First Job !

feeds@yuku.com (seveneight) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:44:29 GMT

Hello All!

As you may know we are in the concrete countertop business but have decided to take on decorative concrete flooring. It is a natural addition to our business.

We have been asked to price out concrete counters and flooring for the lobby of a prominent business in the area. It is new construction but the floor apparently suffered some spalling. We are completely new to this but I suppose we need to start somewhere. We will be working with an experienced flooring...

reflector pictures

feeds@yuku.com (dmoore40) — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:41:05 GMT

check out the reflector pictures in my profile....turned out pretty hot... brass on top of gun metal

Stencils for a Garage

feeds@yuku.com (konan53) — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:49:30 GMT

I plan to epoxycoat my garage and would like to have a stencil to spruce things up , something that would serve as a focal point , could be a car, a flag , an animal. Is there anything out there or maybe even some pictures of garages done with stencils

Thanks

Few Beginner Overlay Questions

feeds@yuku.com (jpeach) — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 12:37:33 GMT

Hi,

I've got a 700sf condo with a 1/8" microtopping from a non-EliteCrete vendor which provides a very smooth and hard finish but a color which I really don't like (a light but stark and too variegated white/gray).

Rather than trying to dye or stain, I was considering Thin and Micro Finish, and doing it myself (basically a beginner) and want something fairly subtle (only integral coloring) like your resident expert's floor here:

Interior Floor

feeds@yuku.com (kerrypope) — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 05:08:05 GMT

On new construction I normally would just cut a design, acid stain and seal, However on this particular floor the plumber placed bathroom plumbing stubs inside the living room 4 foot and the builder had to have the slab opened up to move them. Since this has occured I will be doing a micro overlay instead, my question is since there is an obvious place in the floor where it was excavated and repoured (quik-crete) I assume, what prep steps should I take to place the TF and build to grade this...

Microtopping coat limit?

feeds@yuku.com (jpeach) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:18:35 GMT

Hi, I've had some trouble with getting color correct and have put down 4 coats of Brickform MT-2000 RG on the original cleaned and degreased foundation in my condo. Brickform recommends no more than 3 coats and at this point I'd like to place 2 more of a ColorMaker microtopping. What problems might this cause? Cracking? If so how do I address the issue? Thanks!

Broadcast to rejection question

feeds@yuku.com (jerryjbrown) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:48:18 GMT

I see the benefits of this. But I haven't heard what is done about the plywood seams? Is anything done to them or does the epoxy take care of that? I also assume a lot of extra screws before starting.

Spider lath

feeds@yuku.com (Hammer) — Fri, 29 May 2009 06:13:02 GMT

Has anyone ever used this instaed of metal lath. Sounds great but not sure if it would work for an overlay. www.spiderlath.com

A little help on the seamless part for quartz

feeds@yuku.com (dreamindiesel) — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:30:24 GMT

Evening all, what are you guys using on floors to fill in joints to create the seamless part? I am looking for something to stay flexible.

Overlay on top of tile?

feeds@yuku.com (BrightCrete) — Wed, 06 May 2009 19:35:58 GMT

I got a wild hair and I am considering overlaying my ceramic tile. I installed it originally so I know it is installed correctly.

What would be the proper steps to do this? Also I was thinking about doing the same thing in my shower, is this ok?

Any tips?

Screen Porch Floor @ Fish Camp

feeds@yuku.com (kerrypope) — Mon, 04 May 2009 12:39:01 GMT

I have a couple weeks off coming up the last part of the month and have recently completed building a 12x32 screened in porch @ my fish camp down on the Mississippi River. The sub floor is currently 1/2" treated plywood sheeting over 2x6 framing. I was wanting to do a nice overlay on it because thats where all are neighbors and friends gather in the evenings while there. For the overlay I was thinking of adding 1/4" backer board and using something to cover the...

Trowel Down

feeds@yuku.com (kerrypope) — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 10:45:43 GMT

After attending a training program with Brad Holmes in Hot Springs, AR about a year and half ago I've only dabbled in the decorative overlay biz a few times including these; 1) skim coat of tf on my own pool deck 2) splatter texture on a patio over cobblestone stencil 3) remodel using mf interior (don't want to talk about---Brad knows why) 4) recent thin stamp olay on a pool deck. I have done up some sample boards to play with including stamp, trowel down and others using acid...