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Casting Concrete Countertops
Code: SS-CT-BOOK
Price: $24.95
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Casting Concrete Countertops
Finally there is a simple book for do-it-yourselfers who want to undertake a small countertop project. Follow several countertop projects step-by-step through the process of molding, pour, and finishing. Projects include cast-in-place, pre-cast, and hand-packed. Doug Bannister demonstrate time-tested techniques and his breakthrough formulas for countertops that set up fast and stand up to quick finishing, installation, and long-term use. Yeas of experience can translate into a weekend project, like the kitchen and bathroom vanity projects illustrated in this wonderful, long-awaited book. The text and captions are presented in both Spanish and English. Written by Tina Skinner and Doug Bannister. 128 pages plus color photos.
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Bob Harris' Guide to Stained Concrete Interior Floors
Code: BOB-HARRIS
Price: $35.00
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Bob Harris' Guide to Stained Concrete Interior Floors
is a 100 page, full color resource with valuable,
detailed information, including tips and tricks from
Bob Harris, about doing stained concrete interior floors.
This unique and comprehensive guide is the first in a
series of guides published for construction professionals
on popular decorative concrete topics. You will get
practical tips, helpful hints and step-by-step
instruction for staining concrete floors including
specialty methods for applying stains, such as using
concrete dyes, sandblasting or creating faux finishes,
the tools needed and where to get them, how to maintain
concrete floors, and creating intriguing effects with
torn paper, cheesecloth, fertilizer, sawdust or kitty
litter. In addition, Bob Harris' Guide to Stained
Concrete Interior Floors will show you concrete
design options, how to estimate costs of different
techniques, how to prepare samples, how to write a
contract for floor staining, surface preparation,
sealing floors and more.
As director of product
training for nearly a decade with a large manufacturer
of decorative concrete products, Harris has conducted
hands-on seminars in architectural concrete in locations
around the world. He has personally placed and/or
supervised the placement of over three million square
feet of decorative concrete, including work for some
of the major Disney theme parks in Orlando, Florida.
Bob Harris is founder and president of the Decorative
Concrete Institute in Douglasville, Georgia.
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Bob Harris Guide to Concrete Overlays and Toppings
Code: BOB-HARRIS-OL
Price: $45.00
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The third in a series of best-selling educational guides for the decorative concrete industry, Bob Harris' Guide to Concrete Overlays & Toppings provides contractors with comprehensive instructions for rejuvenating concrete floors, exterior flatwork, and even wall surfaces. When existing concrete needs a face-lift, decorative overlays and toppings are the newest alternative to costly and disruptive removal and replacement.
In Bob Harris' Guide to Concrete Overlays & Toppings, Harris provides detailed application techniques for a variety of different systems, including stampable and self-leveling overlays, microtoppings, underlayments, and spray-applied toppings. He starts by helping contractors choose the most appropriate resurfacing system for each project, and then guides them through estimating materials, surface preparation and crack repair, testing for moisture-vapor transmission, and setting up a mixing station. In addition to providing step-by-step installation instructions, Harris also covers the creative aspects of installing decorative toppings, with entire chapters devoted to coloring options and decorative finishes such as stamping and stenciling, sawcutting, acid etching, and polishing.
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Bob Harris Guide to Stamped Concrete
Code: BOB-HARRIS-SC
Price: $45.00
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Bob Harris' Guide to Stamped Concrete is a 144 page full color, fully illustrated, step-by-step guide that provides contractors with detailed information and practical tips to stamping concrete. The guide shows contractors where to find good designs, the five methods of imparting color to stamped concrete work, placing the concrete to facilitate stamping, and the stamping process from A-Z. With a complete, illustrated description of the entire stamping process, contractors can apply Bob Harris' expertise to their own stamped projects to satisfy their clients with beautiful, durable works of art in concrete.
Bob Harris' Guide to Stamped Concrete teaches contractors the skills necessary to produce quality stamped concrete, but also shares Harris' professional knowledge of taking stamping to new levels of originality. From incorporating architectural finishes into the stamping design to blending a multitude of colors that mimic natural materials, this guide provides an in-depth account of how to go from ordinary to extraordinary with stamped concrete.
Author Bob Harris, president of the Decorative Concrete Institute, shares his stamping methods as well as the many tricks and tips he has learned after 25 years experience in the construction industry. As director of product training for nearly a decade with a large manufacturer of decorative concrete products, Harris has conducted hands-on training seminars in architectural concrete in locations around the world, and has personally placed and/or supervised the placement of over three million square feet of decorative concrete, including work for some of the major Disney theme parks in Orlando, Florida
Casting Concrete Countertops
Finally there is a simple book for do-it-yourselfers who want to undertake a small countertop project. Follow several countertop projects step-by-step through the process of molding, pour, and finishing. Projects include cast-in-place, pre-cast, and hand-packed. Doug Bannister demonstrate time-tested techniques and his breakthrough formulas for countertops that set up fast and stand up to quick finishing, installation, and long-term use. Yeas of experience can translate into a weekend project, like the kitchen and bathroom vanity projects illustrated in this wonderful, long-awaited book. The text and captions are presented in both Spanish and English. Written by Tina Skinner and Doug Bannister. 128 pages plus color photos.
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