Canvas just got a little more amazing. There is now an award winning concrete material that is activated by water that solidifies into different structures. The company Concrete Canvas makes just that, concrete canvases. They produce and sell their environmentally friendly material for many different uses.
Yes, you read that correctly. An environmentally friendly concrete called green-mix concrete has been developed by scientists in Malaysia. Typically when building structures contractors have the choice to make when selecting which materials they want to use. These choices usually depend on factors such as cost of materials and performance for certain applications.
We’ve compiled a fundamental list of everything you need to know about concrete. Enjoy! Six components make up concrete, they are:
What is polishing concrete? How is it done? Today we’ll give a basic overview of the concrete polishing process. So, what is it? Polishing concrete is similar to the process of sanding wood. With polishing concrete machines are used that have diamond-segmented abrasives. The machines grind the concrete to varying levels of shine and smoothness depending on what is desired. Polished concrete floors are very low maintenance and are ideal in high traffic areas.
Hardwood floors are the current trend. They are very popular and highly desired, especially in residential properties. They are also very expensive and require quite a bit of maintenance. Due to the price of hardwood floors being so costly a lot of people consider options like laminate or linoleum flooring. While these options will save you money they also won’t last and you will end up having major problems with your flooring and having to replace it well before you want to. A lot of people say, “you get what you pay forâ€. In the case of laminate and linoleum we would agree that is true, but there’s a better option. Concrete. Yes, that is right, concrete floors can be transformed to look like hardwood flooring.
Who doesn’t like shiny things?! We couldn’t think of anyone either. Well, now you can have your very own shiny metallic floors! We’ll let you in on a little secret…. Metallic finishing of concrete floors has actually been around for a while, it was initially popular in the 90’s, but was sort of phased out due to the very limited color options. Today there are many more color options and techniques used with metallic epoxies making it once again a popular option for finishing concrete floors in both residential homes and commercial buildings.