other business) The strategy is to provide information, solutions and products for resurfacing concrete. That includes surface preparation, decorative options, appropriate sealers and maintenance solutions. Our line of concrete sealers are primarily Acrylic polymers, we stay away from [...]
Posted by admin on January 16, 2008 · 2 Comments
This is an exciting topic if you have a wet basement. Though don’t get caught up with how exciting the cure is at your next cocktail party unless you want to bore someone. The fact is that basements are wet or moist, mildewy, damp. They are below ground. Ground or earth is made up of [...]
Posted by admin on January 15, 2008 · 5 Comments
Concrete coatings and overlays provide a floor plan design solution that serves 2 very important issues Function Design Overlays are thin about 1/16th of an inch thick . They are extremely durable and easy to maintain. After application concrete sealers are applied reducing surface porosity and eliminating the chance of dust, mold or algae buildup, [...]
Posted by admin on January 15, 2008 · 1 Comment
In the fall of 2007 Juliska, a world class Tableware retailer was seeking a flooring solution for their new store in Stamford Connecticut. The image for their 2000 square foot flagship store was critical. They also needed a functional solution that was easy to maintain. Originally they just wanted to work with the existing concrete [...]