Concrete Designs

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What are the factors that determine a sealing product is green? It must be made from materials and processes that do minimal damage to the environment. In addition, green sealers must prevent the gases and compounds of the material they are being applied to from seeping out, escaping or becoming part of the environment as well. The benefits of using these types of sealers are simple: they protect the environment a nd the people who will be living around the products that are sealed with them.

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Knowing the End Product’s Purpose

When choosing a sealer, it is important to consider where the sealed product will be installed and what it will be used for. For concrete kitchen countertops, for instance, the sealer that is selected must be labeled as food grade to prevent contamination and illness to the people exposed to its residue on a rotating, continual basis.

Factor in the Upkeep/Maintenance Needs

Ideally, the sealant would last forever. Realistically, most will need to be reapplied, but how often and how soon after initial installation is determined by the product that is selected, its application method and the environment in which it is used.

Water-Based Sealants

Most of the sealants that qualify as green are water-based, meaning that they are much more user friendly and don’t contain toxic VOC’s – Volatile Organic Compounds,  this will sometimes cause a longer dry and cure time but is hardly a reason not to choose them.

What the Client Wants

When choosing the sealant that is right for you or your customer, you must keep in mind the final appearance, the upkeep that they will be willing to do and the replacement costs as well.

Two sisters out of Arlington, Texas that grew up in a creative household with an emphasis on art have found a unique way to use their artistic abilities.

Their company “Sublime Surface Designs”.

Instead of using brushes and canvas or photography they decided to look into acid stained floors. They were looking for a way to spruce up one of their houses, especially making the floors look funky, fresh and creative. They did some research and decided to try making over the concrete floors to look like expensive tile. The first floor was done painstakingly by hand and took a tremendous amount of hard work. As the project continued to other parts of the house including the children’s room, the sisters discovered pre made acid stain and things got easier and moved faster.

At the time, one of the sisters was working as a bookkeeper and was not feeling artistically fulfilled. By the time she finished her floors and some other decorating in her house – which took an entire year – she decided to take a leap of faith and combine her artistic and creative abilities along with her sister and her abilities to begin doing work with decorative concrete full time as a business.

At the time, there wasn’t much information about decorative concrete in Arlington, and there were few individuals or companies who did decorative concrete work. The sisters have been doing such god work that word of mouth brings continuous and repeat work. The word about them has spread and the word about decorative concrete floors, countertops, textured walls, and more has spread with them.

One of the pieces of information that has spread about them is the fact that they have gone into some houses and had the carpet ripped out, then refinished the concrete underneath with acid stain and other types of decorative concrete finishes. They have heard from clients that they are sleeping better and have less allergies because, apparently, the old carpeting which is no longer in the house was the source of dust and other allergens. This is also bringing them business.

The sisters have said that this is a fun way to make a living. Also, if you want to do some remodeling with decorative concrete in your home or office, you can learn about it, buy the supplies and go for it. You just might find the artist in you.

If you are looking for decorative concrete supplies and products, especially if you are in the state of Texas – especially near San Antonio – and you are looking for decorative concrete products and services, Texas Color Crete is the place to look. 

Just looking at their colorful, product-packed website makes you want to explore their products and services further.  Texas Color Crete carries everything that you need that has anything to do with decorative concrete. 

Whether you are looking for top quality overlays, concrete stains, countertops, stamps, seals and polishes or the most advanced tools and specialty supplies, Texas Color Crete has it.  If this isn’t enough for you, Texas Color Crete also offers training that will help you make every job spectacular.

The concrete stains that Texas Color Crete carries range from deep earthy hues to bright colors that are taken from and bring to mind the sky and sea, the mid day sun and the lush trees of the Amazon.

Texas Color Crete offers high quality training and workshops at a reasonable price.  The trainings are unique and cover a multitude of topics including pre-cast, pour-in-place countertops, acid staining and stamping. 

Texas Color Crete carries the best products available.  These include Prism Pigments, Proline Concrete tools, SP Systems, Marshalltown Arizona Polymer Flooring and more.  The Texas Color Crete website not only offers information on all these products, but also offers special product calculators to help you figure out how much product you need for a particular job, and thy also have gift certificates and discount coupons on the site as well.