Flooring Insurance During Construction
I ran into this company in Vegas at the World of Concrete. Ram Board. It seems that this product is always needed when it’s needed. No one seems to think about ordering a product like this ahead of time.
It doesn’t matter what kind of flooring is put down in a construction project there will always [...]
Cleaning Concrete
The photo above shows the results of cleaning concrete with Surface Gel Teks gelled acid called HD24.
The project was a 40,000 square foot concrete slab located at a marina in Baltimore Maryland. The concrete had years of dirt, rust and algae build up. They had tried numerous products without satisfactory results before they used the [...]
How To Maintain a Decorative Concrete Floor
About a year ago I put together this research report about maintaining decorative concrete floors.
I spent a lot of time discussing the technical aspects of maintenance with the folks at Formula Tecnologies. When decorative concrete floors are properly maintained they will last indefinately.
Floors like these above with proper maintence will actually get better over [...]
Cleaning Paraphernalia
I’ll try and be brief with this post about tools you need to maintain floors.
1. Mops – Microfiber mops with a heavy pad are an excellent tool for dry or wet mopping decorative concrete floors. Use for both residential and commercial floors. Rayon mop heads work well with cleaning products. Should I mention a bucket?
2. [...]
Concrete Floor Finishes
In my last few posts I went over proper methods to maintain floors and some products that work for specific floors.
The key is to maintain your concrete floor finishes and sealers. All floors will wear down. The wear is due to foot traffic and frequently using the wrong products and methods for maintenance.
Residential floors have [...]
Decorative Concrete Cleaning Product Recommendations – #4 In a series
Restaurant Floor Maintenance
Decorative concrete has become a critical part of restaurant floor plans. Architects worldwide are projecting restaurant interior design with stains, overlays and polished concrete. If you don’t maintain your floor correctly it will cost you a lot of $$$. So read on.
The battle is against heavy abuse. Lots of foot traffic, chairs and [...]
Decorative Concrete Cleaning Product Recommendations – #3 In A Series
This post is mainly for retailers, but, hey we all can learn. The next few posts will pertain to restaurant and residential floor maintenance and a few of the processes and equipment for proper maintetnance and floor cleaning.
There are a lot of cleaning products on the market. Some work great but some don’t. I’m [...]
Decorative Concrete Cleaning Product Recommendations – #2 In Series
A friend of mine Paul Huneck, owner of Hudson Concrete in Long Island City, New York installed an amazing decorative concrete floor in Manhattan. This floor is sensational. It is the floor for Rita Hazan Hair Salon on Fifth Avenue.
About a month after the salon opened the floor started to get this smeared look and [...]
Decorative Concrete Cleaning Product Recommendations – #1 in a series
I get a lot of people asking for cleaning product recommendations for their decorative concrete floors. Especially from retailers and restaurant owners.
So I thought maybe I would do a series about products to use and systems for maintaining decorative concrete floor coatings.
First – it is a lot cheaper to do proper floor maintenance than to [...]
Would You Please Take Care of Your Concrete
I attended a swim meet over the weekend at a local university. Big meet lots of swimmers and parents. Many parents drag their little kids along, so they’re running all over the place.
The pool was in a beautiful field house. Terrazzo flooring in the lobby and stairway leading to gym with indoor track and [...]
Decorative Concrete Sealers and Maintenance
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 [...]
A Case of Strippable vs. Non-Strippable Concrete Sealers
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 [...]
