Elastomeric wall coatings bridge concrete surface cracks and hide them from view.
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Fresh and salty marine water exposures, whether external or internal, usually require special concrete precautions above and beyond the norm to weather potential adverse effects.
A combination of monolithic-colored concrete slabs, integrally colored concrete walkways, and retaining walls create this unique setting in Scottsdale, Ariz.
The Decorative Concrete Council, a specialty council of the American Society of Concrete Contractors, St. Louis, has published the eighth in a series of Problems & Practice papers.
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I am the building manager for a large church on the East Coast. We recently have contracted with a company to grind and overlay about 5000 square feet of our church.
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I am the building manager for a large church on the East Coast. We recently have contracted with a company to grind and overlay about 5000 square feet of our church.
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This project replaced two close-in pools and natural stonework on the ground with an outlying pool and decorative concrete. To match the stonework of the house, the contractor imprinted, colored, highlighted, and grouted the upper areas and new pool deck.
The last time we wrote about integrally colored concrete, liquid dispensed color had just been introduced to ready-mix producers. Only a couple of manufacturers were involved in this market, but now most manufacturers of color for concrete have liquid dispensed products. It was thought at the time...
When coatings applied to concrete surfaces fail, the cause usually is inadequate surface preparation. For a coating to bond properly, the concrete surface must be sound, clean, free from surface defects, and dry.
Why does concrete discolor even though the specifications (wet cure) were followed without exception?