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UV Curing Acrylic Resin

UV-cured acrylic resins offer many benefits to contractors and owners.

 

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  • Multilayer Stenciling

    At this point in the seminar, the first dye color has been sprayed onto the polished concrete.

     
  • Decorative Concrete at Its Best

    All week decorative concrete contractors have worked on their projects showcased in the Artistry in Decorative Concrete area, located in the Concrete Surfaces & Decorative Pavilion in Silver Lot 3, opposite the South Hall.

     
  • East Meets West

    This year, a team of CIM University students will again take part in a project presented by Concrete Industry Management Student Artistry projects at World of Concrete.

     
 

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  • Campbell's

    This project by Colour, Placerville, Calif., began with an almost 80-year-old floor that was so deteriorated it looked like old exposed aggregate.

     
  • About Tools

    The decorative column this month is written about angle grinders. When I talked to contractors about what they thought was important, there were a lot of different answers.

     
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    What Causes Efflorescence and How do You Remove it?

    Efflorescence occurs with all concrete and is the most frequent problem that concrete contractors face with colored concrete. Owners don't care about “plain” concrete, but colored concrete is another matter.

     
 
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Joe Knows Concrete

  • The step forms shown here are tiered and cantilevered with texture formliners included in both the cantilever and the inset section.

    Forming Concrete Steps

    Following up from last month's column, Joe Nasvik discusses materials and procedures needed to properly form concrete stairs.

     
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    How to Lay Out Steps

    Layout out steps isn't easy, so here are some guidelines to help with quick, accurate layout.

     
  • Metallic oxide pigmented acrylic water-based stain was used on this commercial floor.

    Working with Water-Based Stains

    There are different types of water-based stains on the market. Here is what they are and how to use them.

     
shown here are scratches made with different pick numbers. the #4 scratch is barely visible so the reading would be between #4 and #5.

Assessing Concrete Hardness Before Polishing

Performing the scratch test helps contractors decide which diamond tooling is best for the job.


 

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Decorative Exposed Aggregates

 

Counterops

 

Polishing

 

Sculptures

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    Installing Vertical Overlays

    Vertical overlay concrete or grout is used to complete vertical rock-work, thinset coatings on walls, stamped masonry unit patterning, free-standing art sculpting, and architectural detailing. They can be built up as much as 3 inches in thickness without sagging or slumping.

     
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    Turning Concrete into Art

    Brad Burns creates original pieces depicting construction, jobsites, equipment, and workers. These award-winning original paintings often juxtapose powerful heavy equipment with the fragility of man

     
  • Cleaning Up the Air

    When two sculptures were built for the new I-35W St. Anthony Falls Bridge in Minneapolis, the decision was made to use a new form of concrete—photocatalytic concrete—a mixture that removes carbon monoxide, nitrous oxides, and sulfur dioxide from the atmosphere.

     
 

Concrete Stains & Dyes

 

Concrete Texture and Stamping

 

Decorative Techniques

 
 
 

Artistry in Decorative Concrete

Decorative Concrete Awards

  • Toucan Ridge

    The Conservancy set out to renovate the zoo's Tropical House.

     
  • Kidsville

    The playground is anchored by a realistic 20-foot-tall treehouse.

     
  • Twin Lakes Playground

    The play area celebrates the natural history of the site and the region.

     
 

Resources

  • ACI 310

    The committee develops and reports information on the application of artistic finishes of cast-in-place concrete.

  • Decorative Concrete Council

    DCC focuses on the issues, trends, and work of the decorative concrete industry.

  • WOC Bookstore

    A number of titles on decorative concrete, focused on finishing techniques, overlays and toppings, stamping, and more, are available.

  • WOC Education Program

    The Decorative Concrete track covers design trends and techniques on stamping, overlays, and more.

 

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