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Concrete
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According to the National Building Museum: "Concrete, produced at an estimated rate of 5 billion cubic yards per year, is the second most widely consumed substance on Earth, after water." Too bad it doesn't melt or evaporate as easily as water when we are finished using it.
Comprehensive Concrete Information as can be found at the following sites: For more targeted help and information try the links below.
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Cleaning, Coloring or Waterproofing the Existing Surfaces
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Waterproof Your Masonary with UGL
These products are available at McLendon Hardware. The website says "Whether it's DRYLOK Masonry Waterproofer, Concrete Floor Paint, Fast Plug Hydraulic Cement or any other DRYLOK product do-it-yourselfers and professional contractors alike can be sure they are using the most respected name in masonry repair-DRYLOK."
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Waterproofing Engineering & Technologies (WET)
This website lists one of many products as: "CONSEAL 1000-The ultimate for waterproofing, hardening, dustproofing and preserving new or old concrete."
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L & M Construction Chemicals
More chemicals than you ever thought possible for concrete. Contractors look here.
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Behr Concrete Floor Coatings
Colorful paints, stains and epoxy acrylics for concrete including garage floors.
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Mason's Select Concrete Stains, Sealers, Cleaners and Safe Solution Non-Corrosive Concrete Etcher
From the SuperDeck folks. Their website says: "Professional quality and DIY friendly concrete stains and specialty finishes formulated to beautify and protect concrete, fiber cement siding, composite siding and trim, and engineered lumber."
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GARAGE FLOOR COATING
Rust-Oleum EPOXY SHIELD Garage Floor Coating creates showroom-quality surfaces. Protects against gasoline, antifreeze, motor oil, salt and hot tire pick-up
Repairing the Surfaces
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Decorative Concrete Overlays
The website says: "PermaCrete rejuvenates many old and deteriorated surfaces, providing new, colorful looks. At a fraction of the cost of demolition and rebuilding, PermaCrete also provides a protective coating that is twice the strength of typical concrete, and comes in over 170 standard colors.
PermaCrete is applied to many substrates including concrete, masonry, foam, steel, stucco and aggregate. These applications commonly include interior & exterior walls, pool decks & pool interiors, driveways, sidewalks, patios, bathrooms, and countertops."
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Miracote
Website says: "Miracote provides Scientifically SuperiorTM decorative, restoration, repair and waterproofing product. Our Performance proven paints and coatings are ideal for plywood and concrete protection and restoration."
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Raise Sunken Concrete
Maybe moving your concrete slab makes more sense than breaking it up and replacing it.
Fresh & Artistic Application Ideas
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Cheng Concrete Exchange
Find a full line of resources to design and build concrete countertops for your kitchen and bath. Created by Fu-Tung Cheng, author of bestseller Concrete Countertops and the new Concrete at Home. Click on Instructional Products at this site to see more about the design books.
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NAHB on Decorative Concrete Floor Finishes
National Association of Home Builders ToolBase Services show how decorative finishes can be applied to existing or new slabs. An increasingly popular alternative to covering concrete is to make the surface both decorative and functional. Concrete can be treated with stains or colorants to create a rich variety of hues and textures, or stamped with patterns to mimic natural surfaces from marble to wood planks. The resulting floor finishes combine beauty and creativity with the economy, durability, and practicality of concrete.
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Basalite Concrete Pavers
These products are available at McLendon Hardware. Basalite presents a complete offering of custom colors, shapes, and sizes in most product lines: Interlocking Paving Stones, Fence & Wall Systems, Ornamental & Garden Products, Retaining Walls and Structural Block Stucco.
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Mutual Materials
For over a century Mutual Materials has been the leading manufacturer and distributor of masonry and hardscape products in the Pacific Northwest. From the beginning when it was just brick to today when Mutual's product lines also include concrete masonry and hardscape products, Mutual Materials is committed to manufacturing the quality products our customers demand.
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Stamped and Colored Concrete from Brickform Rafco Products
Look here for some amazing concrete slab looks.
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Decorative Concrete Institute
Great photo gallery of possibilities here covering floors and countertops.
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Permanent Photographic Impressions in Concrete
This site says: "This new process (Photographic Concrete) is going to change the way we look at using concrete to create our structural visions. Imagine sound walls along highways with historical pictorials of that areas demographic history...or a building surface with permanent muralistic depictions gracing the surface."
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Butterfield Color
This website says: "Color and durability are the very essence of Butterfield Color ®. With over 40 years field experience in architectural colored concrete, we offer a line of concrete color additives that are technically superior and meet the needs of the architectural specifier as well as the concrete finisher."
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Emarald Paving (Asphalt)
OK. OK. This is not concrete, but it is an alternative to consider. Check out the photo gallery before you decide against asphalt.
Since 1983 Emerald has constructed numerous paving projects from the Cascades to the San Juan Islands. Emerald's grading and paving projects include: Commercial, Industrial, Public Works and High End Residential. We also provide clients with design and construction of parking lots, tennis courts and 5 foot to 9 foot machine laid asphalt pathways for parks and golf courses.
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