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Elite crete west coast

feeds@yuku.com (ecjames) — Sun, 20 May 2012 21:29:45 PST

Just completed my training with Elite Crete west-coast and wanted to share my pleasure with their program.In my mind their biggest sign of their professionalism was the fact that they did not badmouth my current supplier(even though they are only a few blocks apart).When explaining the chemical make up of the products they told us enough to inform but not overwhelm.I like the fact that they have a installation background,so they spoke from experience not just memorizing the product data.At the end of the class I had full faith that all the students could complete paying projects.So if anyone is considering the training I recomend they do it.If your in the San Diego area I know you will have a good experience

recently completed driveway

feeds@yuku.com (ECBahamas) — Sat, 19 May 2012 14:40:45 PST

Had a few set backs but it turned out ok.

If anyone notices a different shade, its only your mind

Completed pictures

feeds@yuku.com (creative concrete solutions) — Thu, 17 May 2012 09:10:56 PST

Hey guys I find that sometimes we get many before and after pics of a job but never get to see the final results. I find whenever possible that a pictureof a room once everything is in place really helps. Potential clients can now see how beautiful a seemless floor finish really looks like when furniture and surroudings are all in place. Just an example.

dmc

feeds@yuku.com (ECBahamas) — Thu, 17 May 2012 07:18:02 PST

Has anyone tried cutting css with dmc as yet? How is it overall? Looks, smell etc. maybe its just me but i find i get a better shine with xylene than lacquer thinner. Was wondering if dmc made any difference

Auto floor scrubber for sale

feeds@yuku.com (kmyer74) — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:27:05 PST

I have a NSS wrangler 2016E auto floor scrubber for sale. Its in great physical and working condition. Very little use. If interested email me for pictures kmyer74@hotmail.com im located in Tennessee and will deliver within a 100 mile radius or i can ship and i will pay half the shipping. $1,100.00

HTC 500 for sale

feeds@yuku.com (kmyer74) — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:21:45 PST

I have an htc 500 with the htc 26d dust extractor,htc 24c pre seperator. Two complete htc tool boxes full of field replacement parts and diamond tooling 16 grit-3,000 grit. Two complete sets of tooling for coating removal,solid and floating head mounts. Rebuilt the planetary head with new bearings and belts less than 5 hours of use ago. 400 Ft of power cords. 292 hours of use.The system is in excellent physical and working condition. $9,500 OBO. Email me if interested and i can send u pictures of everything kmyer74@hotmail.com Thanks-Kevin....Located in Tennessee and will deliver within a 150 mile radius or will ship and ill pay half the shipping cost.

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feeds@yuku.com (EliteCreteMN) — Mon, 14 May 2012 07:25:14 PST

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Using TF to fill spalls?

feeds@yuku.com (YukuCrete) — Sun, 13 May 2012 13:14:04 PST

I'm about to acid stain a floor that has a few spalls. The deepest ones are about 1/2" depth.

Can I use just straight TF to fill them?

Dark acid stain on a concrete slab

feeds@yuku.com (YukuCrete) — Sun, 13 May 2012 01:42:07 PST

The customer does not want an overlay, but wants to acid stain his existing slab. I pressure washed it and ground it to remove an existing sealer. The slab has not been treated with any acid before. There is a lot of pretty fine aggregate (1/8" size) exposed now. Floor is polished flat with 30 grid diamonds.

The color he wants is dark. Like this:
http://concretelocator.yuku.com/topic/8924/Kitchen-Overlay-Acid-Stained-Tan-and-black

Are there any issues with acid staining a slab that has exposed aggregate? He's fine with the aggregate not taking stain but what about the rest of the slab? Will it give me problems?
How should I dilute the acid or how should I apply it to get a dark color?

Textured Stamp Porch

feeds@yuku.com (medinajim) — Sat, 12 May 2012 14:22:12 PST

Just finished two porches for a lady in a historic neighborhood. She wanted something to tie in with the older houses in the neighborhood. So we gave her a textured stamp. Here are pics of the front porch. The side porch had a slope problem running rain into her house, so we pitched it to slope away from the door. Don't have pics of that one yet, since just finished sealing and wanted to put her furniture back first. I used 1/2 oz charcoal in the mix, then colored 1/2 oz cholocalte 2:1 US.

=====>>>>Link to slideshow here<<<<======

Front Porch Before:

How to color individual tiles quick?

feeds@yuku.com (YukuCrete) — Sat, 12 May 2012 12:03:46 PST

After pulling the tape of my trowel down before I stained I ended up coloring each individual tile with a brush. Too much time and effort.

What is the best time/way to color the tiles in contrasting colors?

Look at this floor as an example:
http://www.elitecrete.com/Master%20Photos%20-%20unsized/Troweled%20Finish%20-%20deck%20-%20multi-colored%20ashlar%20slate.jpg

Are the tiles colored BEFORE pulling the tape or not? Basically running the brush a little over where the ghost image of the tape is seen?