Sites of Interest
WR Meadows
www.wrmeadows.com
WR Meadows makes Sealtight products. Gaye uses their Ultrite Degreaser to remove curing compound from the slab (to allow stain penetration). She also uses Decra-Seal, their solvent-based acrylic sealer. Solvent-based sealers are more penetrating and durable than water-based acrylic sealers.
Concrete Décor
www.concretedecor.net
Concrete Décor is Gaye’s favorite magazine. It deals with all kinds of decorative concrete and is full of new ideas and materials.
Scofield
www.scofield.com
This is one of the largest stain and sealer manufacturers in the country. Featured in Gaye’s first DVD, “How to Stain Concrete Floors.”
Floripolytech
www.floricpolytech.com
An excellent stain and dye manufacturer.
Newlook International
www.getnewlook.com
Newlook Internationa makes EasyStrip 1000 which is great for removing polyurethane sealer coatings. (See Gaye’s Blog “Va-voom, a New Stripper Comes to Town”). Their EasyStrip 2000 removes epoxies and polyurea sealers.
Increte Stystems
www.increte.com
Increte Stystems makes an excellent all-purpose gel stripper which Gaye uses to remove paint and glue from older slabs. Uni-Stripp is the best she has found so far for removing carpet pad glue from concrete floors. They also make acid stains and sealers.
Dayton Superior Chemical Company
www.daytonsuperior.com
Dayton Superior Chemical Company makes a solvent-based seaker tough enough for gas stations and garage flooring. Gaye has used it on several outdoor projects.
Envirosafe Manufacturing Inc.
www.envirosafemfg.com
Envirosafe Manufacturing Inc. makes products for removing efflorescence from brick and concrete. They also make Trojan Masonry Sealer, a good waterproofing, low-sheen sealer which Gaye uses on patios and driveways.
Engrave-A-Crete
www.engraveacrete.com
Engrave-A-Crete makes tools for etching and carving designs into hard concrete. Used on the Albuquerque Balloon Museum floors.
Racatac
www.racatac.com
A useful rolling cart for anyone who must be on hands and knees for hours masking walls, scraping floors, or filling holes in concrete. A knee and back saver!
Surface Gel Tek
www.surfacegeltek.com
Surface Gel Tek makes custom plastic stencils from your photos as well as gelled acids for etching or profiling floors. Gaye used their templates for the balloon museum and the firehouse logo (See the Gallery).
Modello Designs
www.modellodesigns.com
Modello Designs carries an assortment of adhesive stencil designs for floors or entryways. Good for Celtic designs and others too elaborate to draw by hand.
Concrete Exchange
www.concreteexchange.com
This is the website for Fu-Tung Cheng, a cutting edge countertop and kitchen designer. He markets classes, books and supplies to concrete countertop artisans.
Buddy Rhodes
www.buddyrhodes.com
Another fine countertop artist. Buddy Rhodes is a personable and popular teacher in the field.
Doug Bannister
www.encountertop.com
This is Doug Bannister’s website. He is highly respected in the field of decorative concrete and sponsors new artists yearly at the World of Concrete convention.
Nawkaw
www.nawkaw.com
Nawkaw specializes in architectural restoration and re-coloring of vertical brick and concrete surfaces.
The Decorative Concrete Council
www.ascconline.org
The Decorative Concrete Council is a specialty council of the American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC) dedicated to contractor education and promotion. They sponsor networking, a technical and safety hotline, an e-mail forum, and a series of webinars.
The Americal Concrete Institute
www.csinet.org
The Americal Concrete Institute gives members access to networking and certification in specialized concrete skills through year-round seminars and online programs and books.
Jeff Donius
www.premierveneers.com
Jeff Donius, based in the Chicago area, is an accomplished concrete refurbisher and stainer who also writes well about stain and sealer choices.
Dylan Lauger
www.laugerconcrete.com
This is Dylan Lauger’s website. He’s a highly innovative furniture, lighting and water feature designer who is nuts about concrete.