Concrete & Stone Improvement Products CretoSeal™ is now carrying a new line of artisan quality concrete & stone improvement products. These featured products are from Modern Stone Technologies based out of Arizona.These products are hard to find and were only distributed to contractors. Now CretoSeal™ is bringing these amazing products straight to you, the property…
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Are harmful radon gases transmitting through your concrete floors? Did you know that radon gas is one of the leaders in causing lung cancer in the US? Mitigating radon gas in your home is extremely important but where do you start? The first step in mitigating radon gas is to get your property tested. No…
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Fungi Can Help Concrete Heal Its Own Cracks This is an interesting article about a low-cost, pollution-free solution to infrastructure problem: New self-healing concrete has fungi that “heals” cracks in crumbling structures. A type of fungi spore is mixed into the concrete mix and lays dormant until it’s exposed to oxygen and moisture from…
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How to Remove Dog Urine Smell From Concrete Pet urine smell can ruin a home so I wrote this article on how to remove urine smell from concrete. Concrete is extremely porous and absorbs odors quickly. For example, daily cleaning can disinfect the surface of the concrete but the bacteria hides deep inside the…
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Protect Concrete From Freeze / Thaw Damage Permanently protect concrete from freeze / thaw damage by using Creto Deep Penetrating Sealer (DPS). Concrete is one of the most durable building materials known to man but it can be vulnerable to deterioration from weather, salts, and the freeze / thaw cycle. Concrete absorbs moisture when…
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Ultra-high Performance Concrete Ultra-high performance concrete accidentally discovered when they added recycled, milled glass. I came across this article talking about concrete being supplemented with milled glass being much stronger and more dense. The concrete was also permanently waterproof. This instantly reminded me of what Creto Deep Penetrating Sealer (DPS) does. Creto DPS crystallizes…
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Sanitation in Daycare The most important thing in daycare is safety. Sanitation in daycare plays a large part in making sure children are safe. There are many precautions that can be made to increase the sanitary conditions in a daycare or any environment with children present. Some of the precautions are keeping children’s areas tidy…
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Creating Energy From Hot Pavement Turning heat into electricity: Engineers are working on technology that will harvest clean energy from pavement While solar energy is a clean source of energy, not everyone can afford the often expensive installation costs. Now, a recent article has revealed that we might soon be able to harness solar…
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How To Dry Out Concrete in 24 Hours Concrete is an extremely porous substrate and absorbs large amounts of moisture after seasonal rains and flooding. Water from the earth below leeches up through the slab creating moisture problems in buildings, leading to mold and mildew growth. Mold growth should be avoided at all costs…
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Researchers find that concrete structures can actually REDUCE air pollution by absorbing sulfur dioxide Here’s an interesting article I came across: Could one effective solution to air pollution have been under our noses all along? That seems to be case, according to researchers from Stony Brook University. Dr. Alex Orlov and his colleagues have discovered…
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