Seal Before Coating Your Floor Do you want to put down a floor coating in your garage or warehouse but there’s moisture problems in the concrete? Have you taped down the plastic square for a day just to come back to a darker colored concrete under the plastic? It’s frustrating. Moisture and efflorescence will eventually…
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Sweating Concrete Does your concrete sweat like a pig? Like when you set something down on the concrete, move it later and there’s a wet spot where the item was? Sweating concrete not good. I’ve seen this problem many times when I’m resurfacing concrete. Usually when there’s high humidity or excessive moisture in the…
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DIY Concrete Stain Hi, I’m Nick owner of Sweet Concrete. For years I’ve tried all sorts of concrete stains with mixed results. After years of trial and error I’ve found my personal favorite concrete stain… Color Mist by Concrete Chemistries. It’s super easy to apply so there’s less chance of screwing things up. That’s what…
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100 Year Old Pavers Lobby Floor Restored A building on Union Street in San Francisco had contacted my company to restore their old lobby floor. This building was over 100 years old and still had it’s original paver tile in their lobby. Most of the tiles were in good condition but the sealers had yellowed…
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Concrete And Stone Improvement Products CretoSeal™ has teamed up with Modern Stone Technologies and Concrete Chemistries to create the best line of concrete and stone improvement products. Our line of products includes many different cleaners and sealers for natural stone and grout along with an easy to use line of stains and sealers for concrete.…
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Radon Mitigation In Concrete Did you know that radon gas is one of the leaders in causing lung cancer in the US? Radon mitigation in concrete slabs can be expensive to fix but there are do-it-yourself solutions. We all know mitigating radon gas in your home is extremely important but where do you start? Testing…
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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 in concrete can ruin a home or shelter. I’m able to solve this problem for my clients so I thought I would share how to remove dog urine smell from concrete. Concrete is extremely porous and absorbs odors quickly. For example, daily cleaning…
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Protect Concrete From Freeze / Thaw Damage Permanently protect concrete from freeze / thaw damage by waterproofing the substrate. This stops the moisture from freezing and causing the freeze / thaw contraction and expansion. Concrete is one of the most durable building materials known to man. It can still be vulnerable to deterioration from weather,…
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Ultra-high Performance Concrete Ultra-high performance concrete was 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 to regular…
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